H2928 - טֶלֶם (Ṭelem)

H2928 טֶלֶם (Ṭelem) teh'-lem

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently; oppression; Telem, the name of a place in Idumaea, also of a temple doorkeeper

KJV Usage: Telem

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טֶ֫לֶם (te.lem) — Telem.

§ Telem = "oppression" one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb

טֶ֫לֶם (te.lem) — Telem. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.24 § Telem = "oppression" 1) a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of Ezra 2) one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

טֶלֶם (H2928)

name

Names of Locations | ≈ טְלָאִים

Telem = town, probably identical to Telaim; ◄ territory of Judah, probably about 50 kilometers south of Hebron, in the Negeb

JOS 15:24

Names of People

Telem = man; ► temple guard, in Ezra's time, noted as having married a foreign wife

EZR 10:24

Timothy L. Wilt

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טֶ֫לֶם n.pr.loc. et pers. n.pr.loc. in the Negeb of Judah

n.pr.m. one of the porters

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