בבל

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See also: בבֿל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

ܒܒܠ (Syriac)

Proper noun

בבל • (bāḇel)

Babylon
- Tanach, Daniel 4:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  לִ קְצָת יַרְחִין תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר עַל־הֵיכַל מַלְכוּתָא דִּי בָבֶל מְהַלֵּךְ הֲוָה׃
  liqṣāṯ yarḥīn tərē-ʿăśar ʿal-hēḵal malḵūṯā dī ḇāḇel məhallēḵ hăwā.
  At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim); in Genesis associated with the idea of confusion.

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bɔːˈvɛl/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈvel/
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Proper noun

בָּבֶל • (bavél, bɔḇɛl) f

Babylon
- Tanach, 2 Kings 17:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיָּבֵא מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר מִבָּבֶל וּ מִ כּוּתָה וּ מֵ עַוָּא וּ מֵ חֲמָת וּ סְפַרְוַיִם וַיֹּשֶׁב בְּ עָרֵי שֹׁמְרוֹן תַּחַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּרְשׁוּ אֶת־שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּ עָרֶיהָ׃
  vayavé mélekh-'ashúr mibavél umikúta ume'avá umekhamát us'farváyim vayóshev b'aréi shom'rón tákhat b'néi yisra'él vayir'shú 'et-shom'rón vayesh'vú b'aréha.
  wayyāḇē meleḵ-ʾaššūr mibbāḇel ūmikkū́ṯā ūmēʿawwā ūmēḥămāṯ ūsəp̄arwáyim wayyṓšeḇ bəʿārē šōmərōn táḥaṯ bənē yiśrāʾēl wayyīrəšū ʾeṯ-šōmərōn wayyēšəḇū bəʿāréhā.
  And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Derived terms

בָּבְלִי (bavlí, bɔḇli)
מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (Migdal Bavel)

References

H894 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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