תֵּבֵל

n.f. Na 1:5 (appar. m. Is 14:17) world, poet. synon. of אֶרֶץ (perhaps orig. as productive, cf. יְבוּל, בּוּל, but this sense not clearly maintained; cf. also Assyrian tabalu in êlî tabali, by land, ‖ êlî nâru, by water (river) MeissnerZA 1889, iv. 3, 261, 263, 265 f. SASm Assyrian Letters iv. pl. viii. ix, 1. 33)—usually abs. ת׳ (no art.), cstr. Jb 37:12 Pr 8:31; world, usually ‖ אֶרֶץ: 1 S 2:8 (י׳ set ת׳ on מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ), Is 14:21; 24:4; 34:1 Je 10:12 = 51:15, 1 Ch 16:30 (‖ ψ 96:10 infr.) Jb 34:13 ψ 19:5; 77:19 = 97:4, 90:2; 96:13 (+ עַמִּים), 98:9 (+ id.); ת׳ וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ Na 1:5 ψ 24:1; יֹשְׁבֵי ת׳ 33:8 Is 18:3 (‖ שֹׁכְנֵי ארץ), 26:9, 18 La 4:12; ת׳ וּמְלֹאָהּ ψ 89:12 (+ שָׁמַיִם, cf. ארץ ומלאה 24:1); עַל־פְּנֵי ת׳ אָ֑רְצָה Jb 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); בְּת׳ אַרְצוֹ Pr 8:31; on the other hand עַפְרוֹת ת׳ v 26; ת׳ alone Jb 18:18; other combin. ת׳ וּמְלֹאָהּ ψ 50:12 (cf. 89:12 supr.); פְּנֵי־ת׳ Is 27:6 (cf. Jb 37:12 supr.); מֹסְדוֹת ת׳ 2 S 22:16 foundations of the world = ψ 18:16, cf. תִּכּוֹן ת׳ ψ 93:1; 96:10 (= 1 Ch 16:30); world as object of י׳’s judgment 9:9 (‖ לְאֻמִּים; v. also 96:13 supr.), cf. ת׳ וישׁבי בה 98:7 (‖ יַם), Is 13:11 (‖ רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Is 14:17 (‖ עָרָיו).