Strong's Hebrew: 2921. טָלָא (tala) -- to patch, spot

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Lexicon

tala: to patch, spot

Original Word: טָלָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tala
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-law')
Short Definition: spotted

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to patch, spot
NASB Translation
patched (1), spotted (6), various colors (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[טָלָא] verb patch, spot (Late Hebrew id., patch) —

Qal Passive participle טָלוּא Genesis 30:32 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:33; plural טְלֻאִים Genesis 30:35; Genesis 30:39; טְלֻאוֺת Ezekiel 16:16; טְלֻאֹת) Genesis 30:35; chiefly of spotted, variegated sheep and goats (Jacob & Laban); "" נָקֹד, נְקֻדִּים Genesis 30:32 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:33,35; "" עקדים Genesis 30:35; "" both, Genesis 30:39 (all J); of high places, variegated (gaily-coloured shrines) Ezekiel 16:16.

Pu`al Participle מְטֻלָּאוֺת patched, of sandals Joshua 9:5 (JE).

Strong's

clouted, with divers colors, spotted

A primitive root; properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry) -- clouted, with divers colours, spotted.