לְ/בָבֶ֑ל

𐤋/𐤁𐤁𐤋

Bavel

to Babylon

Babel/Babylon—a city in southern Mesopotamia, also used later for the wider region of Babylonia or the Babylonian empire. Initially, בָּבֶל refers to the famed city on the Euphrates River, recognized for its significance as a political, cultural, and religious capital. In broader usage, it designates the wider Neo-Babylonian and Babylonian empires, or territory under their influence. In some contexts, it carries symbolic connotations of imperial power and foreign domination over Israel and Judah.

H894

Ezra 2:1 · Word #13

Lexicon H894

Lemmaבָּבֶל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤁𐤋
TransliterationBavel
Strong'sH894
DefinitionBabel/Babylon—a city in southern Mesopotamia, also used later for the wider region of Babylonia or the Babylonian empire. Initially, בָּבֶל refers to the famed city on the Euphrates River, recognized for its significance as a political, cultural, and religious capital. In broader usage, it designates the wider Neo-Babylonian and Babylonian empires, or territory under their influence. In some contexts, it carries symbolic connotations of imperial power and foreign domination over Israel and Judah.

Morphology HR/Np All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

Common Translation

Phraseto Babylon

SIBI-P1 Translation H894-04

to Babylon

Morphological NotesPreposition לְ (“to/toward”) + proper noun, feminine singular place name.
Rendering RationaleThe form includes the prefixed preposition לְ (“to, toward”) attached to the proper name בָּבֶל. Although the Hebrew spelling evokes the root בלל (“to mix, confuse”), the term functions as a geographic proper name referring to the city/empire, so it is rendered straightforwardly as “to Babylon.”

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

to Bavel

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleProper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Babel

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