Lexicon talal: to cover over, roof Original Word: טָלַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: talal Phonetic Spelling: (taw-lal') Short Definition: covered NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto cover over, roof NASB Translationcovered (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. [ טָלַל] verb cover over, roof, Aramaic loan-word, see צלל (  cover over, especially put on roof,  roof, στέγη: so Palmyrene see Eut SBAk, 1885, 669) — only Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וִיטַלֲלֶנּוּ Nehemiah 3:15 he built it (kept on building it, i.e. a city-gate) and covered it over (laid timbers to cover it, compare קֵרוּהוּ they laid its timbers Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:6; see also בְּצֵל קֹרָתִי Genesis 19:8 in the shadow of my roof). טלם (√ of following; perhaps compare Arabic  ; Aramaic טְלַם,  ; Ethiopic  all oppress, injure; in this case טֶלֶם, טַלְמֹן will be Aramaic names, since  = Hebrew צ).
Strong's cover A primitive root; properly, to strew over, i.e. (by implication) to cover in or plate (with beams) -- cover. |
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