Strong's Lexicon

H2881

H2881 — טָּבַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewtabalverbOccurrences: 16TWOT: 787

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2881
Word:טָּבַל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:16
Transliteration:tabal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:taw-bal'
Meaning:1. to dip, to immerse
KJV Renderings:dip, plunge.

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BDB3287

I. טָבַל verb dip (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic טְבַל dip, bathe; compare perhaps Arabic [untranscribed source text 2061] saturavit tinctura vestem, Frey) —

Qal Perfect וְטָבַל consecutive Lev 4:6 + 5 t.; וְטָבַלְתְּ consecutive Ruth 2:14 וּטְבַלְתֶּם consecutive Exod 12:22 Imperfect וַיִּטְבֹּל Lev 9:9 + 3 t.; 2 masculine singular suffix תִּטְבְּלֵנִי Job 9:31 וַיִּטְבְּלוּ Gen 37:31 — dip:
1. transitive, dip a thing in, with accusative of thing + בְּ: in blood Gen 37:31 ( J ), so especially in connection with sacrifices Lev 4:6; Lev 9:9; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:51 (also in fresh water); in water, for purification Num 19:18 (all P ); of dipping rod in honey 1Sam 14:27, bread in vinegar Ruth 2:24, foot in oil Deut 33:24 (poem); בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי Job 9:31 in the ditch dost thou dip me; accusative omitted Exod 12:22 ( J E ; in blood), 2Kgs 8:15 (in water); but also + מִן = moisten with, with some of Lev 4:17 (blood), Lev 14:16 (oil).
2. intransitive, dip (oneself), followed by בְּ, 2Kgs 5:14 in Jordan (|| רָחַץ בְּ 2Kgs 5:10 2Kgs 5:12).
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine plural נִּטְבְּלוּ Josh 3:15 be dipped, בְּ of water.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טבל (tah-val’)

Exodus 19:29

EHCC: and dip (it) in the blood

Leviticus 4:6

KJV: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary.
EHCC: 17. And the priest shall dip his Onger

Leviticus 14:4

KJV: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:birds: or, sparrows
EHCC: א6.8 shall dip them and the living bird

Numbers 19:18

KJV: And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
EHCC: and dip (it) in the water,

Ruth 2:14

KJV: And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
EHCC: and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.

Genesis 37:31

KJV: And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
EHCC: and dipped the coat in the blood ;

Leviticus 9:9

KJV: And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
EHCC: and he di; his finger in the blood,

Leviticus 188:14

EHCC: 97.68 di it in an honeycomb,

2 Kings 5:14

KJV: Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
EHCC: and dipped himself seven times

2 Kings 8:16

KJV: And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.began…: Heb. reigned
EHCC: aed dipped (it) in water,

Job 9:31

KJV: Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.abhor…: or, make me to be abhorred
EHCC: Yet thow plunge me in the ditch,

Deuteronomy 33:24

KJV: And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
EHCC: and let him dip his foot in oil.

Joshua 8:15

KJV: And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
EHCC: were dipped in the brim of the water,
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