תּוֹלֵעָה S 8438 TWOT 2516b GK 9357 , תּוֹלַ֫עַת ⁴⁰ n.f. worm ;— abs. תּוֹלֵעָה Is

14:11 Jb 25: 6; תּוֹלַעַת Is 41:14 +, תּוֹלָ֑עַת Dt 28:39 Nu 19: 6; cstr. תּוֹלַ֫עַת

Ex 25:4 +; sf. תּוֹלַעְתָּם Is 66:2 4;— 1. worm, grub , vine-weevil Jon 4:7 Dt

28:39 ( coll. ); devouring the dead Is 14:11 ( coll. : || רִמָּה ^{), 66:24} ( coll. ); symbol

of insignificance 41:14 Jb 25:6 ( || רִמָּה ^{), ψ 22:7.} 2. elsewhere ( P ) specif., + שָׁנִי

( q.v. ), of the coccus ilicis yielding scarlet colour: שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ׳ Lv 14: 4, 6 , 49 ,

51 , 52 Nu 19: 6; of crimson stuff, בֶּגֶד ת׳ שָׁנִי 4: 8; usually וְת׳ (הַ)שָּׁנִי וגו׳ תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן Ex 25: 4; 26:1 + 24 times Ex.

• [ תָלַע ^{] vb.} Pu. denom. clad in scarlet ( ^v. I . תּוֹלָע 2 ; תּוֹלֵעָה 2 .— NH

Hiph. denom. is breed worms , etc. ) ;— Pt. pl. מְתֻלָּעִים Na 2:4 ( || מְאָדָּם ^).

• מְתַלְּעוֹת S 4973 TWOT 2516d GK 5506 n.f.pl. teeth ( AV RV 2) ( ^perhaps

gnawers , v. √ ) ; teeth, incisors , late (always || שִׁנַּיִם ^{): cstr.} מ׳ Jb 29:17 and (of

lion) Jo 1:6 ; sf. מְחַלְּעֹתָיו Pr 30:1 4. Also cstr. מַלְתְּעוֹת ψ 58:7 .

• תַּלְפִּיּוֹת S 8530 TWOT 2517 GK 9444 n.f.pl. Ges (in Thes ) exitialia , fatal things ( ^√ תלף = Arabic تَلِفَ ^{(talifa) perish}) ;—poet. for weapons; many other

conj. in Comm. : כְּמִגְדּל דָּוִיד צַוָּארֵךְ בָּנוּי לְת׳ Ct 4:4 a, doubtful;

Che Expos. Times, ix. 423; JQ , July 1899, 562 שְׁלָטִים shields , cf. v b.

תְּלַשָּׂר v. תִּלַאשָּׂר ^.

q.v. quod vide. RV Revised Version. Ges W. Gesenius. Comm. Commentary, Commentaries, Commentators. Che T. K. Cheyne.

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