H8440 H8440
Tolaite — gentilic adjective for descendants of Tola, used collectively for the clan
This gentilic form appears in Numbers 26:23 in the census of Issachar's clans. 'The Tolaite' with the definite article refers collectively to all descendants of Tola. These clan designations organized military units, determined camp positions, and eventually guided land distribution. The census demonstrated that despite wilderness hardships, Israel's tribes remained intact and identifiable—God had preserved the structure of the people he promised to bring into Canaan.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A gentilic adjective with the definite article in Numbers 26:23, denoting the clan descended from Tola of Issachar. Used collectively (the Tolaite = all Tolaites), it functions as a clan designation in the wilderness census. Multilingual versions preserve the gentilic form, recognizing this as an ethnic-family identifier essential to Israel's tribal organization. 1×
AR["التُّولَاعِيِّ"]·ben["তোলায়ীদের"]·DE["der-Tolaite"]·EN["the-Tolaite"]·FR["le-Tolaite"]·heb["ה-תולעי"]·HI["तोलई-का"]·ID["orang-Tola"]·IT["il-Tolaite"]·jav["tiyang-Tola"]·KO["그-또라-의"]·PT["o-tola'ita"]·RU["Толино"]·ES["los-tolaítas"]·SW["Watola"]·TR["-Tolaluların"]·urd["تولاعیوں-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תּוֹלָעִי adj. gent. of foregoing; c. art. as n. coll. Nu 26:23.