תל
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See also: תּל
Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ת־ל־ל (t-l-l) |
From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
תֵּל • (tél) m (plural indefinite תִּלִּים, singular construct תֵּל־, plural construct תִּלֵּי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- (archaeology) tell, man-made hill covering the remains of an ancient settlement
- (colloquial) heap, pile
Synonyms[edit]
- גִּבְעָה f
Derived terms[edit]
- תֵּל אָבִיב (Tél Avív)
References[edit]
- “תל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H8510 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading[edit]
תל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish[edit]
Noun[edit]
תל • (tel)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּל (tel).
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ת־ל־ל
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hebrew/el
- Rhymes:Hebrew/el/1 syllable
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- he:Archaeology
- Hebrew colloquialisms
- Yiddish non-lemma forms
- Yiddish noun forms
- Yiddish unpointed forms