What does טוּל (ṭālal) mean in the Bible?
טוּל (ṭālal): Forceful removal or expulsion, often suggesting violent casting away rather than gentle placement or departure
Hebrew · H2904
טוּל
To pitch over or reel ; hence (transitively) to cast down or out
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טוּל H2904
Pronunciation ṭālal
What does טוּל (ṭālal) mean in the Bible?
טוּל (ṭālal): Forceful removal or expulsion, often suggesting violent casting away rather than gentle placement or departure
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2904?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hurled (2), and cast him (1), and cast me (1), and hurl you (1), And they threw (1).
Where does טוּל (ṭālal) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Samuel 18:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Jonah (4), Jeremiah (3), 1 Samuel (2), Ezekiel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hurled 2× 1 Samuel 20:33, Jonah 1:4
and cast him 1× Jonah 1:15
and cast me 1× Jonah 1:12
and hurl you 1× Ezekiel 32:4
And they threw 1× Jonah 1:5
be overwhelmed 1× Psalms 37:24
hurled it 1× 1 Samuel 18:11
hurled out 1× Jeremiah 22:28
I will hurl 1× Jeremiah 22:26
is about to shake you violently 1× Isaiah 22:17
is cast 1× Proverbs 16:33
overwhelming 1× Job 41:9
So I will cast 1× Jeremiah 16:13
Show sample aligned rows
1 Samuel 18:11 וַיָּ֤טֶל to hurled it Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 20:33 וַיָּ֨טֶל to hurled Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Job 41:9 יֻטָֽל׃ to overwhelming Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 37:24 יוּטָ֑ל to be overwhelmed Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Proverbs 16:33 יוּטַ֣ל to is cast Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Isaiah 22:17 מְטַלְטֶלְךָ֔ to is about to shake you violently Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Jeremiah 16:13 וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣י to So I will cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Jeremiah 22:26 וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י to I will hurl Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Jeremiah 22:28 הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ to hurled out Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural Ezekiel 32:4 אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ to and hurl you Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Samuel 18:11
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 8
1 Samuel 2 Job 1 Psalms 1 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 1 Jonah 4
Source forms
אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ 1x ’ă·ṭî·le·ḵā Ezekiel 32:4
הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ 1x hū·ṭă·lū Jeremiah 22:28
הֵטִ֤יל 1x hê·ṭîl Jonah 1:4
וַהֲטִילֻ֣נִי 1x wa·hă·ṭî·lu·nî Jonah 1:12
וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣י 1x wə·hê·ṭal·tî Jeremiah 16:13
וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י 1x wə·hê·ṭal·tî Jeremiah 22:26
וַיָּ֤טֶל 1x way·yā·ṭel 1 Samuel 18:11
וַיָּ֨טֶל 1x way·yā·ṭel 1 Samuel 20:33
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x Job 41:9, Psalms 37:24, Proverbs 16:33
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 2x Jeremiah 16:13, Jeremiah 22:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x 1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:33
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Jonah 1:5
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular 1x Jonah 1:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular 1x Jonah 1:12
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular 1x Ezekiel 32:4
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 1x Jonah 1:4
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Forceful removal or expulsion, often suggesting violent casting away rather than gentle placement or departure
Strong's H2904
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Isaiah 22:15-19 Source Gloss
to pitch over or reel ; hence (transitively) to cast down or out
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Forceful removal or expulsion, often suggesting violent casting away rather than gentle placement or departure
to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or out BDB: hurl Usage: carry away, (utterly) cast (down, forth, out), send out.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 4×
Imperfect Job 41:1 · Prov 16:33 · Ps 37:24 3×
Perfect Jer 22:28 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Perfect Jonah 1:4 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
To toss or hurl forcefully.
Showing 1 selected witness from 14 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
טוּל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
The verb conveys decisive and humiliating removal. Isaiah 22:15-19
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain