הָתַלhâthal
הָתַל: Pi`el: deceive, mock (1 Kings 18:27)
Pronunciation: haw-thal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2048
Meanings
תָּלַל: Hiph`il: mock, deceive, trifle with, mock, trifle with (Genesis 31:7; Judges 16:10; Judges 16:13)
Hoph`al: is deceived, See [הָתַל], הֲתֻלִים p. 251. (Isaiah 44:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:7 but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.
- Exodus 8:29 Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will disappear from you and your officials and all your people. But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don’t lie to us again and refuse to let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”
- Judges 16:10 Afterward Delilah said to him, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now please tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
- Judges 16:13 Then Delilah said, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.” Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.” So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.
- Judges 16:15 Then Delilah pouted, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don’t share your secrets with me? You’ve made fun of me three times now, and you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong!”
- 1 Kings 18:27 About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).