1) mound, heap, heap of ruins 1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city) 1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)
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H8510 — תֵּל
tel · mound · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Deuteronomy 13:16 · תֵּ֣לAnd you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.Joshua 8:28 · תֵּל־So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.Joshua 11:13 · תִּלָּ֔םYet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.Jeremiah 30:18 · תִּלָּ֔הּThis is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.Jeremiah 49:2 · לְתֵ֣לTherefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.