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 · תֵּ֣לYou shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its spoil every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.Joshua 8:28 · תֵּל־So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.Joshua 11:13 · תִּלָּ֔םBut as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.Jeremiah 30:18 · תִּלָּ֔הּThus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way.Jeremiah 49:2 · לְתֵ֣לTherefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who possessed him, says Yahweh.