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title: תֻּבַל — Tubal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֻּבַל (8422), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Tubal. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. et. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֻּבַל

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«תֻּבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tubal** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 8422 · **BDB:** תּוּבַל

### Glosses

Tubal (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tubal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8422/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. et. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8422/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. et. gent. in E. Asia Minor, perhaps nearly = Cappadocia (= Assyrian Tabalu DlPa 250 f. COT Gn 10:2, cf. Di Gn 10:2);—ת׳ Is 66:19 Ez 27:13, תֻּבַל 32:26, תֻּבָ֑ל Gn 10:2 = 1 Ch 1:5; Ez 38:2, 3; 39:1; Θοβελ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֻּבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8422/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.2/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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[1 Chronicles 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.5/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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