The deceptive sense of talal appears in Jeremiah 9:5 (deceiving one another) and 37:9 (self-deception). The word warns against illusions that provide no real foundation — whether the deceptions of false prophets or the self-deception of those who trust in Egypt's hollow promises. The physical meaning (hanging/suspension) underscores the theological: deception leaves you hanging with nothing solid beneath.
Talal appears rarely but carries two related meanings: to be hung or suspended, and to deceive through empty or deceptive speech. The connection lies in the image of something suspended in the air — unreliable, ungrounded, deceptive.