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<p>There are only four Biblical instances of the noun תְּלָאָה.  Three of the cases, <a href="Shemot18-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:8</a>, <a href="Bemidbar20-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:14</a>, <a href="Nehemyah9-32" data-aht="source">Nehemyah 9:32</a>, plainly speak of the תְּלָאָה which befell the Jewish people, and it is likely that the fourth verse, <a href="Eikhah3-5" data-aht="source">Eikhah 3:5</a>, does so as well.<fn>If so, "רֹאשׁ" in that verse may mean a bitter or poisonous herb (like its homonym "רוש", see "ראש").  Tur-Sinai, though, in his entry on "תלאה" in the The Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew, suggests that "רֹאשׁ" there may carry its usual meaning of a head, with "תְלָאָה" meaning a heel (based on an Arabic parallel).</fn>  However, the meaning of the word and the events to which it refers are not completely clear in any of the occurrences.  The basic possibilities correspond to the two possible meanings of the verb <a href="Dictionary:לאה" data-aht="page">לאה</a>.</p>
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<p>There are only four Biblical instances of the noun תְּלָאָה.  Three of the cases, <a href="Shemot18-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:8</a>, <a href="Bemidbar20-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:14</a>, <a href="Nehemyah9-32" data-aht="source">Nehemyah 9:32</a>, plainly speak of the תְּלָאָה which befell the Children of Israel, and it is likely that the fourth verse, <a href="Eikhah3-5" data-aht="source">Eikhah 3:5</a>, does so as well.<fn>If so, "רֹאשׁ" in that verse may mean a bitter or poisonous herb (like its homonym "רוש", see "ראש").  Tur-Sinai, though, in his entry on "תלאה" in the The Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew, suggests that "רֹאשׁ" there may carry its usual meaning of a head, with "תְלָאָה" meaning a heel (based on an Arabic parallel).</fn>  However, the meaning of the word and the events to which it refers are not completely clear in any of the occurrences.  The basic possibilities correspond to the two possible meanings of the verb <a href="Dictionary:לאה" data-aht="page">לאה</a>.</p>
 
<subcategory name="Weariness">1. Weariness
 
<subcategory name="Weariness">1. Weariness
 
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<li>See <multilink><a href="RadakShorashim" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakShorashim" data-aht="source">Sefer HaShorashim לאה</a><a href="Radak" data-aht="parshan">About Radak</a></multilink></li>
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<li>See <multilink><a href="RadakShorashim" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakShorashim" data-aht="source">Sefer HaShorashim לאה</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About Radak</a></multilink></li>
 
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<subcategory name="Difficulties">2. Difficulties, hardship, travails
 
<subcategory name="Difficulties">2. Difficulties, hardship, travails
 
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<li>See <multilink><a href="OnkelosShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Onkelos</a><a href="OnkelosShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:8</a><a href="Onkelos" data-aht="parshan">About Onkelos</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Long Commentary Shemot 18:8</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotShort18-8" data-aht="source">Short Commentary Shemot 18:8</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About Ibn Ezra</a></multilink>,<fn>Ibn Ezra traces the etymology by explaining that תְּלָאָה refers to travails that a person is unable to endure or describe.</fn> <multilink><a href="RAvrahamShemot18-8" data-aht="source">R. Avraham b. HaRambam</a><a href="RAvraham18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:8</a><a href="R. Avraham Maimonides" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham b. HaRambam</a></multilink></li>
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<li>See <multilink><a href="OnkelosShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Targum Onkelos</a><a href="OnkelosShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:8</a><a href="Targum Onkelos" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Onkelos</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemot18-8" data-aht="source">Long Commentary Shemot 18:8</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotShort18-8" data-aht="source">Short Commentary Shemot 18:8</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About Ibn Ezra</a></multilink>,<fn>Ibn Ezra traces the etymology by explaining that תְּלָאָה refers to travails that a person is unable to endure or describe.</fn> <multilink><a href="RAvrahamShemot18-8" data-aht="source">R. Avraham b. HaRambam</a><a href="RAvraham18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:8</a><a href="R. Avraham Maimonides" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham b. HaRambam</a></multilink></li>
 
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תְּלָאָה
Part of SpeechNoun
Occurrences4
Possible Meanings
  1. Weariness
  2. Difficulties
Related Wordsלאה

Possible Meanings

There are only four Biblical instances of the noun תְּלָאָה. Three of the cases, Shemot 18:8, Bemidbar 20:14, Nehemyah 9:32, plainly speak of the תְּלָאָה which befell the Children of Israel, and it is likely that the fourth verse, Eikhah 3:5, does so as well.1 However, the meaning of the word and the events to which it refers are not completely clear in any of the occurrences. The basic possibilities correspond to the two possible meanings of the verb לאה.

1. Weariness

2. Difficulties, hardship, travails

Disputed Cases

Shemot 18:8

See the discussion in Shemot 18 of Two Accounts which Yitro Heard regarding the implications for understanding what Moshe told Yitro.3

Malakhi 1:13 – מַתְּלָאָה

The etymology and meaning of this word are the subject of significant debate.

Idioms

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Semantic Evolution

Intra-Biblical

Rabbinic Hebrew

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