The meaning of “טַרְפְּלַי”
Understanding Ṭarpᵉlay reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(Aramaic) from a name of foreign derivation Tarpelites. y - § Tarpelites = "they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain" -...
טַרְפְּלַי
(Aramaic) from a name of foreign derivation Tarpelites. y - § Tarpelites = "they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain" - a Tarpelite (collectively) or inhabitants of Tarpel, a place in Assyria 1) the group of Assyrian colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel; identity uncertain
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ezra 4:9 | “Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,” Word: טַרְפְּלַי (Ṭarpᵉlay) |