תעי, תָּעָה (b. h.; v. טָעָה) [to move to and fro,] to be lost, go astray; to err. B. Kam. 81ᵇ הרואה חבירו תּוֹעֶה וכ׳, v. פָּסַג. Ib. וכן הוא שתעה וכ׳ (not שתועה) and so also he who has himself lost his way may &c.; Tosef. B. Mets. II, 28 ת׳ (a. טעה). Gen. R. s. 65 (play on כמ̇ת̇ע̇ת̇ע, Gen. XXVII, 12) כמ̇ת̇ כת̇וע̇ה וכע̇ובד וכ׳ as one dead, as one going astray, and as one worshipping idols; Yalk. ib. 115 כתועה וכעובד וכ׳. Ned. 51ᵃ (play on ת̇ו̇ע̇ב̇ה̇) תו̇ע̇ה אתה ב̇ה̇ thou (who committest it) losest thy senses through it; a. e.
Hif. - הִתְעָה to lead astray. Snh. 55ᵃ מה אילנות … המַתְעֶה את חבירו מדרך וכ׳ if in the case of trees (that have been worshipped) … the Law says, destroy, burn, and exterminate: how much more does this apply to a man who leads his neighbor from the way of life to the way of death!; Yalk. Lev. 624 וּמַתְעֵהוּ מדרך וכ׳ (differ. in Sifra K’dosh. Par. 4, ch. X). Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) ונביאי … שהִתְעוּ אותי וכ׳ the false prophets …, who led me astray from the way of life &c.; a. e.