טַל noun masculine[Judg 6:37] night-mist, dew (Late Hebrew טַל dew; Aramaic , טַלָּא dew; Arabic light rain, dew; Ethiopic dew) — ׳ט absolute [1Sam 1:21] + 12 t.; טָ֑ל [Judg 6:13] + 9 t.; construct טַל [Gen 27:28] + 4 t.; suffix טַלֶּ֑ךָ [Isa 26:19], טַלָּם [Zech 8:12] — night-mist, taking place of our dew (see Che [Isa 18:4] & [Ps 110:3] Lane1862, NeilPal. Explored 129); as coming from the sky and bringing fertility, טַל הַשָּׁמַיִם [Gen 27:28] (God gives it, נתן), & v[Gen 27:39] (+ מֵעָ֑ל), compare [Deut 33:28] (heavens distil it, ערף), [Hag 1:10]; [Zech 8:12] (heavens give it, נתן); in [Deut 33:13] read perhaps מֵעָ֑ל for מִטַּל (see || [Gen 49:25] and Di); clouds distil it (רעף) [Prov 3:20] followed by עַל, it descends (ירד) upon the camp [Num 11:9] (JE); it is upon the ground [Judg 6:39]; [Judg 6:40], compare [2Sam 1:21] (+ מָטָר); upon the fleece [Judg 6:37] is wrung out (מוץ) of the fleece v[Judg 6:38] remains through the night (לון) [Job 29:19], compare ׳שִׁכְבַת הַטּ the lying of dew = the dew lying [Exod 16:13]; [Exod 16:14] (P; it goes up (עלה) in morning); it is in drops מִי הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי טָ֑ל [Job 38:28] covers the head of one out at night [Song 5:2] it comes (היה) by word of prophet [1Kgs 17:1] (+ מָטָר); simile of stealthy approach כַּאֲשֶׁר יִפֹּל הַטַּל עַלהָֿאֲדָמָה [2Sam 17:12] simile denoting welcome and gentle refreshment, of speech, which distils (נזל) like it [Deut 32:2] (poem; || שְׂעִירִים, רְבִיבִים); of fraternal unity כְּטַל חֶרְמוֺן [Ps 133:3] (ירד על); of king's favour [Prov 19:12] (על); of ׳י's kindness [Hos 14:6] כְּעָב טַל [Isa 18:4] like a mist-cloud, of ׳י's quiet watching; of Jacob's influence among nations [Mic 5:6] (׳מֵאֵת י ׳ט; || רְבִיבִים); טַל אוֺרֹת טַלֶּ֑ךָ [Isa 26:19] a dew of light is thy dew (see I. אוֺרָה, p. 21:b above and BaudStud. Semitic Rel. ii. 264 f.); as transitory, כַּטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵךְ [Hos 6:4] like the dew early departing, so [Hos 13:3] (both || עַנַןבֹּֿקֶר); figurative of young warriors of king established by ׳י, with flashing weapons, like dewdrops טַל יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ [Ps 110:3].
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