ta.lah describes suspending people, especially on a tree after execution, and also hanging objects on a support.

The term most often marks the suspension of people on a tree or other place, frequently in accounts where execution, death, or public punishment is stated in the surrounding clause. It also describes placing shields, vessels, and lyres on a support, and once depicts the earth as hanging over nothing.

1. Suspend a person after or for execution · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 21:22 the sequential perfect occurs after a man has received a death judgment, and the APB renders the clause, "you shall hang him upon a tree." In Esther 7:10 and Joshua 10:26, sequential imperfect forms occur in accounts where people are hanged on trees; the latter verse also says that the bodies remained hanging until evening. Passive participles describe the resulting condition in 2 Samuel 18:10 and Deuteronomy 21:23.

   Deuteronomy 21:22Deuteronomy 21:23Esther 7:10Joshua 10:262 Samuel 18:10Genesis 40:19
2. Hang items on a support · common

   In Ezekiel 15:3, the infinitive construct is used of hanging an article on a peg. Perfect forms in Ezekiel 27:10 and Ezekiel 27:11 describe shields and a helmet hung in or upon the city, while Psalm 137:2 says, "we hung our lyres" on willows. Isaiah 22:24 and Song of Songs 4:4 likewise place vessels or shields upon a person or structure.

   Ezekiel 15:3Ezekiel 27:10Ezekiel 27:11Psalm 137:2Isaiah 22:24Song of Songs 4:4
3. Hold the earth suspended · rare

   Job 26:7 uses an active participle in the clause that the APB renders, "hangs the earth over nothing," describing the earth's placement without a stated support.

   Job 26:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses "hang," "hung," or "hanged," including people on trees and objects on supports; it also uses "remained hanging" for the continuing state in Joshua 10:26. These are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions.