תַּעֲלוּל
taalul · caprice; wanton ones
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8586 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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taalul (תַּעֲלוּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “caprice; wanton ones”.
Caprice, wantonness; concretely, capricious or wanton people (children or rulers).
How to say it
ta·a·lul
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Doing whatever one fancies, without judgment.
- Harsh treatment brought down on someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- cruel dealings ×1
- whims ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 3:4
And I will make boys their princes, and whims will rule over them.
- Isaiah 66:4
I too will choose their cruel dealings, and what they dread I will bring on them; because I called, and no one answered; I spoke, and they did not listen; and they did what was evil in my eyes, and they chose what I did not delight in.”