UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: np

Sense 1: Babel

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = town; ◄ in Mesopotamia; ► founded by Nimrod; location of "tower of Babel"; capital of Chaldean empire

Coordinates: 32.536503,44.420882

Synonyms: שֵׁשַׁךְ

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:10

OET-RV GEN 10:10

10 His kingdom began in the cities of Bavel, Erek, Akad, and Keleneh, all in the Shin’ar region.

OET-LV GEN 10:10

10 And_it _became the _beginning _of his/its_kingdom Bāⱱel and_Erech and_Akkad and_Kələneh in_land of _Shinˊār.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:9

OET-RV GEN 11:9

9 That’s why they named the city ‘Bavel’ (meaning ‘mixed-up’) because it was there that Yahweh mixed up everyone’s language and then scattered them over the whole world.

OET-LV GEN 11:9

9 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Bāⱱel if/because there YHWH he _confused the _language _of all _of the_earth/land and_from_there he/it _scattered_them YHWH over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land.

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All 254 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 10:10 · OET GEN 11:9

KI2: OET KI2 17:24 · OET KI2 17:30 · OET KI2 20:12 · OET KI2 20:14 · OET KI2 20:17–18 · OET KI2 24:1 · OET KI2 24:7 · OET KI2 24:10–12 · OET KI2 24:15–17 · OET KI2 24:20 · OET KI2 25:1 · OET KI2 25:6–8 · OET KI2 25:11 · OET KI2 25:13 · OET KI2 25:20–24 · OET KI2 25:27–28

CH1: OET CH1 9:1

CH2: OET CH2 32:31 · OET CH2 33:11 · OET CH2 36:6–7 · OET CH2 36:10 · OET CH2 36:18 · OET CH2 36:20

EZR: OET EZR 1:11 · OET EZR 2:1 · OET EZR 5:12–14 · OET EZR 5:17 · OET EZR 6:1 · OET EZR 6:5 · OET EZR 7:6 · OET EZR 7:9 · OET EZR 7:16 · OET EZR 8:1

NEH: OET NEH 7:6 · OET NEH 13:6

EST: OET EST 2:6

PSA: OET PSA 87:4 · OET PSA 137:1 · OET PSA 137:8

ISA: OET ISA 13:1 · OET ISA 13:19 · OET ISA 14:4 · OET ISA 14:22 · OET ISA 21:9 · OET ISA 39:1 · OET ISA 39:3 · OET ISA 39:6–7 · OET ISA 43:14 · OET ISA 47:1 · OET ISA 48:14 · OET ISA 48:20

JER: OET JER 20:4–6 · OET JER 21:2 · OET JER 21:4 · OET JER 21:7 · OET JER 21:10 · OET JER 22:25 · OET JER 24:1 · OET JER 25:1 · OET JER 25:9 · OET JER 25:11–12 · OET JER 27:6 · OET JER 27:8–9 · OET JER 27:11–14 · OET JER 27:16–18 · OET JER 27:20 · OET JER 27:22 · OET JER 28:2–4 · OET JER 28:6 · OET JER 28:11 · OET JER 28:14 · OET JER 29:1 · OET JER 29:3–4 · OET JER 29:10 · OET JER 29:15 · OET JER 29:20–22 · OET JER 29:28 · OET JER 32:2–5 · OET JER 32:28 · OET JER 32:36 · OET JER 34:1–3 · OET JER 34:7 · OET JER 34:21 · OET JER 35:11 · OET JER 36:29 · OET JER 37:1 · OET JER 37:17 · OET JER 37:19 · OET JER 38:3 · OET JER 38:17–18 · OET JER 38:22–23 · OET JER 39:1 · OET JER 39:3 · OET JER 39:5–7 · OET JER 39:9 · OET JER 39:11 · OET JER 39:13 · OET JER 40:1 · OET JER 40:4–5 · OET JER 40:7 · OET JER 40:9 · OET JER 40:11 · OET JER 41:2 · OET JER 41:18 · OET JER 42:11 · OET JER 43:3 · OET JER 43:10 · OET JER 44:30 · OET JER 46:2 · OET JER 46:13 · OET JER 46:26 · OET JER 49:28 · OET JER 49:30 · OET JER 50:1–2 · OET JER 50:8–9 · OET JER 50:13–14 · OET JER 50:16–18 · OET JER 50:23–24 · OET JER 50:28–29 · OET JER 50:34–35 · OET JER 50:42–43 · OET JER 50:45–46 · OET JER 51:1–2 · OET JER 51:6–9 · OET JER 51:11–12 · OET JER 51:24 · OET JER 51:29–31 · OET JER 51:33–35 · OET JER 51:37 · OET JER 51:41–42 · OET JER 51:44 · OET JER 51:47–49 · OET JER 51:53–56 · OET JER 51:58–61 · OET JER 51:64 · OET JER 52:3–4 · OET JER 52:9–12 · OET JER 52:15 · OET JER 52:17 · OET JER 52:26–27 · OET JER 52:31–32 · OET JER 52:34

EZE: OET EZE 12:13 · OET EZE 17:12 · OET EZE 17:16 · OET EZE 17:20 · OET EZE 19:9 · OET EZE 21:19 · OET EZE 21:21 · OET EZE 23:15 · OET EZE 23:17 · OET EZE 23:23 · OET EZE 24:2 · OET EZE 26:7 · OET EZE 29:18–19 · OET EZE 30:10 · OET EZE 30:24–25 · OET EZE 32:11

DAN: OET DAN 1:1 · OET DAN 2:12 · OET DAN 2:14 · OET DAN 2:18 · OET DAN 2:24 · OET DAN 2:48–49 · OET DAN 3:1 · OET DAN 3:12 · OET DAN 3:30 · OET DAN 4:6 · OET DAN 4:29–30 · OET DAN 5:7 · OET DAN 7:1

MIC: OET MIC 4:10

ZEC: OET ZEC 2:7 · OET ZEC 6:10

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Form 1

Sense 1: Babel