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tevel תֶּ֫בֶל ‘perversion’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: apparently from bālal בָּלַל ‘to mix / to feed’
Roots: בלל

tevel n, m
1) confusion (violation of nature or divine order)
 1a) perversion (in sexual sin)

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 20:12, 18:23

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