ܬܐܒܝܠ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew תֵּבֵל (tēḇēl).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܬܐܒܝܠ (tēḇêlf(uncountable)

  1. world, earth
    Synonyms: ܐܪܥܐ, ܥܠܡܐ
    • Peshitta, Romans 10:18:
      ܐܠܐ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ. ܕܠܡܐ ܠܐ ܫܡܥܘ. ܘܗܐ ܒܟܠܗܿ ܐܪܥܐ ܢܦܩܬ ܒܪܬ ܩܠܗܘܢ. ܘܒܣܘܦܝ̈ܗܿ ܕܬܒܝܠ ܡܠܝ̈ܗܘܢ.
      ʾellā ʾāmar nā, da-lə-mā lā šəmaʿ? wə-hā ḇə-ḵollāh ʾarʿā nep̄qaṯ baṯ qālhōn, wa-ḇə-sawpêh ḏə-ṯēḇêl mellayhōn.
      But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
  2. universe

References

  • tbl2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 386b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 602a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1617a