תלא

Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛlɑʔ/

Noun

תלא • (telā) m (plural תלא)

  1. hill
  2. tell, mound, pile
  3. ruins

References

  • “tl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tlɑʔ/

Verb

תלא • (tlā)

  1. to suspend, to hang

References

  • “tly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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