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Babylonian

בָּֽבְלַיStrong’s H0896

bavli (bav-li)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Bavli is the Aramaic word usually translated “babylonians the”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,”
Ezra 4:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Babylonian = "confusion (by mixing)"
How it's translated
  • babylonians the 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezra 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    בָּֽבְלַי bavli · Babylonian

    Group of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894) § Babylonian = "confusion (by mixing)" Babylonian

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.