H2872 - טַבּוּר (ṭabbûwr)

H2872 טַבּוּר (ṭabbûwr) tab-boor'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to pile up; properly, accumulated; i.e. (by implication) a summit

KJV Usage: middle, midst

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טַבּוּר (tab.bur) — highest. centre, midst, navel, highest part

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

טַבּוּר (H2872)

noun m

People

navel = mark in belly ◄ left by detachment of the umbilical cord; ≈ associated with the central or prominent part of an area; may also refer to a sacred area associated with the connection of heaven and earth

JDG 9:37 · EZK 38:12

noun m

Names of Landforms

Collocation: טַבּוּר הָאָרֶץ

Navel of the Earth = mountain, to be identified with Mount Gerizim, ◄ and located near Shechem; ≈ regarded as a special connection between heaven and earth and therefore sacred (ABD)

JDG 9:37

¹ JDG 9:37 RSV NIV REB GNT [1] | NJB [2] | CEV "sacred mountain" = [2] | NJPS NRSV "Tabbur-erez" = [2]

Timothy L. Wilt

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טַבּוּר n.[m.] highest part, centre base