Lexical Summary tephillah: prayer Original Word: תְּפִלָּהTransliteration: tephillah Phonetic Spelling: (tef-il-law') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: prayer Meaning: intercession, supplication, a hymn Strong's Concordance prayer From palal; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn -- prayer. see HEBREW palal Brown-Driver-Briggs H8605. tephillah תְּפִלָּה77 noun feminine prayer; — ׳ת Isaiah 1:15 +, construct תְּמִּלַּת Psalm 80:5 +; suffix תְּפלָּתִי 4:2 +, etc.; plural תְּפִלּוֺת 72:20; — 1. a. prayer, 1 Kings 8:38 2 Chronicles 6:29; Isaiah 1:15; Psalm 35:13; 80:5 +. b. pray a prayer, ׳הִתְפ ׳ת 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 8:54 (compare 8:28; 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:19-20,); בַּתּ ׳דִּבֶּר Daniel 9:21; specifically of intercession, ת ׳נשׂא, with בְּעַד in behalf of 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4; Jeremiah 7:16; 11:14. c. ׳ת אֶלאֱֿלֹהִים2 Chronicles 33:18, לְאֵל Psalm 42:9, compare 69:14; with verb + לפני 88:3; 141:2; ׳תּ תְּקַדְּמֶ֑ךָּ 88:14. d. ת ׳בית Isaiah 56:7 (twice in verse) house of prayer (temple); with verb + ׳אֶליֿ + אלהֿיכל Jonah 2:8; with verb + קדשׁו למעון2 Chronicles 30:27. e. hear prayer ת (אֶתֿ) ׳שׁמע 1 Kings 8:45, 49 2 Chronicles 6:35, 39; 1 Kings 9:3; Psalm 4:2; 39:13 9t.; אֶלתֿ ׳שׁמע 1 Kings 8:28-29, 2 Chronicles 6:19-20, Nehemiah 1:6; Daniel 9:17; ת ׳פנהאל 1 Kings 8:28 2 Chronicles 6:19; Psalm 102:18; לת קַשֻּׁבוֺת ׳אָזְנֶיךָ2 Chronicles 6:40; 7:15, compare Nehemiah 1:11 (אֶל), ׳ת הַקְשִׁיבָה Psalm 61:2; ת בְּקוֺל ׳הִקְשִׁיבּ 66:19; ת ׳הַאֲזִינָה 17:1; 55:2; 86:6; ת ׳לקח 6:10; compare 66:20; 102:18b. 2 in Psalm-titles, poetic, liturgical prayer Psalm 17:1; 86:1; 90:1; 102:1; 142:1; Habakkuk 3:1; of Davidic Psalter, דוד תפלות Psalm 72:20. |