תּוּבַל
Tûwbal · too-bal'
Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֻּבַל; probably of foreign derivation;
Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tubal.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוּבַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and tubal5 · 63%
- tubal2 · 25%
- to tubal1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.