תֵּבֵל

תֵּבֵל noun feminine^{Nah 1,5} (apparently masculine Es 14,17) world, poetic synonym of אֶרֶץ (perhaps originally as productive, compare יְבוּל, בּוּל, 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; Ord 8,31 world, usually || ׃אֶרֶץ 1 Sam 2,8 (׳י set ׳ת on מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ), Es 14,21; Es 24,4; Es 34,1; Jer 10,12 = Jer 51,15, 1 Kron 16,30 (= Sl 96,10 below) Job 34,13; Sl 19,5; Sl 77,19 = Sl 97,4; Sl 90,2; Sl 96,13 (+ עַמִּים), Sl 98,9 (+ id.); וְישְׁבֵי ׳ת בָהּ Nah 1,5; Sl 24,1 ׳ישְׁבֵי ת Sl 33,8; Es 18,3 (|| שֹׁכְנֵי ארץ), Es 26,9; Es 26,18; Klg 4,12 וּמְלֹאָהּ ׳ת Klg 89,12 (+ שָׁמַיִם, compare ארץ ומלאה Klg 24,1); אָ֑רְצָה ׳עַלפְּֿנֵי ת Job 37,12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); אַרְצוֺ ׳בְּת Ord 8,31 on the other hand ׳עַפְרוֺת ת vOrd 8,26 ׳ת alone Job 18,18 other combinations וּמְלֹאָהּ ׳ת Sl 50,12 (compare Sl 89,12 above); ׳פְּנֵיתֿ Es 27,6 (compare Job 37,12 above); ׳מֹסְדוֺת ת 2 Sam 22,16 foundations of the world = Sl 18,16, compare ׳תִּכּוֺן ת Sl 93,1; Sl 96,10 (= 1 Kron 16,30); world as object of ׳י's judgment 1 Kron 9,9 (|| לְאֻמִּים; see also 1 Kron 96,13 above), compare וישׁבי בה ׳ת 1 Kron 98,7 (|| יַם), Es 13,11 (|| רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Es 14,17 (|| עָרָיו).