STRONGS NUMBER H8398

H8398. tebel

תֵּבֵל‎ noun feminine^{Nahum 1:5} (apparently masculine Isaiah 14:17) world, poetic synonym of אֶרֶץ‎ (perhaps originally as productive, compare בּוּל יְבוּל,‎, but this sense not clearly maintained; compare also Assyrian tabalu in êlî tabali, by land, "" êlî nâru, by water (river) Meissn^{ZA 1889, iv. 3, 261, 263, 265 f.} SASm^{Assyrian Letters iv. plate viii. ix, 1. 33}) — usually absolute ׳ת‎ (no article), construct Job 37:12; Proverbs 8:31; world, usually "" ׃אֶרֶץ‎ 1 Samuel 2:8 (׳י‎ set ׳ת‎ on אֶרֶץ מְצֻקֵי‎), Isaiah 14:21; 24:4; 34:1; Jeremiah 10:12 = 51:15, 1 Chronicles 16:30 (= Psalm 96:10 below) Job 34:13; Psalm 19:5; 77:19 = 97:4; 90:2; 96:13 (+ עַמִּים‎), 98:9 (+ id.); בָהּ ׳ת וְישְׁבֵי‎ Nahum 1:5; Psalm 24:1; ת ׳ישְׁבֵי‎ 33:8; Isaiah 18:3 ("" ארץ שֹׁכְנֵי‎), 26:9, 18; Lamentations 4:12; ׳ת וּמְלֹאָהּ‎ Lam 89:12 (+ שָׁמַיִם‎, compare ומלאה ארץ‎ Lam 24:1); ת ׳עַלמְּֿנֵי אָ֑רְצָה‎ Job 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); ׳בְּת אַרְצוֺ‎ Proverbs 8:31; on the other hand ת ׳עַפְרוֺת‎ 8:26; ׳ת‎ alone Job 18:18; other combinations ׳ת וּמְלֹאָהּ‎ Psalm 50:12 (compare 89:12 above); ׳מְּנֵיתֿ‎ Isaiah 27:6 (compare Job 37:12 above); ת ׳מֹסְדוֺת‎ 2 Samuel 22:16 foundations of the world = Psalm 18:16, compare ת ׳תִּכּוֺן‎ 93:1; 96:10 (= 1 Chronicles 16:30); world as object of ׳י‎s judgment 9:9 ("" לְאֻמִּים‎; see also 1Chron 96:13 above), compare ׳ת בה וישׁבי‎ 1Chron 98:7 ("" יַם‎), Isaiah 13:11 ("" רשׁעים‎); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror 14:17 ("" עָרָיו‎).