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ioTn.15.17 lo'-"'"-"'*'-*-', IK 8», 2Ch 5'"); of a tablet for writing^ a prophecy upon (Is 30' [in?^], Hab 2=) • fi'^. in Pr 3^ 7* (wise counsels are to be written on the table of the heart), Jer 17' (the sin of Judah is graven [nynn] upon the table of their heart). In all these passages both AV and ix\ tr nV, when used of stone, by * table(s), except Is 308 where RV has 'tablet,' a rendering which might well have been adopted uniformly 1 he LXX reproduces by TrXd? (except Ex 24l^ Is 30», Hab 2= [all tti Jio./], Pr 3" 7'' [both irXdros], and Jer 17' [wanting in LXX]), and this is also the NT term (2 Co 3», He 9^). The 'writing-table (7r>m- KiSiov, RV 'writing-tablet') of Lk l"' was probably a waxen tablet. For a descriiition of the use of both stone and wax for writing purposes see art.
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2. tV-j (the tablet inscnbed with a o-n [stijlus], • to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,' Is 8' AV ' roll ). The essential signilication of this word ai)pears to be something with a smooth poli,«hedsmiace, ^.vhethei of wood, stone, or metal.* [For Si-j "?: B has ri^ot
MfTdXr,, Symm. redxos , ho-l The only other occurrence of the Heb. word is in Is 3^, where [m plur.l it prob. means 'tablets of polished metal, 'mirrors' (so Targ., Vulg., Ges. Del., Cheyne Dillm.-Kittel, but see Marti, ad Inc., and cf. the LXX t4 5<a0a;.i7 Ao».w<ra). 3. AV ' taldcts ('JO fetym. unknown]; LXX veptSd^iOv, Trepio^Jio ; KV 'armlets'). Ex 3S-'\ Nu 31»''. Tho Heb word prob. stands for some neck ornamentt (RVm necklaces ; cf. Dillm.-Rvssel or Baentsch, Ejcodus ad loc.). 4. The • tablets ' (i.e. lockets) of AV in Is 3* become in RV ' perfume boxes' (so Ges. ; cf. Vulg. olfacturiola), and some such sense [possibly oint- nient boxes'; so P. Hannt (deriving from Assyr.^ ,,„ii',Sn, 'to anoint oneself) in Cheyne s' Isaiah, ^IIOT p 82] is required bv the context tor the Heb Bi'--n 'ri2, although it may be doubted whether o-y ever "in the OT [Pr 27" is a doubtful pas.sage1 actually mean* 'odour.' The meaning is perh. ol health,^ i.e. serving to give health to those who smell them ( = ' reviving,' 'refreshing ; ci- the Niph. of the root ir::, and its use in tthp. in ojr. • In the Talmud [V^; stands (or the empty margin of a pag«
"t'This is no doubt the meunincr of the EnRlish word "sed hj AV. for in the lantua^-e of the day <^°':1""";IJ^^"%^'^J,^^, the neck could be ,-alled a ' Wblet,' <« Gold"f ■ 'l''^' ^ci,^'° pearles were hanging at her eares, and tableU at her bresL
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= di'oi;i'xu). See, further, art. Perkume, vol. iii. p. H~,'. J. A. Selbie.
TABOR (I'm.?; B Gaxxfi. A and Luc. Oa^iip ; Vul;,'. 1 linbor). — A city in Zebulun given to tlie Merarite Levites (1 Ch 6"). Xo name having any similarity to Tabor occurs in the earlier list of Levitical cities in Zebulun (Jos 21''-*>). Various BUggestions, none of them quite satisfactory, have been made in regard to this place, — that the occur- rence of the name in 1 Chron. is due to a tran- scriber's error ; that it is an abbreviation of Chisloth- tabor, a town on the border of Zebulun (Jos 19'^) ; that it is the Daberath of Jos 21^, now Dehiirieh ; and that either a town on Mount Tabor or the mountain itself is intended. Some authorities suppose it to be the same place as Tabor on the l)Oider of I-ssachar (Jos 19-, B VaiBfiJip, A Qa(pui6, Luc. 0a/3wp), and tliat at which the brothers of Gideon were slain by Zebah and Zalinunna (Jg 8'»). C. W. Wilson.
TABOR. MOUNT (n^nn irr ; LXX «pos Oa^iip, t4 'iTafii'pioi' (in Jer. and Hos. ) ; Tlmbor). — One of the most celebrated, and, at the same time, one of the most striking, mountains in Palestine. At the N.E. extremity of the rich plain of Esdrnelon, and only about 5 miles E. of Nazareth, a limestone hill of unique outline rises to a height of 1843 feet above the sea. This is Mount Tabor, the At- abijrium, or Itabyrimn of Greek and Roman writers, now called Jcbel et-'fur. The mount overlooks the adjacent hills of Lower GalUee, and, being con- nected with them only by a low ridge, is practi- cally isolated. Its form approaches that of a truncated cone with rounded sides, and a fairly level, oval-shaped summit. When viewed from a distance, especially from the S.W., it has the appearance of a hemisphere, and is remarkable for its symmetrical form, its graceful outline, and its wooded slopes. The mount is often capped with mist, and even in the dry season heavy dews refresh the parched soil, and give new life to the oaks, pistachios, and other trees that partially cover its slopes. In the.se coverts, durin" tlie Middle Ages, wild beasts found shelter; and wild boars, birds, and small game still make them their home. The slopes are steep and rocky, but the ascent can he made with ease — nearly everywiicre on foot, and in more than one place on horseback. The view from the summit is di.sappointing, in so far that there is no one spot from wliich a complete panorama can be obtained ; but frotu many points places of the greatest sacred and historic interest can be seen. To the S.W. and W., stretched out like a map, the great |)lain of E.sdraeIon extends b( youi Taanach and Megiddo to the gorge of the Kishon and the ridge of Carmel. To the N. are the heights «f Liihirh and the ' Horns of HattSn,' where Guy de Lusignan and the Tein])lars made their last stand before surrendering to Sal.'ulin ; and beyond them lie Sitfcd and the hills of Upper Galilee, with snow-capped Heriuon and the peaks of Lebanon in the distance. To the N.E. and E. Me the Sea of Galilee and the rugged IJaurdn, ihe Jordan Valley> the deep gorge of the Yarmuk, »nd the high tableland of Bashan ; and to the 8 E. the mediaeval fortress of Belvoir {Kauknb el- Ilawri), the Jordan Valley below Bethshcan, and the mountains of Gilcad. To the S., on the lower slopes of Jebd iJnlnj (Little Hcriiion), are Nain and Endor, and beyond Jebd Dulty can be seen the crest of Mt. Gilboa.