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# תֶּבֶל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8397

**confusion** — used 2 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

confusion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8397/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תֶּ֫בֶל: confusion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8397/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] confusion, violation of nature, or the divine order—Lv 18:23; 20:12 (H) cf. Di on 18:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] confusion (1); confusion (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 20:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.12/#tree)

וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־כַּלָּת֔וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמְת֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם תֶּ֥בֶל עָשׂ֖וּ דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and a.man who he.will.lie with daughter-in-law his surely.(die) they.will.be.put.to.death both of.them confusion they.have.done blood(s) their \[are\].on them

*JPS 1917:* And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought corruption; their blood shall be upon them.

[Leviticus 18:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.23/#tree)

וּבְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֛ה לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ וְאִשָּׁ֗ה לֹֽא־תַעֲמֹ֞ד לִפְנֵ֧י בְהֵמָ֛ה לְרִבְעָ֖הּ תֶּ֥בֶל הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and in any animal not you.will.give copulation your to be.unclean by it and a.woman not she.will.stand before an.animal to lie with.it \[is\].confusion it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8397.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8397/): 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).