tala · spotted

What it means

tala (טָלָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spotted”.

With large patches; of many colors.

How to say it

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

1. Having spots or dots of another color on skin or coat, like some sheep and goats.
2. Mended, with patches set on what is old.
3. Of many colours.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• spotted ×6
• many colors ×1
• patched ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×6
• Joshua×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 30:32

  Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there every animal speckled and spotted, and every dark animal among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such will be my wages.

• Genesis 30:33

  So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when you come to look over my wages before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, or dark among the lambs, if it is with me, will be counted as stolen.”

• Genesis 30:35

  On that day he removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every dark one among the lambs, and he gave them into the hands of his sons.

• Genesis 30:39

  The flocks mated in front of the rods, and the flocks bore young striped, speckled, and spotted.

• Joshua 9:5

  and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out cloaks on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and crumbled.

• Ezekiel 16:16

  And you took some of your garments and made for yourself high places of many colors, and prostituted yourself on them, things that have not come and will not be.

And 2 more times.