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Genesis 30:32

אֶעֶבֹר בְּ כָל צֹאנְךָ הַ יֹּום הָסֵר מִ שָּׁם כָּל שֶׂה נָקֹד וְ טָלוּא וְ כָל שֶׂה חוּם בַּ כְּשָׂבִים וְ טָלוּא וְ נָקֹד בָּ עִזִּים וְ הָיָה שְׂכָרִי
I may cross through in the whole of your sheep the Hot-one, causing to turn aside from there the whole of a sheep marked982 and him-who-is-spotted,983 and the whole of a sheep warm984 in the Lambs, and him-who-is-spotted and marked in the She-goats—and he has become my wages.
983

This is a masculine singular passive participle of a verb. Strong’s #2921, tala. to patch, spot. A primitive root; properly, to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry) -- clouted, with divers colours, spotted.