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title: טֶלֶם — Telem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֶלֶם (2928), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Telem. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. pers. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֶלֶם

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«טֶלֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Telem** — 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:** 2928 · **BDB:** טֶ֫לֶם

### Glosses

Telem (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Telem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2928/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. pers. n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2928/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. et pers. n.pr.loc. in the Negeb of Judah, Jos 15:24 = טלאים 1 S 15:4, read perhaps טֵלָאם We Dr. We reads טֵלָם also for חוילה 1 S 15:7, cf. Dr. n.pr.m. one of the porters Ezr 10:24.

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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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֶלֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2928/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.24/)

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וּמִן־הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים אֶלְיָשִׁ֑יב וּמִן־הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים שַׁלֻּ֥ם וָטֶ֖לֶם וְאוּרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the singers Eliashib and of the gatekeepers Shallum and Telem and Uri

*JPS 1917:* And of the singers: Eliashib; and of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

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