תלם

Hebrew

Root
ת־ל־ם (t-l-m)

Etymology

See Arabic ثَلْم (ṯalm), Tigrinya ትልሚ (təlmi) Ugaritic 𐎚𐎍𐎎 (tlm /⁠talmu⁠/)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈte.lem/

Noun

תֶּלֶם • (télem) m (plural indefinite תְּלָמִים, singular construct תֶּלֶם־, plural construct תַּלְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a furrow, a ridge (a bank or terrace)
   • Tanach, Psalms 65:10:

     תְּלָמֶיהָ רַוֵּה נַחֵת גְּדוּדֶיהָ בִּרְבִיבִים תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה צִמְחָהּ תְּבָרֵֽךְ׃

     You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops.

   • Tanach, Job 39:10:

     הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתֹו אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

     Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?

Declension

Declension of תֶּלֶם

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	תֶּלֶם	first	תַּלְמִי		תַּלְמֵנוּ
	definite	הַתֶּלֶם	second	תַּלְמְךָ	תַּלְמֵךְ	תַּלְמְכֶם	תַּלְמְכֶן
	construct	תֶּלֶם־	third	תַּלְמוֹ	תַּלְמָהּ	תַּלְמָם	תַּלְמָן
plural	indefinite	תְּלָמִים	first	תלמיי / תְּלָמַי		תְּלָמֵינוּ
	definite	הַתְּלָמִים	second	תְּלָמֶיךָ	תלמייך / תְּלָמַיִךְ	תַּלְמֵיכֶם	תַּלְמֵיכֶן
	construct	תַּלְמֵי־	third	תְּלָמָיו	תְּלָמֶיהָ	תַּלְמֵיהֶם	תַּלְמֵיהֶן

References

• H8525 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “תלם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language