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tā´beÌ„Ì-el: A name meaning “good is God,†borne by two persons in the Old Testament (, the King James Version, “Tabealâ€).
(1) The father of the man whom the kings of Israel and Damascus planned to place upon the throne of Judah (). The form of the name טב×ל, tÌ£aÌ„bhe'eÌ„l, suggests that he was a Syrian; his son evidently was a tool of Rezin, king of Damascus. The name is vocalized so as to read Tebeal (טב×ל, tÌ£aÌ„bhe'al), which might be translated “good for nothing,†though some explain it as a pausal form, with the ordinary meaning. The change, probably due to a desire to express contempt, is very slight in Hebrew.
(2) A Persian official in Samaria (טב×ל, tÌ£aÌ„bhe'eÌ„l) (). All that is known of him is that he joined with other officials in sending a letter to Artaxerxes for the purpose of hindering the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.