Hebrew words starting with tav
275 words in the Bible begin with tav (ת), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- taḥatתַּחַתunder, beneath: the lower position relative to something above
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- in place of, instead of, in exchange for: one thing standing where another would be
- because, in return for the fact that: a reason given as the price of an action
- tavekhתָּוֶךְthe middle: the central part of something, or the space it encloses
- torahתּוֹרָהauthoritative instruction: binding teaching given by a recognized authority, and in time the whole body of God's teaching gathered into a written book
- to'evahתּוֹעֵבַהan abomination: something felt as so revolting that it must be rejected and shut out
- tamidתָּמִידwithout a break: going on and on, all the time, as a settled and unbroken practice
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- the regular offering: the fixed daily sacrifice (and the standing rites that go with it) in Israel's worship
- tamimתָּמִיםwithout blemish: physically whole and sound, with nothing missing, broken, or damaged
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- blameless: whole in character and conduct, undivided in loyalty to God, with nothing false or double held back
- Thummim: the sacred lot used with the Urim to seek God's answer
- tephillahתְּפִלָּהprayer: the general word for an appeal spoken to God, asking him to listen and to act
- terumahתְּרוּמָהa portion set apart from a larger whole and handed over to God, whether a gift, a sacred share of a sacrifice, a levy, or a reserved tract of land
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
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- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- taphasתָּפַשׂto lay hold of: to grip something or someone firmly, often by force, so as to take, seize, or hold it fast
- tamamתָּמַםto be complete: to reach the end of something so that nothing of it is left
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- to be blameless: to be whole and sound in conduct, with no flaw of integrity
- tesahתֵּשַׁעnine: the cardinal number nine
- tehillahתְּהִלָּהpraise: the open acknowledgment of someone as worthy, whether the act of praising, the deeds that deserve it, or the renown it brings
- tipharahתִּפְאָרָהsplendor on show: beauty that catches the eye and brings honor to whoever wears, owns, or gives it
- ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
- tekheletתְּכֵלֶתa costly violet-blue dyed wool of the ancient luxury trade, and the yarn or cloth made from it
- tole'ahתּוֹלֵעָהa worm, grub, or maggot: a small soft creature that breeds in rot and eats away what it feeds on
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- scarlet: the crimson dye taken from a small insect, and the costly yarn or cloth colored with it
- tevu'ahתְּבוּאָהthe yield that comes in from land or labor: a harvest of crops, or income and gain more broadly
- tavunahתְּבוּנָהdiscerning competence: the trained ability to tell things apart and put that judgment to work
- te'enahתְּאֵנָהfig: the cultivated fig tree and the sweet fruit it bears, one of the staple plants of ancient Israel
- toledahתּוֹלֵדוֹתthe line that comes from a named ancestor: the descendants, family record, or unfolding story that issues from them
- tiroshתִּירוֹשׁnew wine: the freshly pressed juice of the grape harvest, the vintage of the year.
- tevelתֵּבֵלthe world: the whole habitable, fruitful earth, seen as the ordered realm God founded and the peopled stage of human life
- tehomתְּהוֹםthe deep: the vast cosmic body of water under and around the world, from the primeval ocean of creation to the springs beneath the ground and the unreachable depths of the sea
- teru'ahתְּרוּעָהa loud, ringing sound raised by a crowd together: a battle cry, a signal blast on a horn, or a shout of acclamation and joy.
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהhope: the expectation of a future good, and the thing hoped for itself.
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- cord: a length of rope or line.
- teshu'ahתְּשׁוּעָהdeliverance: being rescued from danger or enemies, especially the victory that God gives
- todahתּוֹדָהthe public acknowledgment of what God has done: openly declaring his rescue before others, in word and in the offering that goes with it
- tenuphahתְּנוּפָהa dedicatory offering: a gift formally presented to the LORD at the sanctuary before it is handed over for sacred use
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- a brandishing of the hand: a threatening swing or shaking of the hand or arm against an enemy
- tevahתֵּבָהa sealed, floating box that carries chosen lives safely through deadly water
- tokhaḥatתּוֹכַחַתa corrective rebuke: words (or the discipline behind them) meant to confront a person and set them right
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- an argument: the reasoned case a person lays out to defend a position in a dispute
- tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁTarshishnot studied yet
- talahתָּלָהto hang: to fasten something so that it dangles from a support, whether an object on a peg or a person's body on a tree or gallows
- teḥinnahתְּחִנָּהa humble plea for favor: an earnest request that someone in power grant grace or mercy.
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- favor shown: the grace or mercy that someone grants.
- tamarתָּמָרTamarnot studied yet
- turתּוּרto explore or search something out by moving through it, whether scouting a land on foot or searching a matter out in the mind
- totsa'ahתּוֹצָאָהgoings out: the point at which a line, a place, or a thing runs out, ends, or issues forth
- temanתֵּימָןsouth: the southern direction, and the side, region, or wind that lies toward it
- tomתֹּםcompleteness or wholeness: an entire, undivided condition, most often the moral integrity of a person whose character has no hidden fault
- temolתְּמוֹלthe recent past: "yesterday," and by extension "previously, up to now"
- teḥillahתְּחִלָּהthe beginning of something: its first point or earliest stage; in adverb form, "first," "at first," or "formerly."
- ta'avתַּעָבto abhor: to find someone or something detestable and turn away from it in loathing
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- to act abominably: to commit deeds so detestable they become an abomination, especially before God
- tamakhתָּמַךְto take firm hold: to grasp something, to hold a person up so they do not fall, or to keep a tight grip on what is valued
- ta'avahתַּאֲוָהdesire, longing, craving: the whole person's reaching out for what it wants (and sometimes the wanted thing itself).
- tavnitתַּבְנִיתa model or figure of a thing's shape: either a plan to build from or a likeness of something that already exists
- tohuתֹּהוּemptiness: something drained of its proper contents and so unable to serve its purpose, from a trackless desert to a worthless idol to the unformed earth
- taznutתַּזְנוּתharlotry: repeated, brazen acts of promiscuous unfaithfulness, pictured as a wife who sells herself to anyone
- tishimתִּשְׁעִיםninetynot studied yet
- taḥtiתַּחְתִּיlower, lowest: placed underneath, from the lower of two things down to the deepest place there is.
- timrahתִּמֹרָהa carved palm-tree figure used to decorate a sacred building
- taḥanunתַּחֲנוּןan earnest plea for favor: a request that rests entirely on the kindness of the one addressed, made by someone with no claim of their own to stand on
- takhanתָּכַןto weigh or measure something against a fixed standard: to mete out a quantity, gauge a person's true worth, or come out right when tested
- tirtsahתִּרְצָהTirzahnot studied yet
- teshi'iתְּשִׁיעִיninthnot studied yet
- tevenתֶּבֶןstraw: the dried, broken stalks left over after grain is threshed
- tophתֹּףa tambourine: a small hand-held frame drum, played to accompany singing, dancing, and celebration.
- tamתָּםwhole and complete, with nothing lacking or false in it: sound and entire, and of a person, of undivided integrity
- to'arתֹּאַרoutward form: the visible shape or figure of a body, and how it looks to the eye
- tanתַּןjackal: the howling wild dog of the wasteland, named almost always in the plural and almost always to say that a place has been emptied of people
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- the great water creature: the monster Pharaoh is addressed as, lying in the Nile, churning it up and fouling his own rivers
- tannurתַּנּוּרa clay bread-oven: the small, beehive-shaped household oven in which flat dough was slapped onto a fire-heated inner wall and baked
- teraphimתְּרָפִיםhousehold gods: figured images kept for private worship and consulted for guidance
- torתֹּרthe turtledove: a small migratory dove, named in Hebrew for its soft rolling coo
- toshavתּוֹשָׁבa resident alien: a free but landless dependent who lives among a people not his own, without the rights of a native citizen
- taḥashתַּחַשׁa costly hide or worked leather, used for the tabernacle's outermost covering and for luxury sandals, whose exact source is unknown
- tanninתַּנִּיןa great serpent or dragon: a large, frightening snakelike creature, most often the sea-monster God masters, but also a venomous land serpent.
- taתָּאa small guard chamber: a recessed cell along a gateway, or the room where a royal escort was stationed
- taḥtonתַּחְתּוֹןlower, lowest: the bottom one of a set of stacked levels, or the lower of two matching places.
- ta'arתַּעַרa razor: the small keen blade held in the hand to shave hair, or to cut and trim.
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- a sheath: the case a sword rests in and is drawn out of.
- teraḥתֶּרַחTerah: the father of Abraham, who led his household out of Ur toward Canaan but settled and died at Haran.
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- Tarah: a stopping place on Israel's wilderness journey, listed between Tahath and Mithkah.
- tiglat pileserתִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶרTiglath-pilesernot studied yet
- tushiyyahתּוּשִׁיָּהsound practical wisdom: the level-headed good sense that knows what will actually work, together with the effectiveness it produces
- timnahתִּמְנָהTimnahnot studied yet
- tikhonתִּיכוֹןmiddlenot studied yet
- temanתֵּימָןTemannot studied yet
- te'alahתְּעָלָהa water channel made by cutting or digging: a conduit, a trench, or a watercourse
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- healing: a wound closing over and mending
- talalתָּלַלto make a fool of someone: to treat a person as a dupe, whether by open ridicule or by lies and broken promises
- tavorתָּבוֹר(Mount) Tabornot studied yet
- tahpukhahתַּהְפֻּכָהtwistedness: words, plans, or people turned back to front, so that what ought to run straight comes out inverted
- temunahתְּמוּנָהthe visible shape of something: the outline the eye actually takes in, and therefore the thing an image would have to copy
- tamahתָּמַהּto be stunned by something that does not make sense: struck with astonishment, usually edged with alarm
- tophetתֹּפֶתTophethnot studied yet
- ta'arתָּאַרto trace a line: to mark out where an edge runs, whether a boundary across the land or an outline on a block of wood
- tuvalתּוּבַלTubalnot studied yet
- temaniתֵּימָנִיTemanitenot studied yet
- telunahתְּלֻנָּהgrumbling: the wilderness generation's voiced complaint against God and against the leaders he appointed
- tamarתָּמָרthe date palm: the tall tree of springs and hot valleys, prized for its fruit, its fronds, and its straight upright growth
- tenukhתְּנוּךְthe lobe of the ear: the small piece at the outer edge of the ear, not the ear as a whole
- teshuvahתְּשׁוּבָהa coming back around: the return of something to the point it set out from
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- an answer: what one side says back to the other in an argument
- taḥpanḥesתַּחְפַּנְחֵסTahpanhesnot studied yet
- ta'anakhתַּעֲנָךְTaanachnot studied yet
- taphelתָּפֵלtasteless: flat and flavorless food that salt has to rescue, and so anything with nothing in it
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- whitewash: the thin coat smeared over a wall to make it look finished and sound
- teqo'aתְּקוֹעַTekoanot studied yet
- teqo'iתְּקוֹעִיTekoanot studied yet
- tardemahתַּרְדֵּמָהa deep sleep that comes over a person from outside, sealing off the senses so that something is done to them while they lie helpless and unaware
- tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁjaspernot studied yet
- ta'omתּוֹאָםtwinnot studied yet
- toḥeletתּוֹחֶלֶתhope held as waiting: the expectation a person keeps counting on while what they are waiting for has not yet come
- tolaתּוֹלָעTola: a man's name spelled exactly like the everyday Hebrew word for a worm, carried in the Bible by two men of the tribe of Issachar
- taḥbulahתַּחְבֻּלָהcounselnot studied yet
- taḥatתַּחַתTahathnot studied yet
- talmayתַּלְמַיTalmainot studied yet
- temurahתְּמוּרָהexchangenot studied yet
- timnaתִּמְנָעTimnanot studied yet
- timnat seraḥתִּמְנַת סֶרַחTimnath-serahnot studied yet
- tappu'aḥתַּפּוּחַa cultivated orchard tree prized for its shade and for its sweet, strongly perfumed, golden fruit, traditionally rendered "apple" though which fruit it was is uncertain
- tappu'aḥתַּפּוּחַTappuahnot studied yet
- tarbitתַּרְבִּיתincrementnot studied yet
- tarmitתַּרְמִיתdeceit: treacherous dealing that betrays the trust of the person taken in
- tishbiתִּשְׁבִּיTishbitenot studied yet
- taḥaluתַּחֲלֻאִיםdiseasenot studied yet
- temaתֵּימָאTemanot studied yet
- takhlitתַּכְלִיתlimitnot studied yet
- telתֵּלmoundnot studied yet
- tela'ahתְּלָאָהhardshipnot studied yet
- telemתֶּלֶםfurrownot studied yet
- tummahתֻּמָּהintegrity: an undivided honesty of character, and so innocence of the wrongdoing a person stands accused of
- tummimתֻּמִּיםThummimnot studied yet
- tenuvahתְּנוּבָהfruitnot studied yet
- tenumahתְּנוּמָהslumbernot studied yet
- tanḥumתַּנְחוּםconsolationnot studied yet
- to'uתֹּעִי, תֹּעוּToinot studied yet
- ta'anugתַּעֲנוּגexquisite pleasure that comes of being pampered: the delight of soft, indulgent treatment, and whatever gives that delight
- tirshataתִּרְשָׁתָאgovernornot studied yet
- tuval qayinתּוּבַל־קַיִןTubal-cain: the son of Lamech and Zillah, remembered in Genesis as the first metalworker, who put an edge on every cutting tool of bronze and iron
- tugahתּוּגָהgriefnot studied yet
- togarmahתֹּגַרְמָהTogarmahnot studied yet
- to'aphahתּוֹעָפָהpeaknot studied yet
- torתּוֹרa turn: the place a person holds in a fixed order of people waiting to be called forward
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- an encircling ornament worn at the head or face: either a braided circlet or a strung row of beads
- tayishתַּיִשׁmale goatnot studied yet
- tokhתֹּךְoppressionnot studied yet
- tel ḥarsahתֵּל חַרְשָׁאTel-harshanot studied yet
- tel melaḥתֵּל מֶלַחTel-melahnot studied yet
- tamruqתַּמְרוּקcosmeticnot studied yet
- tapharתָּפַרto sewnot studied yet
- tequphahתְּקוּפָהcircuitnot studied yet
- teshu'ahתְּשֻׁאָהshoutnot studied yet
- tivniתִּבְנִיTibninot studied yet
- tevetsתֵּבֵץThebeznot studied yet
- tavתָּוmarknot studied yet
- taḥpenesתַּחְפְּנֵיסTahpenesnot studied yet
- talaתָּלָאto hangnot studied yet
- tamrurתַּמְרוּרbitternessnot studied yet
- tanshemetתִּנְשֶׁמֶתchameleonnot studied yet
- te'udahתְּעוּדָהtestimonynot studied yet
- ta'alummahתַּעֲלֻמָּהֿa hidden thing: what has been concealed and lies out of human reach, above all the secrets God alone can see
- tiphlahתִּפְלָהsenseless impropriety: something so empty of good sense that it is also unfitting and offensive
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהTikvah: the father of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, remembered only because his son's wife was Huldah the prophetess
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- Tikvah: the father of Jahzeiah, one of two men singled out at the assembly in Ezra that dealt with the foreign marriages
- taqanתָּקַןbe straightnot studied yet
- taqaphתָּקֵףto prevailnot studied yet
- toqephתֹּקֶףpowernot studied yet
- torenתֹּרֶןmastnot studied yet
- tarelahתַּרְעֵלָהreelingnot studied yet
- teshuqahתְּשׁוּקָהa strong, exclusive turning of one person or force toward another, an orientation that fixes attention and longing on its object
- ta'avתָּאַבto long fornot studied yet
- ta'ahתָּאָהto marknot studied yet
- te'oתְּאוֹantelopenot studied yet
- ta'amתָּאַםbe doublenot studied yet
- ta'anahתַּאֲנָהestrousnot studied yet
- ta'aniyyahתַּאֲנִיָּהmourningnot studied yet
- ta'anat shilohתַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹהTaanath-shilohnot studied yet
- te'ashshurתְּאַשּׁוּרboxtreenot studied yet
- tevelתֶּבֶלperversionnot studied yet
- taverahתַּבְעֵרָהTaberahnot studied yet
- tidharתִּדְהָרelmnot studied yet
- tadmorתַּדְמֹרTadmornot studied yet
- tidalתִּדְעָלTidalnot studied yet
- tavahתָּוָהto marknot studied yet
- to'ahתּוֹעָהerrornot studied yet
- taḥmasתַּחְמָסostrichnot studied yet
- taḥanתַּחַןTahannot studied yet
- taḥaraתַּחְרָאbreastplatenot studied yet
- taḥarahתַּחָרָהto contendnot studied yet
- taḥtim ḥodshiתַּחְתִּים חׇדְשִׁיKadeshnot studied yet
- timarahתִּימָרָהa tall column of smoke rising against the sky
- tirasתִּירָסTirasnot studied yet
- tekhunahתְּכוּנָהfittingnot studied yet
- tukkiתֻּכִּיִּיםpeacocknot studied yet
- tokhenתֹּכֶןquantitynot studied yet
- tokhnitתׇּכְנִיתproportionnot studied yet
- tel avivתֵּל אָבִיבTel-abibnot studied yet
- telassarתְּלַאשָּׂרTelassarnot studied yet
- timmahonתִּמָּהוֹןbewildermentnot studied yet
- temutahתְּמוּתָהdeathnot studied yet
- temaḥתָּמַחTemahnot studied yet
- tomerתֹּמֶרpalmnot studied yet
- tanahתָּנָהto hirenot studied yet
- tanahתָּנָהto recountnot studied yet
- tenu'ahתְּנוּאָהoppositionnot studied yet
- tanḥumetתַּנְחֻמֶתTanhumethnot studied yet
- ta'alulתַּעֲלוּלִיםcapricenot studied yet
- ta'aתָּעַעto mocknot studied yet
- ta'aruvahתַּעֲרֻבָהsecuritynot studied yet
- tatu'aתֵּעְתֻּעִיםdelusionnot studied yet
- tiphsaḥתִּפְסַחTiphsahnot studied yet
- taphaphתָּפַףto beatnot studied yet
- tirhaqahתִּרְהָקָהTirhakahnot studied yet
- tereshתֶּרֶשׁTereshnot studied yet
- tartanתַּרְתָּןTartannot studied yet
- ta'avתָּאַבto loathenot studied yet
- ta'avahתַּאֲבָהlongingnot studied yet