בָּבֶ֫ל262 proper name, of a location Babel, Babylon (in Assyrian written Bab-ilu, gate of god DlPa 212, compare on other hand JenKosmol. 498) — with ָ ה locative בָּבֶ֫לָה [Ezek 12:13] +, בָּבֶ֑לָה [2Kgs 20:17] + once מִבָּבֶ֫לָה [Jer 27:16] — the ancient capital of Babylonia, modern Hillah, situated on Euphrates, in long. approximately 440 30° east, and latitude approximately 320 50° north; [Gen 10:10]; [Gen 11:9] (where name connected with בלל confuse, confound), both J, not elsewhere in Hexateuch; [2Kgs 17:24] + 31 t. 2 Kings; 18 t. Chronicles; [Esth 2:6] late [Ps 87:4]; [Ps 137:1]; [Ps 137:8] Isa2; Isa3, namely [Isa 13:1]; [Isa 13:19]; [Isa 14:4]; [Isa 14:22]; [Isa 21:9]; [Isa 39:1]; [Isa 39:3]; [Isa 39:6]; [Isa 39:7]; [Isa 43:14]; [Isa 47:1]; [Isa 48:14]; [Isa 48:20]; [Mic 4:10] (but here probably not original, compare RSProph. vii. n. 5 & references) [Zech 2:11]; [Zech 6:10]; + 19 t. Ezekiel; [Jer 20:4] (twice in verse); [Jer 20:5]; [Jer 20:6] + 165 t. Jeremiah — note especially ׳אֶרֶץ בּ [Jer 50:28] also of land & people = realm, particular in ׳מֶלֶךְ בּ [2Kgs 20:12] of Merodach Baladan; v[2Kgs 20:18]; [2Kgs 24:1]; [2Kgs 24:7]; [2Kgs 24:11]; [2Kgs 24:12] (twice in verse) + often of Nebuchadrezzar; [2Kgs 25:27] = [Jer 52:31] compare v[Jer 52:34] of Evil-Merodach; [Neh 13:6] of Artaxerxes; the city personified as בַּת בָּבֶל [Isa 47:1]; [Jer 50:42]. (See DlPa 212 COT [Gen 11:9] KG95.)
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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