Lexical Definition

‎תֵּל‎ têl (tale) mound ^H:N-M
by contraction from ‎תָּלַל‎

heap, [idiom] strength.

• a mound

1) mound, heap, heap of ruins
1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city)
1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)

See Greek: τεῖχος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֵּל‎ noun [masculine] mound; —

1. mound, ruin-heep (of city): construct ‎תֵּל(ֿ)עוֺלָם‎ Josh 8:28 (JE), Deut 13:17*, ‎תֵּל שְׁמָמָה‎ Jer 49:2.

2. mound or hill on which city stood: suffix ‎תִּלָּם‎ Josh 11:18 (D), ‎תִּלָּתּ‎ Jer 30:18.

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