תָּלָא tâlâʼ

Meaning

to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate

In the King James Version: be bent, hang (in doubt).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 28:66 So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
• 2 Samuel 21:12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
• Hosea 11:7 My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.