תָּבוֹר
ta.vor (H8396G)
(Mount) Tabor
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# Tabor: A Biblical Geographic Reference Tabor (Hebrew: תָּבוֹר) refers to Mount Tabor, a specific geographic location mentioned eight times throughout the Hebrew Bible. As a proper noun denoting a particular mountain, the word functions primarily as a place name rather than a common noun with variable meanings. Its consistent appearance across biblical texts indicates it held enough prominence to warrant repeated reference by the ancient authors. The eight occurrences suggest Tabor served as a significant landmark or location within the biblical narrative and geography of ancient Israel. Without access to the specific passages in this lexicon entry, we can note that a place mentioned this frequently typically held military, religious, or administrative importance to the communities who produced these texts. The word's status as a proper noun—unchanged across all its biblical appearances—indicates it referred to a fixed, recognizable geographic feature rather than something whose meaning evolved over time or varied by context. The limited data provided confirms Tabor's role as a straightforward topographic reference point in biblical literature. Its modest frequency (eight mentions) suggests it was known enough to require no explanation to the original audience, yet not so central as to dominate biblical geography in the way terms like "Jerusalem" or "Egypt" do. This pattern typical of secondary but established biblical locations.
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The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Mount Tabor.
Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. They all resembled the children of a king.”
You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
“As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.
“Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.