H2870A

טָֽבְאֵל

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Tabeel

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.4.7 § Tabeal = "God is good" an officer of the Persian government in Samaria in the reign of Artaxerxes

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

טָֽבְאֵל proper name, masculine (Aramaic; = God is good, see טוֺב; according to Wkl (see below) God is wise, compare Aramaic , Ethiopic be wise; Arabic act as physician, expert) — Persian officer in Samaria Ezra 4:7, ᵐ5 Ταβεηλ.

טָֽבְאַ֑ל proper name, masculine (apparently pointed to mean good-for-nothing (אַל as negative) see De Di Du Sta^{Gesch i. 590}, originally טָֽבְאֵל; Ol^{§ 91 d} Kö^{ii, 537} and others think אַ֑ל- simply pausal form) — Aramean, whose son Pekah and Resin proposed to make king of Jerusalem in place of Ahaz; only בֶּןטָֽֿבְאַ֑ל Isa 7:6 (Wkl^{Alttest. Untersuch. 1892. 74 identification} with Resin, comparing טַבְרִמֹּן father of Benhadad).

1 occurrence

Ezra 4:7