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title: תֵּל — mound · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֵּל (8510), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: mound. BDB 1906: mound. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֵּל

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«תֵּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mound** — 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:** 8510 · **BDB:** תֵּל²

### Glosses

a.mound (2); mound (2); mounds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8510/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8510/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mound;— mound, ruin-heap (of city): cstr. תֵּל(־)עוֹלָם Jos 8:28 (JE), Dt 13:17, תֵּל שְׁמָמָה Je 49:2. mound or hill on which city stood: sf. תִּלָּם Jos 11:13 (D), תִּלָּהּ Je 30:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֵּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8510/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 8:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.8.28/)

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וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶת־הָעָ֑י וַיְשִׂימֶ֤הָ תֵּל־עוֹלָם֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.burned Joshua (et) (the) Ai and he made.it a.mound of.perpetuity a.desolation until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

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[Joshua 11:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.13/)

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רַ֣ק כָּל־הֶעָרִ֗ים הָעֹֽמְדוֹת֙ עַל־תִּלָּ֔ם לֹ֥א שְׂרָפָ֖ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל זוּלָתִ֛י אֶת־חָצ֥וֹר לְבַדָּ֖הּ שָׂרַ֥ף יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃

*Word for word:* only all the cities \[which were\].standing on mounds their not it burned.them Israel except (et) Hazor it alone he.burned Joshua

*JPS 1917:* But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only — that did Joshua burn.

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