Aramaic word · H2987

יְבַל

veheivel

to bring

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

(Aphel) to bring, carry, bear along

Aramaic of ya.val (יָבַל "to conduct" H2986)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 3

  1. Ezra 5:14 וְהֵיבֵ֣ל and he carried

    He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

    Here: 'And he carried [them] off.' It completes the picture of the deportation: out of Jerusalem and away to Babylon.

  2. Ezra 6:5 וְהֵיבֵ֣ל and he carried

    Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.

  3. Ezra 7:15 וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה and to carry

    Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.