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# תָּעָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8582

**err** — used 50 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

err [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8582/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּעָה: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8582/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. err (‖ form of טָעָה, q.v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעָא, תְּעִי id.; NH = BH (rare));— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳ Is 21:4; 1 s. תָּעִ֫יתִי ψ 119:110, 176, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. תֵּתַע Gn 21:14 Pr 7:25; 3 mpl. יִתְעוּ Is 35:8 +; Inf. cstr. תְּעוֹת Ez 44:10 +; Pt. תֹּעֶה Gn 37:15 +, etc.;— physically, wander about, abs. Ex 23:4 (E) Is 35:8; 53:6; Jb 38:41 ψ 119:176;;c.; ב loc. Gn 21:14; 37:15 (JE), Pr 7:25 ψ 107:4;;c.; ל loc. Is 47:15; acc. loc. 16:8. of intoxication,;c.; בְּ of wine Is 28:7; מן of wine v 7; fig. of perplexity, subj. לבב 21:4. ethically, abs. Ez 44:10; 48:11(×3) ψ 58:4 prob. Pr 14:22 (cf. חוטא v 21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); תֹּעֵי רוח Is 29:24, תֹּעֵי לבב ψ 95:10; c. מן 119:110; Pr 21:16, מֵאַחֲרַי Ez 14:11, מֵעָלַי Ez 44:10, 15. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Inf. cstr. הִתָּעוֹת Is 19:14. ethically: Pf. 3 ms. נִתְעָה be led astray Jb 15:31 (c. בשׁוא). Pf. 3 ms. הִתְעָה Ho 4:12 (We הִתְעָם); Impf. וַיֶּ֫תַע 2 Ch 33:9; sf. וַיַּתְעֵם Jb 12:24 +; Pt. מַתְעֶה Is 30:28 +;— physically: cause to wander about: abs. Is 30:28 (of bridle, in fig.), Pr 10:17; Je 50:6 (acc. of people as sheep); acc. pers. Pr 12:26; c. מן loc. Gn 20:13 (E), ב loc. Jb 12:24 = ψ 107:40. of intoxication, Is 19:13, 14; Jb 12:25. mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: abs. Is 3:12; 9:15; Ho 4:12; c. acc. pers. Am 2:4; Mi 3:5; 2 K 21:9 = 2 Ch 33:9; Je 23:13, 32; c. ב obj. Je 42:20 (so Gf; Ke al. (so Pr 10:17) intr. err at cost of; 𝔊 Ew Du Co הֲרֵעֹתֶם); c. מן of י׳ Is 63:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (4); they went astray (3); went astray (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 58:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.4/#tree)

זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃

*Word for word:* they.turn.aside wicked.\[people\] from.\[the\] womb they.go.astray from.\[the\] belly \[those.who\].speak (of).falsehood

*JPS 1917:* The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

[Proverbs 10:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.17/#tree)

אֹ֣רַח לְ֭חַיִּים שׁוֹמֵ֣ר מוּסָ֑ר וְעוֹזֵ֖ב תּוֹכַ֣חַת מַתְעֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.path to life \[one.who\].keeps discipline and \[one.who\].neglects rebuke \[is\].leading.astray

*JPS 1917:* He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8582.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8582/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).