H8413

תִּדְעָל

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Tidal

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1 § Tidal = "great son" chief of various nomadic tribes and an ally of Chedorlaomer

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

תִּדְעָל proper name, masculine king allied with Chedorlaomer called מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9 Θαλγα[λ], ᵐ5^L Θαργαλ (proper name Tud—ula occurs on late Babylonian tablet, Pinches^{Trans. Vict. Inst., xxix (1897), 47, 73,} Say^{Acad. Mar. 21, 1896, 242; Hast. DB TIDAL}; but identification of person unproven, LW King^{Hammurabi i (1898), liii} Hpt^{Ball Gen 14:1} Che^{Ency. Bib. TIDAL}).

2 occurrences

Genesis 14:1
Genesis 14:9