תֶּלֶם
telem · furrow
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8525 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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telem (תֶּלֶם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “furrow”.
A furrow of the plow.
How to say it
te·lem
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
- A line cut in the soil by the plow.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- furrows ×4
- furrow ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 31:38
If against me my ground cries out, and together its furrows weep,
- Job 39:10
Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with his rope, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
- Psalms 65:10
Its furrows you drench, you level its clods; with downpours you soften it; its sprouts you bless.
- Hosea 10:4
They speak words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; so judgment sprouts like poison in the furrows of the field.
- Hosea 12:11
If Gilead is wickedness, surely they have become worthless; in Gilgal they sacrificed bulls; also their altars are like heaps on the furrows of the field.