תל

See also: תּל‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־ל־ל‎ (t-l-l)

From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -el

Noun

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(archaeology) tell, man-made hill covering the remains of an ancient settlement
(colloquial) heap, pile

Synonyms

גִּבְעָה‎ f

Derived terms

תֵּל אָבִיב‎ (Tél Avív)

References

“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

תל‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Noun

תל • (tel)

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּל‎ (tel).

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