TEL-ABIB

tel-a'-bib (tel 'abhibh; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) ad acervum novarum frugum):

1. The Name and Its Meaining:

As written in Hebrew, Tel-abib means "hill of barley-ears" and is mentioned in Ezekiel 3:15 as the place to which the prophet went, and where he found Jewish captives "that dwelt by the river Chebar." That Tel-abib is written, as Fried. Delitzsch suggests, for Til Ababi, "Mound of the Flood" (which may have been a not uncommon village-name in Babylonia) is uncertain. Moreover, if the captives themselves were the authors of the name, it is more likely to have been in the Hebrew language. Septuagint, which has meteoros, "passing on high," referring to the manner in which the prophet reached Tel-abib, must have had a different Hebrew reading.

2. The Position of the Settlement:

If the Chebar be the nar Kabari, as suggested by Hilprecht, Tel-abib must have been situated somewhere in the neighborhood of Niffer, the city identified with the Calneh of Genesis 10:10. The tablet mentioning the river Kabaru refers to grain (barley?) seemingly sent by boat from Niffer in Nisan of the 21st year of Artaxerxes I. Being a navigable waterway, this was probably a good trading-center.

LITERATURE.

See Hilprecht and Clay, Business Documents of Murasha Sons ("Pennsylvania Exp.," Vol IX, 28); Clay, Light on the Old Testament from Babel, 405.

T. G. Pinches

8512. Tel Abib -- "hill of grain," a place in Babylon
Tel Abib. 8511, 8512. Tel Abib. 8513 . "hill of grain," a place in
Babylon. Transliteration: Tel Abib Phonetic Spelling: (tale ...
/hebrew/8512.htm - 6kHill of corn, a place on the river Chebar, the residence of Ezekiel (Ezek. 3:15). The site is unknown. Telabib (1 Occurrence)
... 2. The Position of the Settlement: If the Chebar be the nar Kabari, as suggested
by Hilprecht, Tel-abib must have been situated somewhere ...Telabib (1 Occurrence ...
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Tel-abib (1 Occurrence)
Tel-abib. Telabib, Tel-abib. Telah . Easton's Bible Dictionary ... (See JPS ASV
DBY WBS NAS RSV). Telabib, Tel-abib. Telah . Reference Bible.
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Ezekiel (4 Occurrences)
... 1:3). He was one of the Jewish exiles who settled at Tel-Abib, on the banks of the
Chebar, "in the land of the Chaldeans." He was probably carried away captive ...
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Tel (5 Occurrences)

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Kebar (8 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the
river of Kebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among ...
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Telah (1 Occurrence)

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Astonied (12 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 3:15 And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the
river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them ...
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Abib (5 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the
river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among ...
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Appalled (31 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the
river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them ...
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Tel-abib (1 Occurrence)

Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
(See JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Tel-Abib

Tel-Abib: Residence of Jewish Captives in Babylonia

Tel-abib (1 Occurrence)

Ezekiel (4 Occurrences)

Tel (5 Occurrences)

Kebar (8 Occurrences)

Telah (1 Occurrence)

Astonied (12 Occurrences)

Abib (5 Occurrences)

Appalled (31 Occurrences)

Astonished (92 Occurrences)

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