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title: בָּבֶל — Babel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּבֶל (894), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 262 times: Babel. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּבֶל

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«בָּבֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Babel** — 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:** 262 times · **Key:** 894 · **BDB:** בָּבֶ֫ל

### Glosses

of.Babylon (157); Babylon (74); to (27)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Babel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/894/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/894/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon (in Assyrian written Bâb-ili, gate of god DlPa 212, cf. on other hand JenKosmol. 498)—c. ָהloc. בָּבֶ֫לָה Ez 12:13 +, בָּבֶ֑לָה 2 K 20:17 + once מִכָּבֶ֫לָה Je 27:16;—the ancient capital of Babylonia, mod. Hillah, situated on Euphrates, in long. c. 44° 30’ E., and lat. c. 32° 50’ N.; Gn 10:10; 11:9 (where name connected with בלל confuse, confound), both J, not elsewhere in Hex; 2 K 17:24 + 31 times 2 K; 18 times Chr; Est 2:6; late ψ 87:4; 137:1, 8; Is 2, 3, viz. 13:1, 9; 14:4, 22; 21:9; 39:1, 3, 6, 7; 43:14; 47:1; 48:14, 20; Mi 4:10 (but here prob. not orig., cf. RSProph. vii. n. 5 \& reff.) Zc 2:11; 6:10 Dn 1:1 Ez 12:13 + 19 times Ez; Je 20:4(×2) 5, 6 + 165 times Je;—note especially אֶרֶץ בּ׳ Je 50:28; also of land \& people = realm, partic. in מֶלֶךְ בּ׳ 2 K 20:12 of Merodach Baladan; v 18; 24:1, 7, 11, 12(×2) + often of Nebuchadrezzar; 2 K 25:27 = Je 52:31 cf. v 34 of Evil-Merodach; Ne 13:6 of Artaxerxes; the city personif. as בַּת בָּבֶל Is 47:1 Je 50:42. (See DlPa 212 COT Gn 11:9; KG 95.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/894/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.11/)

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ה֥וֹי צִיּ֖וֹן הִמָּלְטִ֑י יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־בָּבֶֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* alas! O.Zion escape O.inhabitant\[s\] of.the.daughter of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'

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[Isaiah 13:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.Babylon which he.saw Isaiah the.son of.Amoz

*JPS 1917:* The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

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