fugitives assembled on the platform, and here Nebuchadnezzar spread his
royal pavilion” (R.V., “brickwork”).
- TAHPENES the wife of Pharaoh, who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad
the Edomite (1 Kings 11:19, 20). - TAHTIM-HODSHI the land of the newly inhabited, (2 Samuel 24:6). It is
conjectured that, instead of this word, the reading should be, “the Hittites
of Kadesh,” the Hittite capital, on the Orontes. It was apparently some
region east of the Jordan and north of Gilead. - TALE (1.) Hebrews tokhen, “a task,” as weighed and measured out =
tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number (Exodus 5:18; see 1 Samuel
18:27; 1 Chronicles 9:28). In Ezekiel 45:11 rendered “measure.”
(2.) Hebrews hegeh, “a thought;” “meditation” (Psalm 90:9); meaning
properly “as a whisper of sadness,” which is soon over, or “as a thought.”
The LXX. and Vulgate render it “spider;” the Authorized Version and
Revised Version, “as a tale” that is told. In Job 37:2 this word is rendered
“sound;” Revised Version margin, “muttering;” and in Ezekiel 2:10,
“mourning.”
- TALENT of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Exodus 38:25, 26), and was
equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the
LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the
Hebrew name kikkar denotes. A talent of gold was double the weight of a
talent of silver (2 Samuel 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matthew 18:24;
25:15). - TALITHA CUMI (Mark 5:41), a Syriac or Aramaic expression, meaning,
“Little maid, arise.” Peter, who was present when the miracle was
wrought, recalled the actual words used by our Lord, and told them to
Mark. - TALMAI abounding in furrows. (1.) One of the Anakim of Hebron, who
were slain by the men of Judah under Caleb (Numbers 13:22; Joshua
15:14; Judges 1:10).
(2.) A king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after he had put Amnon to
death (2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37). His daughter, Maachah, was one of David’s
wives, and the mother of Absalom (1 Chronicles 3:2).