See תל on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tél Avív",
"word": "תֵּל אָבִיב"
}
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"args": {
"1": "ת־ל־ל"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "he-rootbox"
},
{
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"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*tall-",
"4": "",
"5": "hill"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).",
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"form": "תֵּל",
"tags": [
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]
},
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},
{
"form": "תִּלִּים",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "תֵּל־",
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"construct",
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]
},
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"form": "תִּלֵּי־",
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}
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"g": "m",
"pat": "קֵטֶל",
"pl": "תִּלִּים",
"plcons": "תִּלֵּי",
"tr": "tél",
"wv": "תֵּל"
},
"expansion": "תֵּל • (tél) m (plural indefinite תִּלִּים, singular construct תֵּל־, plural construct תִּלֵּי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]",
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}
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"name": "Archaeology",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "96 4",
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"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "93 7",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "93 7",
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"_dis": "80 19",
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"_dis": "93 7",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "96 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "97 3",
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139,
147
]
],
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103,
111
]
],
"english": "Thus says the LORD: behold I return the exile of the tents of Jacob, and on his dwellings I will have mercy, and the city will be built on its tell, and the palace in its just place will sit.",
"ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1130#ל_יח|30:18]]:",
"roman": "Koh amár Adonái hin'ní shav shvút oholéi Ya'aqóv u-mishknotáv araḥém v-nivn'tá 'ir 'al tillah v-armon 'al mishpató yeshév.",
"text": "כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה הִנְנִי־שָׁב שְׁבוּת אׇהֳלֵי יַעֲקוֹב וּמִשְׁכְּנֹתָיו אֲרַחֵם וְנִבְנְתָה עִיר עַל־תִּלָּהּ וְאַרְמוֹן עַל־מִשְׁפָּטוֹ יֵשֵׁב׃",
"type": "quote"
},
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93,
97
]
],
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72,
76
]
],
"english": "What is the meaning of the verse \"like the tower of David, built to talpiyot (Song 4:4)? The tell to which all mouths (piyot) turn.",
"ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Berachot, 30a:",
"roman": "Mai qra'á \"k-migdál Davíd tsavarékh banúy l-talpiyot?\" Tel she-kol piyót poním bo.",
"text": "מַאי קְרָאָה — ״כְּמִגְדַּל דָּוִיד צַוָּארֵךְ בָּנוּי לְתַלְפִּיּוֹת״? תֵּל שֶׁכָּל פִּיּוֹת פּוֹנִים בּוֹ.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"tell (a hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements)"
],
"id": "en-תל-he-noun-vYUjGnPZ",
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"archaeology",
"archaeology"
],
[
"tell",
"tell#English:_Q755017"
],
[
"hill",
"hill"
],
[
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"mound"
]
],
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"(archaeology) tell (a hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements)"
],
"topics": [
"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
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"heap, pile"
],
"id": "en-תל-he-noun-~wJUDqAI",
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"heap",
"heap"
],
[
"pile",
"pile"
]
],
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"(colloquial) heap, pile"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/til/",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tel/",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tel/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-el"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּבְעָה"
}
],
"word": "תל"
}
{
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"form": "tel",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"2": "noun form",
"tr": "tel"
},
"expansion": "תל • (tel)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "yi",
"pos": "noun",
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"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
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},
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},
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],
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"Unpointed form of תּל (tel)."
],
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"links": [
[
"Unpointed",
"nikud"
],
[
"תּל",
"תּל#Yiddish"
]
],
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"(nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּל (tel)."
],
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"nonstandard"
]
}
],
"word": "תל"
}
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"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
"Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew terms belonging to the root ת־ל־ל",
"Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
"Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל",
"Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Hebrew/el",
"Rhymes:Hebrew/el/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "Tél Avív",
"word": "תֵּל אָבִיב"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ת־ל־ל"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "he-rootbox"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*tall-",
"4": "",
"5": "hill"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "תֵּל",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "tél",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּלִּים",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "תֵּל־",
"tags": [
"construct",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּלֵּי־",
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"g": "m",
"pat": "קֵטֶל",
"pl": "תִּלִּים",
"plcons": "תִּלֵּי",
"tr": "tél",
"wv": "תֵּל"
},
"expansion": "תֵּל • (tél) m (plural indefinite תִּלִּים, singular construct תֵּל־, plural construct תִּלֵּי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]",
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147
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103,
111
]
],
"english": "Thus says the LORD: behold I return the exile of the tents of Jacob, and on his dwellings I will have mercy, and the city will be built on its tell, and the palace in its just place will sit.",
"ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1130#ל_יח|30:18]]:",
"roman": "Koh amár Adonái hin'ní shav shvút oholéi Ya'aqóv u-mishknotáv araḥém v-nivn'tá 'ir 'al tillah v-armon 'al mishpató yeshév.",
"text": "כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה הִנְנִי־שָׁב שְׁבוּת אׇהֳלֵי יַעֲקוֹב וּמִשְׁכְּנֹתָיו אֲרַחֵם וְנִבְנְתָה עִיר עַל־תִּלָּהּ וְאַרְמוֹן עַל־מִשְׁפָּטוֹ יֵשֵׁב׃",
"type": "quote"
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93,
97
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[
72,
76
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"ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Berachot, 30a:",
"roman": "Mai qra'á \"k-migdál Davíd tsavarékh banúy l-talpiyot?\" Tel she-kol piyót poním bo.",
"text": "מַאי קְרָאָה — ״כְּמִגְדַּל דָּוִיד צַוָּארֵךְ בָּנוּי לְתַלְפִּיּוֹת״? תֵּל שֶׁכָּל פִּיּוֹת פּוֹנִים בּוֹ.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"tell (a hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements)"
],
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[
"archaeology",
"archaeology"
],
[
"tell",
"tell#English:_Q755017"
],
[
"hill",
"hill"
],
[
"mound",
"mound"
]
],
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"(archaeology) tell (a hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements)"
],
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"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
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"Hebrew colloquialisms"
],
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"heap, pile"
],
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[
"heap",
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],
[
"pile",
"pile"
]
],
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"(colloquial) heap, pile"
],
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"colloquial"
]
}
],
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]
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"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
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"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
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{
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}
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{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּבְעָה"
}
],
"word": "תל"
}
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"tags": [
"romanization"
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}
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"2": "noun form",
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"Unpointed form of תּל (tel)."
],
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"nikud"
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"תּל",
"תּל#Yiddish"
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"(nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּל (tel)."
],
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}
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}
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