תּוֹלָעTôwlâʻ
proper name, masculine: in Issachar; a judge of Israel (Judges 10:1; Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1; 1 Chronicles 7:2)
Pronunciation: to-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8439
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 46:13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
- Numbers 26:23 These were the clans descended from the sons of Issachar: The Tolaite clan, named after their ancestor Tola. The Puite clan, named after their ancestor Puah.
- Judges 10:1 After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of mighty warriors listed in the records of these clans was 22,600.
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).