- Original: תּלאה - Transliteration: T@la'ah - Phonetic: tel-aw-aw' - Definition: 1. toil, hardship, distress, weariness - Origin: from H3811 - TWOT entry: 1066a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From H3811 ; distress: - travail travel trouble. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • travail, 3 Exodus 18:8; Numbers 20:14; Lamentations 3:5 • trouble, 1 Nehemiah 9:32 • weariness, 1 Malachi 1:13