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title: תֶּבֶל — confusion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֶּבֶל (8397), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: confusion. BDB 1906: confusion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֶּבֶל

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«תֶּבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **confusion** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8397 · **BDB:** תֶּ֫בֶל

### Glosses

\[is\].confusion (1); confusion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

confusion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8397/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

confusion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8397/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] confusion, violation of nature, or the divine order—Lv 18:23; 20:12 (H) cf. Di on 18:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֶּבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8397/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 20:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.12/)

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וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־כַּלָּת֔וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמְת֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם תֶּ֥בֶל עָשׂ֖וּ דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and a.man who he.will.lie with daughter-in-law his surely.(die) they.will.be.put.to.death both of.them confusion they.have.done blood(s) their \[are\].on them

*JPS 1917:* And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought corruption; their blood shall be upon them.

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[Leviticus 18:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.23/)

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וּבְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֛ה לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ וְאִשָּׁ֗ה לֹֽא־תַעֲמֹ֞ד לִפְנֵ֧י בְהֵמָ֛ה לְרִבְעָ֖הּ תֶּ֥בֶל הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and in any animal not you.will.give copulation your to be.unclean by it and a.woman not she.will.stand before an.animal to lie with.it \[is\].confusion it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.

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