Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2928 - טֶלֶם Telem (an Israelite)

Original Word:	טֶלֶם
Transliteration:	Telem
Definition:	an Israelite, also a place in the desert of Judah
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(teh'-lem)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Telem

From an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently; oppression; Telem, the name of a place in Idumaea, also of a temple doorkeeper -- Telem.

Englishman's Concordance

Telem=“oppression”
1) a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of Ezra (noun proper masculine)
2) one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently

Brown-Driver-Briggs

טֶ֫לֶםproper name, of a location or

person

1. locationin the Negeb of Judah, Joshua 15:24=טלאים1 Samuel 15:4, read perhaps טֵלָאם We Dr. We reads טֵלָם also for חוילה1 Samuel 15:7, compare Dr.

2. personone of the portersEzra 10:24.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2928. טֶ֫לֶם (Telem) — 2 Occurrences

Joshua 15:24
HEB: זִ֥יף וָטֶ֖לֶם וּבְעָלֽוֹת׃
NAS: Ziph and Telem and Bealoth,
KJV: Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
INT: Ziph and Telem and Bealoth

Ezra 10:24
HEB:הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים שַׁלֻּ֥ם וָטֶ֖לֶם וְאוּרִֽי׃ ס
NAS: Shallum, Telem and Uri.
KJV: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
INT: the gatekeepers Shallum Telem and Uri

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