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הָתַל

ha.tal

to mock

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Strong’s H2048aVerb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he mocked1

In the text

1 Kings 18:27וַיְהַתֵּל
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[הָתַל] vb. only Pi. deceive, mock, 1 K 18:27

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.