Lexicon
תָּלַל
ta.lal
H2048B
H:V Hebrew

to deceive

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Hebrew
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ta.lal describes misleading or dealing falsely with another, including being led astray by a deceived heart.

The attested use centers on misleading or falsely dealing with another: accusations address a father, neighbors, and Samson, while Isaiah 44:20 presents a heart as having been deceived. Exodus 8:25 contains an infinitive construct, but the APB translation does not isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Misleading another by false dealing · dominant

    Hiphil perfect forms occur in accusations that a father misled the speaker in Genesis 31:7 and that Samson had done so to Delilah in Judges 16:10 and Judges 16:15; in these verses the APB renders the accusations with “deceived.” The Hiphil imperfect in Jeremiah 9:4 describes brothers dealing craftily, while Job 13:9 asks whether God can be deceived as a man is. Isaiah 44:20 uses a Hophal perfect where a deceived heart has led its possessor astray.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause with “deceived” in Genesis 31:7, Job 13:9, and the Judges accusations, while Jeremiah 9:4 has “deals craftily” and Isaiah 44:20 has “a deceived heart.” These are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions; Exodus 8:25 does not make the term's contribution clear in the APB.

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