תבל

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תבל¹

  • /teˈvel/ Modern Israeli

noun תֵּבֵל · tevél

  1. no plural, uncountable world, universe

תבל²

  • /ˈtevel/ Modern Israeli

noun תֶּבֶל · tével

  1. Biblical abomination, perversion
  2. spice, seasoning

תבל³

verb תִּבֵּל · tibél

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of תיבל

תבל⁴

verb תֻּבַּל · tubál

  1. construction pu'al, misspelling defective spelling of תובל

תבל⁵

  • /tuˈval/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Neo-Assyrian 𒆳𒋫𒁄 (ᴷᵁᴿta-bal /⁠Tabal⁠/).

proper noun תֻּבַל · tuvál

  1. Tabal (a region of Asia Minor, roughly equivalent to Cappadocia). יָוָן תֻּבַל וָמֶשֶׁךְ הֵמָּה רֹכְלָיִךְ בְּנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם וּכְלֵי נְחֹשֶׁת נָתְנוּ מַעֲרָבֵךְ׃
  2. A "son" of Japheth. בְּנֵי יֶפֶת גֹּמֶר וּמָגוֹג וּמָדַי וְיָוָן וְתֻבָל וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתִירָס׃

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {תבל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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