A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both -- (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
H8582. taah
תָּעָה verb err ("" form of טָעָה, q. v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעִי תְּעָא, id.; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ת Isaiah 21:4; 1singular תָּעִ֫יתִי Psalm 119:110; 119:176, etc.; imperfect3feminine singular תֵּתַע Genesis 21:14; Proverbs 7:25; 3masculine plural יִתְעוּ Isaiah 35:8 +; Infinitive construct תְּעוֺת Ezekiel 44:10 +; Participle תֹּעֶה Genesis 37:15 +, etc.; —
1 physically, wander about, absolute Exodus 23:4 (E) Isaiah 35:8; 53:6; Job 38:41; Psalm 119:176; with ב location Genesis 21:14; 37:15 (JE), Proverbs 7:25; Psalm 107:4; with ל location Isaiah 47:15; accusative of location 16:8.
2 of intoxication, with בְּ of wine Isaiah 28:7; מן of wine 28:7; figurative of perplexity, subject לבב 21:4.
3 ethically, absolute Ezekiel 44:10; 48:11 (3 t. in verse); Psalm 58:4, probably Proverbs 14:22 (compare חוטא 14:21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); רוח תֹּעֵי Isaiah 29:24, לבב תֹּעֵי Psalm 95:10; with מן 119:110; Proverbs 21:16, מֵאַחֲרַי Ezekiel 14:11, מֵעָלַי 44:10, 15.
Niph`al 1. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Infinitive construct הִתָּעוֺת Isaiah 19:14.
2 ethically: Perfect3masculine singular נִתְעָה be led astray Job 15:31 (with בשׁוֺא).
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִתְעָה Hosea 4:12 (We הִתְעָם); Imperfect וַיֶּ֫תַע2 Chronicles 33:9; suffix וַיַּתְעֵם Job 12:24 +; Participle מַתְעֶה Isaiah 30:28 +; —
1 physically: cause to wander about: absolute Isaiah 30:28 (of bridle, in figure), Proverbs 10:17; Jeremiah 50:6 (accusative of people as sheep); accusative of person Proverbs 12:26; with מן location Genesis 20:13 (E), ב location Job 12:24 = Psalm 107:40.
2 of intoxication, Isaiah 19:13-14, Job 12:25.
3 mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: absolute Isaiah 3:12; 9:15; Hosea 4:12; with accusative of person Amos 2:4; Micah 3:5; 2 Kings 21:9 2 Chronicles 33:9; Jeremiah 23:13, 32; with ב object 42:20 (so Gf; Ke and others (so Proverbs 10:17) intransitive err at cost of; ᵐ5 Ew Du Co הֲרֵעֹתֶם); with מן of ׳י Isaiah 63:17.