H2872 טַבּוּר (ṭabbûwr) tab-boor'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

highest

Strong's Definition

properly, accumulated; i.e. (by implication) a summit

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to pile up;

KJV Usage: middle, midst.

TWOT Reference: 790a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) centre, midst, navel, highest part

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טַבּוּר (tab.bur) — highest. centre, midst, navel, highest part

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

טַבּוּר (H2872)

noun m

People

navel = mark in belly ◄ left by detachment of the umbilical cord; ≈ associated with the central or prominent part of an area; may also refer to a sacred area associated with the connection of heaven and earth

JDG 9:37 · EZK 38:12

noun m

Names of Landforms

Collocation: טַבּוּר הָאָרֶץ

Navel of the Earth = mountain, to be identified with Mount Gerizim, ◄ and located near Shechem; ≈ regarded as a special connection between heaven and earth and therefore sacred (ABD)

JDG 9:37

¹ JDG 9:37 RSV NIV REB GNT [1] | NJB [2] | CEV "sacred mountain" = [2] | NJPS NRSV "Tabbur-erez" = [2]

Timothy L. Wilt

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טַבּוּר n.[m.] highest part, centre base

Bible Occurrences (2)

9:37

38:12

Judges 9:37

Then Gaal spoke up... again..., Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.

Ezekiel 38:12

in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder..., to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.