taval · dip

What it means

taval (טָבַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dip”.

Plunge into a liquid.

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. To put a thing into a liquid and take it out wet.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• dip ×9
• dipped ×6
• you would plunge me ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Leviticus×6
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×1
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×2
• Job×1

• Genesis 37:31

  They took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

• Exodus 12:22

  Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the bowl, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood that is in the bowl. As for you, none shall go out of the door of his house until morning.

• Leviticus 4:6

  The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before YHWH, in front of the veil of the Holy Place.

• Leviticus 4:17

  The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before YHWH, in front of the veil.

• Leviticus 9:9

  The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.

• Leviticus 14:6

  The living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.

• Leviticus 14:16

  The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left palm and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before YHWH.

• Leviticus 14:51

  He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the living water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

• Numbers 19:18

  And a clean man shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the vessels and on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.

• Deuteronomy 33:24

  And of Asher he said, “Most blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favored one of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.

• Joshua 3:15

  and when those carrying the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water —and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest—

• Ruth 2:14

  At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain; she ate, was satisfied, and had some left over.

• 1 Samuel 14:27

  But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; and he stretched out the tip of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in the comb of honey, and brought back his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

• 2 Kings 5:14

  He went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of Elohim; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy, and he was clean.

• 2 Kings 8:15

  And it happened on the next day that he took the cloth and dipped it in the water and spread it over his face, and he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.

• Job 9:31

  then you would plunge me into the pit, and my clothes would abhor me.