Lexical Definition

‎עֹפֶל‎ ʻôphel (o'-fel) hill ^H:N-M
from ‎עָפַל‎

emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.

• a tumor
• also a mound, i.e. fortress

1) hill, mound, fort, stronghold, Ophel
2) tumour, hemorrhoid

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עֹ֫פֶל‎ noun [masculine] mound, hill, only as acropolis; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute 2Kgs 5:24 +, construct Mic 4:8 — fortified mound or hill within city, or Jerusalem (compare Rob^{BR i. 267} Gu^{ZPV v (1882), 326}) Mic 4:8; Isa 32:14 south end of eastern hill Neh 3:26; Neh 11:21; 2Chr 33:14 ‎׳‎‎חוֺמַת הָע‎ Neh 3:27; 2Chr 27:3 (compare ‎חמת העפל‎ in ‎קרחה‎ MI^{21, 22}); of Samaria 2Kgs 5:24.

II. [‎עֹ֫פֶל‎] noun masculine^{1Sam 6:4} tumour; — only plural Kt ‎(בָּ)עֳפָלִים‎ Deut 28:27; 1Sam 5:6; 1Sam 5:9; 1Sam 5:12 construct ‎עָפְלֵי‎ 1Sam 6:4 suffix ‎עָפְלֵיכֶם‎ v1Sam 6:5 Qr in all ‎(ב)טְחֹרִים‎, ‎טְחֹרֵי‎, ‎טְחֹרֵיכֶם‎, see [ ‎טְחוֺר‎].

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