The meaning of “תַּחֲלוּא”
Understanding tachălûwʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or תַּחֲלֻא tachăluʼ (takh-aloo'); from חָלָא disease, [idiom] grievous, (that are) sick(-ness). - a malady 1) diseases
תַּחֲלוּא
or תַּחֲלֻא tachăluʼ (takh-aloo'); from חָלָא disease, [idiom] grievous, (that are) sick(-ness). - a malady 1) diseases
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 29:22 | “So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;” Word: תַּחֲלוּא (tachălûwʼ) | |
| 2 Chronicles 21:19 | “And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.” Word: תַּחֲלוּא (tachălûwʼ) | |
| Psalms 103:3 | “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;” Word: תַּחֲלוּא (tachălûwʼ) | |
| Jeremiah 14:18 | “If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.” Word: תַּחֲלוּא (tachălûwʼ) | |
| Jeremiah 16:4 | “They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.” Word: תַּחֲלוּא (tachălûwʼ) |
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