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Strong's #2928 - טֶלֶם

Transliteration

Ṭelem

Phonetics

teh'-lem

Origin

from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Telem = "oppression"
n pr m
1. a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of Ezra
n pr loc
1. one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

BSB (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

CSB (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

ESV (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

KJV (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

LEB (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

LSB (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

N95 (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

NAS (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Joshua 1

Ezra 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

טֶ֫לֶם proper name, of a location or

person

1. location in the Negeb of Judah, Joshua 15:24 = טלאים 1 Samuel 15:4, read perhaps טֵלָאם We Dr. We reads טֵלָם also for חוילה 1 Samuel 15:7, compare Dr.

2. person one of the porters Ezra 10:24.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

טֶלֶם (“oppression”), [Telem], pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34 in the opinion of Kimchi and others, the same as is called in 1 Samuel 15:4, טְלָאִים (young lambs). [(2) pr.n. m. Ezra 10:24.]

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List of Word Forms

וָטֶ֖לֶם וטלם vaTelem wā·ṭe·lem wāṭelem