What does תֵּל mean in the Bible?
תֵּל is a Hebrew word meaning "a mound".
Hebrew · H8510
תֵּל
A mound
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תֵּל H8510
What does תֵּל mean in the Bible?
תֵּל is a Hebrew word meaning "a mound".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8510?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a heap (1), a mound of ruins (1), heap of ruins (1), own ruins (1), their mounds (1).
Where does תֵּל appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 13:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (2), Joshua (2), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a heap 1× Jeremiah 49:2
a mound of ruins 1× Deuteronomy 13:16
heap of ruins 1× Joshua 8:28
own ruins 1× Jeremiah 30:18
their mounds 1× Joshua 11:13
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 13:16 תֵּ֣ל to a mound of ruins Noun - masculine singular construct Joshua 8:28 תֵּל־ to heap of ruins Noun - masculine singular construct Joshua 11:13 תִּלָּ֔ם to their mounds Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Jeremiah 30:18 תִּלָּ֔הּ to own ruins Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Jeremiah 49:2 לְתֵ֣ל to a heap Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 13:16
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Deuteronomy 1 Joshua 2 Jeremiah 2
Source forms
לְתֵ֣ל 1x lə·ṯêl Jeremiah 49:2
תֵּ֣ל 1x têl Deuteronomy 13:16
תֵּל־ 1x têl- Joshua 8:28
תִּלָּ֔הּ 1x til·lāh Jeremiah 30:18
תִּלָּ֔ם 1x til·lām Joshua 11:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Deuteronomy 13:16, Joshua 8:28
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular 1x Jeremiah 30:18
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Joshua 11:13
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Jeremiah 49:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a mound
Source Gloss
a mound
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a mound BDB: mound Usage: heap, × strength.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
תֵּל is built from this root:
תָּלַל H8524
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain