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title: טָבְאֵל — Tabeal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָבְאֵל (2870), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Tabeal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָבְאֵל

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«טָבְאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tabeal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2870 · **BDB:** טָֽבְאֵל

### Glosses

Tabeel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tabeal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2870/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2870/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Aramaic; = God is good, v. טוֹב; according to Wkl (v. infr.) God is wise, cf. Aramaic ܛܰܒ, Ethiopic ጠበበ be wise; Arabic طَبَّ act as physician, طَبٌّ expert)—Persian officer in Samaria Ezr 4:7, 𝔊 Ταβεηλ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָבְאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2870/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.7/)

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וּבִימֵ֣י אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא כָּתַ֨ב בִּשְׁלָ֜ם מִתְרְדָ֤ת טָֽבְאֵל֙ וּשְׁאָ֣ר כְּנָוֺתָ֔יו עַל־אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרָ֑ס וּכְתָב֙הַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ן כָּת֥וּב אֲרָמִ֖ית וּמְתֻרְגָּ֥ם אֲרָמִֽית׃פ

*Word for word:* and in the.days of.Artaxerxes he.wrote Bishlam Mithredath Tabeel and the.rest his.associates his to Artaxerxes the.king of.Persia and the.writing of the.letter \[was\].written Aramaic and \[it.was\].translated Aramaic

*JPS 1917:* And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character, and set forth in the Aramaic tongue.

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