תֵּל
têl · tale
a mound
Lexicon
Derivation: by contraction from H8524 (תָּלַל);
a mound
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heap, [idiom] strength.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
The mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֵּל 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it shall be an heap1 · 20%
- it an heap1 · 20%
- still in their strength1 · 20%
- upon her own heap1 · 20%
- heap1 · 20%
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.