Hebrew word · H8583

תֹּ֫עִי, תֹּעוּ

to'i

Toi

Appears 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.9;

father of: Joram (H3141); also called Tou at 1Ch.18.9,10;

§ Toi or Tou = "wander"

king of Hamath in the time of David

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 3

  1. 2 Samuel 8:9 תֹּ֖עִי Toi

    When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

    Here: The king of Hamath. The name does not look Semitic. It may be Hurrian or Luwian, which fits a kingdom with Neo-Hittite roots. He is known only from this episode and its parallel in Chronicles.

  2. 2 Samuel 8:10 תֹּ֣עִי תֹּ֖עִי Toi

    he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

    Here: Toi, king of Hamath (v. 9), a city-state on the Orontes River in central Syria. The name is probably not Semitic and may reflect the Hittite-Luwian culture of that region.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:9 תֹּ֖עוּ Tou

    When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

  2. 1 Chronicles 18:10 תֹּ֖עוּ Tou

    he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

    Here: King of Hamath on the Orontes River. The name is spelled Toi in 2 Samuel and is probably not Semitic in origin.

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