טַל

Genesis 27:28 מִטַּל֙ some of [the] dew of

May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

Here: 'From' plus 'dew.' The prefix probably means 'a share of': God gives from his store of dew. In the Levant dew was the moisture that kept crops alive through the rainless summer, so it was a real, life-or-death gift.

Genesis 27:39 וּמִטַּ֥ל and away from [the] dew of

His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

Exodus 16:13 הַטַּ֔ל the dew

That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

Exodus 16:14 הַטָּ֑ל <the> dew

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

Numbers 11:9 הַטַּ֛ל the dew

When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

Deuteronomy 32:2 כַּטַּ֖ל like the dew

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Here: Night moisture that kept plants alive through the rainless Levantine summer. In Israelite poetry it stands for blessing that comes quietly from heaven (Gen 27:28; Hos 14:5).

Deuteronomy 33:13 מִטָּ֔ל from [the] dew

Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

Here: Dew, which waters crops through Israel's rainless summer. It names the sky's choicest gift. Many scholars read this word as me'al, "from above" (see the textual notes).

Deuteronomy 33:28 טָֽל׃ dew

So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

Here: The night moisture that keeps crops alive through the rainless summer of the Levant. Dew was a standard sign of divine blessing (Gen 27:28; Deut 33:13).

Judges 6:37 טַל֩ dew

then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

Here: The moisture that settles overnight. In the dry harvest season (see 6:11) it was the land's main nightly water, and in Israel's poetry it was a sign of God's blessing on the land.

Judges 6:38 טַל֙ dew

And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

Here: The night moisture that settles on surfaces. In the dry Levant it was a vital source of water for crops and a standard image of God's blessing. Here it is the very substance of the sign.

Judges 6:39 טָּֽל׃ dew

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

Here: The night moisture that kept crops alive through Israel's rainless summer. It was a basic sign of divine blessing, and something Canaanites credited to Baal.

Judges 6:40 טָֽל׃ פ dew

And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.

2 Samuel 1:21 טַ֧ל dew

O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

Here: The moisture that sustained crops through the rainless summer. Dew was a standard sign of blessing, so denying it is a real threat to life on the land.

2 Samuel 17:12 הַטַּ֖ל the dew

Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

1 Kings 17:1 טַ֣ל dew

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Here: Night moisture that keeps crops alive through the rainless Levantine summer. Losing it means losing the dry-season lifeline as well as the winter rains.

Job 29:19 וְ֝טַ֗ל and dew

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Job 38:28 טָֽל׃ dew

Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

Here: The heavy night moisture that waters the land of Israel through the rainless summer. It is a standard image of blessing and life. Like rain, it is pictured here as offspring that needs a begetter.

Psalm 110:3 טַ֣ל [the] dew of

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

Here: 'Dew of.' In a land without summer rain, dew was the moisture that kept crops alive. It stood for freshness, renewal and blessing, and also for something countless that appears silently overnight and covers everything.

Psalm 133:3 כְּטַל־ like [the] dew of

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

Here: The prefix kə- ('like') carries the comparison over from verse 2: brothers living together in unity are like this dew. In this land dew was a vital source of moisture through the rainless summer, so it suggests life-giving refreshment, not just a damp morning.

Proverbs 3:20 טָֽל׃ dew

By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

Proverbs 19:12 וּכְטַ֖ל and [is] like dew

A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Here: The 'and' joins the two halves, and the contrast between them supplies the 'but' of English. Dew was the night moisture that kept crops alive through Israel's rainless summer, so it stood for life and blessing, not decoration.

Song of Songs 5:2 טָ֔ל dew

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Here: In Israel's dry summers, heavy night dew was the main moisture. Anyone who stayed out late in it got thoroughly wet. He has been outside in the night.

Isaiah 18:4 טַ֖ל dew

For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Here: Dew, the only moisture crops receive in Israel's rainless summer. It forms silently overnight and keeps vines and summer fruit alive and ripening.

Isaiah 26:19 טַ֤ל טַלֶּ֔ךָ [will be the] dew of, dew your

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

Here: 'Dew of…' Dew is the night moisture that keeps plants alive through the rainless Levantine summer. It is a stock image of life coming from heaven.

Hosea 6:4 וְכַטַּ֖ל and like <the> dew

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

Here: "And like the dew". In the dry summer, dew is real moisture and in the Bible it is often a sign of blessing. The point here is how quickly it is gone.

Hosea 13:3 וְכַטַּ֖ל and like <the> dew

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Here: 'And like the dew.' In the dry summer of Israel, dew was the land's main moisture and usually stood for blessing. Here only its short life is in view, because it is gone by mid-morning.

Hosea 14:5 כַטַּל֙ like the dew

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Here: Dew, the night moisture that keeps plants alive through the rainless summer. Earlier in the book Israel's loyalty was 'like the dew that goes early away' (6:4; 13:3). Now God himself is the dew, and he does not evaporate.

Micah 5:7 כְּטַל֙ like dew

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Here: Night moisture that keeps plants alive through the rainless summer in the Levant (the eastern Mediterranean lands). It comes quietly and everywhere, and no human makes it.

Haggai 1:10 מִטָּ֑ל from dew

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

Here: 'From dew': the sky has held itself back from giving dew. In Judah's rainless summer, night dew was the moisture that kept vines and summer crops alive, so losing it meant a failed harvest.

Zechariah 8:12 טַלָּ֑ם dew their

“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

Here: "Their dew": the night moisture that keeps crops alive through the rainless summer. Its absence was a sign of judgment (Hag 1:10) and its presence a sign of blessing (Gen 27:28).