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# עֹפֶל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6077

**Ophel** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Ophel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6077/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֹ֫פֶל: mound, hill [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6077/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] mound, hill, only as acropolis;—ע׳ abs. 2 K 5:24 +, cstr. Mi 4:8;—fortified mound or hill within city, of Jerus. (cf. RobBR i. 267 GuZPVv (1882), 326) Mi 4:8; Is 32:14; S. end of eastern hill Ne 3:26; 11:21; 2 Ch 33:14 חוֹמַת הָע׳ Ne 3:27; 2 Ch 27:3 (cf. חמת העפל in קרחה MI21.22); of Samaria 2 K 5:24.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ophel (5).

## In the verses

[Nehemiah 11:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.21/#tree)

וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בָּעֹ֑פֶל וְצִיחָ֥א וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א עַל־הַנְּתִינִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.temple servants \[were\].dwelling on (the) Ophel and Ziha and Gishpa \[were\].over the.temple servants

*JPS 1917:* But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

[2 Chronicles 27:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.3/#tree)

ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* he he.built (et) the.gate of.the.house of.Yahweh (the) upper and on the.wall of.(the) Ophel he.built to abundance

*JPS 1917:* He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6077.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6077/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).