him that telleth For "tell" in the sense (now archaic) of countcp. Genesis 15:5; Psalms 22:17; Psalms 48:12.

"While one with moderate haste might tella hundred."

Hamlet, Jeremiah 1:2.

The cognate substantive is preserved to us in the title of the "tellers" who report the result of a division in the House of Commons. For talein the Bible in the sense of numbersee Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:18; 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Chronicles 9:28. Bible Word Book.

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