What does תַּחֲלוּא (taḥălûʾ) mean in the Bible?
תַּחֲלוּא (taḥălûʾ): Physical ailment ranging from specific disease to general sickness; often describes grievous or mortal afflictions
Hebrew · H8463
תַּחֲלוּא
A malady
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תַּחֲלוּא H8463
Pronunciation taḥălûʾ
What does תַּחֲלוּא (taḥălûʾ) mean in the Bible?
תַּחֲלוּא (taḥălûʾ): Physical ailment ranging from specific disease to general sickness; often describes grievous or mortal afflictions
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8463?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and the sicknesses (1), diseases (1), pain (1), those ravaged (1), your diseases (1).
Where does תַּחֲלוּא (taḥălûʾ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 29:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (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 and the sicknesses 1× Deuteronomy 29:22
diseases 1× Jeremiah 16:4
pain 1× 2 Chronicles 21:19
those ravaged 1× Jeremiah 14:18
your diseases 1× Psalms 103:3
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Deuteronomy 29:22 תַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָ to and the sicknesses Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 2 Chronicles 21:19 בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים to pain Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Psalms 103:3 תַּחֲלֻאָֽיְכִי׃ to your diseases Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Jeremiah 14:18 תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣י to those ravaged Noun - masculine plural construct Jeremiah 16:4 תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים to diseases Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 29:22
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Deuteronomy 1 2 Chronicles 1 Psalms 1 Jeremiah 2
Source forms
בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים 1x bə·ṯa·ḥă·lu·’îm 2 Chronicles 21:19
תַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָ 1x ta·ḥă·lu·’e·hā Deuteronomy 29:22
תַּחֲלֻאָֽיְכִי׃ 1x ta·ḥă·lu·’ā·yə·ḵî Psalms 103:3
תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים 1x ṯa·ḥă·lu·’îm Jeremiah 16:4
תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣י 1x ta·ḥă·lū·’ê Jeremiah 14:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 16:4
Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Jeremiah 14:18
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular 1x Psalms 103:3
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 1x Deuteronomy 29:22
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 1x 2 Chronicles 21:19
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Physical ailment ranging from specific disease to general sickness; often describes grievous or mortal afflictions
Source Gloss
a malady
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Physical ailment ranging from specific disease to general sickness; often describes grievous or mortal afflictions
a malady BDB: diseases Usage: disease, × grievous, (that are) sick(-ness).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
תַּחֲלוּא is built from this root:
חָלָא H2456
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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