תל
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See also: תּל
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Root |
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ת־ל־ל (t-l-l) |
From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /til/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /tel/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /tel/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -el
Noun
[edit]תֵּל • (tél) m (plural indefinite תִּלִּים, singular construct תֵּל־, plural construct תִּלֵּי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- (archaeology) tell (a hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements)
- (colloquial) heap, pile
Synonyms
[edit]- גִּבְעָה f
Derived terms
[edit]- תֵּל אָבִיב (Tél Avív)
References
[edit]- “תל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H8510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
[edit]- תל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
[edit]Noun
[edit]תל • (tel)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּל (tel).
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ת־ל־ל
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hebrew/el
- Rhymes:Hebrew/el/1 syllable
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- he:Archaeology
- Hebrew colloquialisms
- Yiddish non-lemma forms
- Yiddish noun forms
- Yiddish unpointed forms