Pi`el deceive, mock, Imperfect וַיְהַתֵּל בָּהֶם 1 Kings 18:27 (secondary formation from תלל Hiph`il, q. v.; compare Thes Ol^{§ 257 f.} near the end Sta^{§ 145 e}; otherwise Kö^{i. 352}; see further below תלל).

II. [תָּלַל] verb Hiph`il mock, deceive, trifle with (perhaps akin to Arabic act coquettishly; compare secondary √ [הָתַל]); — mock trifle with, with ב person: Perfect3masculine singular הֵ֫תֶל (בִּיׅ Genesis 31:7 (E), 2 masculine singular הֵתַ֫לְתָּ Judges 16:10,13,15; Imperfect3masculine plural יְהָתֵ֫לּוּ Jeremiah 9:4, 2masculine plural תְּהָתֵ֫לּוּ Job 13:9 (on both see Ges^{§ 53q} Baer^{on the passage}); Infinitive construct Job 13:19 and (absolute) Exodus 8:25 (J).

Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular הוּתַל Isaiah 44:20 a heart (which) is deceived. — See [הָתַל], הֲתֻלִים p. 251.

תלם (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew תֶּלֶם = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic , modern Palestinian Bergheim^{PEF 1894, 195}; Ethiopic Aramaic תְּלָמָא; the nearest verbal v is Arabic break edge of, make a breach, gap, but = compare Frä¹³¹).