תֵּלtêl

Meanings

Same root

• תָּלַלtâlal · H8524to pile up, i.e. elevate
• תֵּל אָבִיבTêl ʼÂbîyb · H8512Tel-Abib, a place in Chaldaea
• תֵּל חַרְשָׁאTêl Charshâʼ · H8521Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia
• תֵּל מֶלַחTêl Melach · H8528Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 13:16 Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.
• Joshua 8:28 So Joshua burned the town of Ai, and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.
• Joshua 11:13 But the Israelites did not burn any of the towns built on mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
• Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the Lord says: “When I bring Israel home again from captivity and restore their fortunes, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on its ruins, and the palace reconstructed as before.
• Jeremiah 49:2 In the days to come,” says the Lord, “I will sound the battle cry against your city of Rabbah. It will become a desolate heap of ruins, and the neighboring towns will be burned. Then Israel will take back the land you took from her,” says the Lord.