טָבַלṭâbal
dip
Pronunciation: taw-bal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2881
Meanings
Qal: dip (Leviticus 4:6; Ruth 2:14; Exodus 12:22)
1. transitive, dip a thing in (Genesis 37:31; Leviticus 4:6; Leviticus 9:9)
2. dip (oneself) (2 Kings 5:14; 2 Kings 5:10; 2 Kings 5:12)
Niph`al: be dipped (Joshua 3:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 37:31 Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood.
- Exodus 12:22 Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.
- Leviticus 4:6 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:17 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the inner curtain.
- Leviticus 9:9 His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 14:6 He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).