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title: עֹפֶל — Ophel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹפֶל (6077), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ophel. BDB 1906: mound, hill. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹפֶל

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«עֹפֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ophel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 6077 · **BDB:** עֹ֫פֶל

### Glosses

Ophel (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ophel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6077/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mound, hill [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6077/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] mound, hill, only as acropolis;—ע׳ abs. 2 K 5:24 +, cstr. Mi 4:8;—fortified mound or hill within city, of Jerus. (cf. RobBR i. 267 GuZPVv (1882), 326) Mi 4:8; Is 32:14; S. end of eastern hill Ne 3:26; 11:21; 2 Ch 33:14 חוֹמַת הָע׳ Ne 3:27; 2 Ch 27:3 (cf. חמת העפל in קרחה MI21.22); of Samaria 2 K 5:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֹפֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6077/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.21/)

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וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בָּעֹ֑פֶל וְצִיחָ֥א וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א עַל־הַנְּתִינִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.temple servants \[were\].dwelling on (the) Ophel and Ziha and Gishpa \[were\].over the.temple servants

*JPS 1917:* But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

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[2 Chronicles 27:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.3/)

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ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* he he.built (et) the.gate of.the.house of.Yahweh (the) upper and on the.wall of.(the) Ophel he.built to abundance

*JPS 1917:* He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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