Lexicon
תּוֹלָע
to.la
H8439
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Tola

6
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

to.la is a personal name borne by an Issacharite ancestor and by a man who arose to save Israel.

The supplied verses use this proper noun as a personal name: it identifies a member of Issachar’s line, the ancestor associated with a clan, and a man of Issachar who arose to save Israel.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in Issachar’s line · dominant

    All supplied tokens are marked as a proper noun. In Genesis 46:13 and 1 Chronicles 7:1, the APB renders the name among Issachar’s sons; in Numbers 26:23 it appears in the clan listing, and 1 Chronicles 7:2 names both the sons of this person and those belonging to him. In Judges 10:1, the APB renders a man of Issachar with this name as arising to save Israel.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as the name “Tola” in genealogical, clan, and narrative settings. Its English wording confirms the verse-level identification rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture