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Strong's #8510 - תֵּל
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- mound, heap, heap of ruins
- mound (of ruin-heap of city)
- mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)
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1196) lu (תהל ThL) AC: Scatter CO: Dew AB: ?: A covering over of a large area.
A) lu (תהל ThL) AC: Scatter CO: Dew AB: ?
Nm ) lu (תהל ThL) - I. Dew:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Ruin:A city that is covered over and made into a mound. [df: lt]KJV (41): dew, heap, strength - Strongs: H2919 (טַל), H2920 (טַל), H8510 (תֵּל)
lf1 ) elulu (תהלתהלה ThLThLH) - Scattering: As covering a large area. KJV (1): captivity - Strongs: H2925 (טַלְטֵלָה)
B) llu (תהלל ThLL) AC: Cover CO: ? AB: ?
V) llu (תהלל ThLL) - I. Cover:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Sadow:[Aramaic only] III. Lofty:[df: llt] KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Piel, Participle) cover, shadow, eminent - Strongs: H2926 (טָלַל), H2927 (טְלַל), H8524 (תָּלוּל)
E) alu (תהלא ThLA) AC: ? CO: Spots AB: ?: A covering of color or spots.
V) alu (תהלא ThLA) - Spot: To be covered with spots. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Pual, Participle) spotted, diverse colours, clout - Strongs: H2921 (טָלָא)
Nm) alu (תהלא ThLA) - Lamb: As covered with spots. KJV (1): lamb - Strongs: H2922 (טְלָא)
H) elu (תהלה ThLH) AC: ? CO: Spots AB: ?: A covering of color or spots.
Nm) elu (תהלה ThLH) - Lamb: As covered with spots. KJV (2): lamb - Strongs: H2924 (טָלֶה)
J) lfu (תהול ThWL) AC: Cast CO: ? AB: ?
V) lfu (תהול ThWL) - Cast: To throw something in the sense of spreading it out. KJV (14): (vf: Hiphil, Hophal, Pilpel) cast, carry away, send out - Strongs: H2904 (טוּל)
M) liu (תהיל ThYL) AC: Spread CO: Hammered AB: ?: The hammering of a metal into a sheet.
km) lium (מתהיל MThYL) - Hammered: A metal that has been hammered out. KJV (1): bars - Strongs: H4300 (מָטִיל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 mound, ruin-heep (of city): construct תֵּל(ֿ)עוֺלָם Joshua 8:28 (JE), Deuteronomy 13:17, תֵּל שְׁמָמָה Jeremiah 49:2.
2 mound or hill on which city stood: suffix תִּלָּם Joshua 11:18 (D), תִּלָּתּ Jeremiah 30:18.
תֵּל m. with suff. תִּלִּי (from the root תָּלַל), a hill Joshua 11:13, especially a heap of ruins, Deuteronomy 13:17; Joshua 8:28 Jerem. 49:2. Hence come the following names of Babylonian cities, so called from hills or mounds near them (see Assemani Bibl. Orient.; Ind. Geogr. t. iii. 2, p. 784; Burckhardt’s Travels in Syria, i. 253, sqq.).
(1) תֵּל אָבִיב (“hill of ears of corn”), [Tel-abib], Ezekiel 3:15, in Mesopotamia, by the river Chebar, perhaps Thal-labba in d’Anville’s Map, L’Euphrate et le Tigre.
(2) תֵּל חַרְשָׁא (“hill of the wood” see חֶרֶשׁ ) [Tel-harsa, Tel-haresha], in Babylonia, Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61.
(3) תֵּל מֶלַח (“hill of salt”) [Tel-mela], ibid. Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61.
