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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טוּלH2904
Pronunciationṭālal
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 Ithurled2×1 Samuel 20:33, Jonah 1:4
and cast him1×Jonah 1:15
and cast me1×Jonah 1:12
and hurl you1×Ezekiel 32:4
And they threw1×Jonah 1:5
be overwhelmed1×Psalms 37:24
hurled it1×1 Samuel 18:11
hurled out1×Jeremiah 22:28
I will hurl1×Jeremiah 22:26
is about to shake you violently1×Isaiah 22:17
is cast1×Proverbs 16:33
overwhelming1×Job 41:9
So I will cast1×Jeremiah 16:13
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1 Samuel 18:11וַיָּ֤טֶלtohurled itConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular1 Samuel 20:33וַיָּ֨טֶלtohurledConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularJob 41:9יֻטָֽל׃tooverwhelmingVerb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularPsalms 37:24יוּטָ֑לtobe overwhelmedVerb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularProverbs 16:33יוּטַ֣לtois castVerb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularIsaiah 22:17מְטַלְטֶלְךָ֔tois about to shake you violentlyVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularJeremiah 16:13וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣יtoSo I will castConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularJeremiah 22:26וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣יtoI will hurlConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularJeremiah 22:28הֽוּטֲלוּ֙tohurled outVerb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common pluralEzekiel 32:4אֲטִילֶ֑ךָtoand hurl youVerb - 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 row1 Samuel 18:11
Aligned rows14
Books represented8
1 Samuel2Job1Psalms1Proverbs1Isaiah1Jeremiah3Ezekiel1Jonah4
Source forms
אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ1x’ă·ṭî·le·ḵāEzekiel 32:4
הֽוּטֲלוּ֙1xhū·ṭă·lūJeremiah 22:28
הֵטִ֤יל1xhê·ṭîlJonah 1:4
וַהֲטִילֻ֣נִי1xwa·hă·ṭî·lu·nîJonah 1:12
וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣י1xwə·hê·ṭal·tîJeremiah 16:13
וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י1xwə·hê·ṭal·tîJeremiah 22:26
וַיָּ֤טֶל1xway·yā·ṭel1 Samuel 18:11
וַיָּ֨טֶל1xway·yā·ṭel1 Samuel 20:33
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular3xJob 41:9, Psalms 37:24, Proverbs 16:33
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular2xJeremiah 16:13, Jeremiah 22:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular2x1 Samuel 18:11, 1 Samuel 20:33
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural1xJonah 1:5
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular1xJonah 1:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular1xJonah 1:12
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular1xEzekiel 32:4
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular1xJonah 1:4
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Forceful removal or expulsion, often suggesting violent casting away rather than gentle placement or departure
Strong'sH2904
Lexical occurrences14 versesWord forms2 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkIsaiah 22:15-19Source Gloss
to pitch over or reel ; hence (transitively) to cast down or out
Extended definitionSource: 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 groups2Aligned forms5
Hophalcausative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action4×
ImperfectJob 41:1 · Prov 16:33 · Ps 37:243×
PerfectJer 22:281×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action1×
PerfectJonah 1:41×
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