תָּוָהtâvâh
make or set a mark
Pronunciation: taw-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8427
Meanings
Pi`el: he made marks, he drummed (1 Samuel 21:14)
Hiph`il: set a mark, upon (Ezekiel 9:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 21:13 So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.
- Ezekiel 9:4 He said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all who weep and sigh because of the detestable sins being committed in their city.”
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).