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bāvel בָּבֶל ‘Babylon’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: corresponding to bāvel בָּבֶ֫ל ‘Babel’
Roots: בבל

bāvel pr n loc
Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"
1) Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Mentioned in Daniel 2:12, 2:18, 2:24, 2:14, 2:48, 3:30, 7:1, 3:12, 3:1, 4:27, 5:7, 2:49, 4:3, 4:26 Ezra 5:12, 6:1, 5:17, 5:13, 5:14, 6:5, 7:16

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