ܬܐܒܝܠ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܬܐܒܠ (tʾbl)
• ܬܒܝܠ (tbyl)
• ܬܝܒܝܠ (tybyl)

Etymology

From Hebrew תֵּבֵל (tēḇēl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [teˈve̝l]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈte.wel]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [teˈwel]

Noun

ܬܐܒܝܠ • (tēḇêl) f(uncountable)

1. world, earth

   Synonyms: ܐܪܥܐ, ܥܠܡܐ

   • Peshitta, Romans 10:18:

     ܐܠܐ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ. ܕܠܡܐ ܠܐ ܫܡܥܘ. ܘܗܐ ܒܟܠܗܿ ܐܪܥܐ ܢܦܩܬ ܒܪܬ ܩܠܗܘܢ. ܘܒܣܘܦܝ̈ܗܿ ܕܬܒܝܠ ܡܠܝ̈ܗܘܢ.

     ʾellā ʾāmar [ʾĕ]nā, da-lə-mā lā šəmaʿ[w]? wə-hā ḇə-ḵollāh ʾarʿā nep̄qaṯ ba[r]ṯ qālhōn, wa-ḇə-sawpêh ḏə-ṯēḇêl mellayhōn.

     But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

2. universe

References

• “tbl²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 386b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 602a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1617a