תֵּבֵל noun feminine^{Nahum 1:5} (apparently masculine Isaiah 14:17) world, poetic synonym of אֶרֶץ (perhaps originally as productive, compare יְבוּל, בּוּל, but this sense not clearly maintained; compare also Assyrian tabalu in êlî tabali, by land, "" êlî nâru, by water (river) Meissn^{ZA 1889, iv. 3, 261, 263, 265 f.} SASm^{Assyrian Letters iv. plate viii. ix, 1. 33}) — usually absolute ׳ת (no article), construct Job 37:12; Proverbs 8:31; world, usually "" ׃אֶרֶץ 1 Samuel 2:8 (׳י set ׳ת on מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ), Isaiah 14:21; Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 34:1; Jeremiah 10:12 = Jeremiah 51:15, 1 Chronicles 16:30 (= Psalm 96:10 below) Job 34:13; Psalm 19:5; Psalm 77:19 = Psalm 97:4; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 96:13 (+ עַמִּים), Psalm 98:9 (+ id.); וְישְׁבֵי ׳ת בָהּ Nahum 1:5; Psalm 24:1; ׳ישְׁבֵי ת Psalm 33:8; Isaiah 18:3 ("" שֹׁכְנֵי ארץ), Isaiah 26:9,18; Lamentations 4:12; וּמְלֹאָהּ ׳ת Lam 89:12 (+ שָׁמַיִם, compare ארץ ומלאה Lam 24:1); אָ֑רְצָה ׳עַלמְּֿנֵי ת Job 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); אַרְצוֺ ׳בְּת Proverbs 8:31; on the other hand ׳עַפְרוֺת ת Proverbs 8:26; ׳ת alone Job 18:18; other combinations וּמְלֹאָהּ ׳ת Psalm 50:12 (compare Psalm 89:12 above); ׳מְּנֵיתֿ Isaiah 27:6 (compare Job 37:12 above); ׳מֹסְדוֺת ת 2 Samuel 22:16 foundations of the world = Psalm 18:16, compare ׳תִּכּוֺן ת Psalm 93:1; Psalm 96:10 (= 1 Chronicles 16:30); world as object of ׳יs judgment 1 Chronicles 9:9 ("" לְאֻמִּים; see also 1Chron 96:13 above), compare וישׁבי בה ׳ת 1Chron 98:7 ("" יַם), Isaiah 13:11 ("" רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Isaiah 14:17 ("" עָרָיו).