בבל

See also: בבֿל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܒܒܠ (Syriac)

Proper noun

בבל • (bāḇel)

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
   • Tanach, Daniel 4:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לִקְצָת יַרְחִין תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר עַל־הֵיכַל מַלְכוּתָא דִּי בָבֶל מְהַלֵּךְ הֲוָה׃

     liqṣāṯ yarḥīn tərē-ʿăśar ʿal-hēḵal malḵūṯā dī ḇāḇel məhallēḵ hăwā.

     At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim); in Genesis associated with the idea of confusion.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baːˈbɛːl/, [baːˈβɛːl]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bɔːˈvɛl/ [bɔːˈvɛːl]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bɔˈval/ [bɔːˈvæːl]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈbel/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bɔˈvɛl/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈvel/

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Proper noun

בָּבֶל • (bavél, bɔḇɛl) f

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
   • Tanach, 2 Kings 17:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיָּבֵא מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר מִבָּבֶל וּמִכּוּתָה וּמֵעַוָּא וּמֵחֲמָת וּסְפַרְוַיִם וַיֹּשֶׁב בְּעָרֵי שֹׁמְרוֹן תַּחַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּרְשׁוּ אֶת־שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּעָרֶיהָ׃

     vayavé mélekh-'ashúr mibavél umikúta ume'avá umekhamát us'farváyim vayóshev b'aréi shom'rón tákhat b'néi yisra'él vayir'shú 'et-shom'rón vayesh'vú b'aréha.
     wayyāḇē meleḵ-ʾaššūr mibbāḇel ūmikkū́ṯā ūmēʿawwā ūmēḥămāṯ ūsəp̄arwáyim wayyṓšeḇ bəʿārē šōmərōn táḥaṯ bənē yiśrāʾēl wayyīrəšū ʾeṯ-šōmərōn wayyēšəḇū bəʿāréhā.

     And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Derived terms

• בָּבְלִי (bavlí, bɔḇli)
• מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (Migdal Bavel)

References

• H894 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible