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טוּל ṭûwl — to pitch over or reel

pronounced tool · Strong's H2904 · 14 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Hiph'il, Hoph'al, Pilpel

Translated in the KJV as carry away, cast (down, forth, out), send out.

a primitive root; to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or out.

ṭûwl in each stem

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1Imperative 1

וַיָּ֤טֶל 1Sam 18:11 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. (KJV)

וַיָּ֨טֶל 1Sam 20:33 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. (KJV)

וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣י Jer 16:13 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 1st person common singular

Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. (KJV)

Hoph'al

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 1

יֻטָֽל Job 41:1 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? (KJV)

יוּטָ֑ל Ps 37:24 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. (KJV)

יוּטַ֣ל Prov 16:33 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. (KJV)

Pilpel

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

מְטַלְטֶלְךָ֔ Isa 22:17 Participle (active), masculine singular

Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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