Be eminent
תָּלוּלStrong’s H8524talal (ta-lal)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Talal is the Hebrew word usually translated “lofty”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:”
Meaning
- (CLBL) to exalt(Qal) eminent, exalted (participle)
- (BDB) exalted, lofty
How it's translated
- and lofty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
תָּלוּל talal · be eminent
v 1) (CLBL) to exalt 1a) (Qal) eminent, exalted (participle) adj 2) (BDB) exalted, lofty
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lofty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOFTY, adjective
- Elevated in place; high; as a lofty tower; a lofty mountain. [But it expresses more than high, or at least is more emphatical, poetical and elegant.]
- Elevated in condition or character.“Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy -” Isaiah 57:15
- Proud; haughty; as lofty looks. Isaiah 2:11
- Elevated in sentiment or diction; sublime; as lofty strains; lofty rhyme.
All definitions
- Stately; dignified; as lofty steps.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.