H8422 H8422
Tubal: a son of Japheth and the people or region descended from him, located in eastern Asia Minor, often paired with Meshech.
A proper noun identifying both a son of Japheth in the Table of Nations and the people or territory associated with him, generally located in eastern Anatolia near ancient Cappadocia. Tubal appears in the genealogies of Genesis 10:2 and 1 Chronicles 1:5 alongside his brothers Magog, Madai, Javan, and Meshech. In Ezekiel, Tubal and Meshech are consistently paired as trading peoples who exported slaves and bronze vessels (Ezek 27:13), as fallen warriors in Sheol (Ezek 32:26), and as allies of Gog in the great eschatological conflict (Ezek 38:2-3; 39:1). Isaiah 66:19 lists Tubal among distant nations to whom God's glory will be proclaimed.
Senses
1. Tubal (proper noun, people/region) — The proper noun Tubal (תּוּבַל), referring to a Japhethite people and their territory in eastern Asia Minor, identified with the Assyrian Tabalu (roughly Cappadocia). Genealogically, Tubal is a son of Japheth (Gen 10:2 = 1 Chr 1:5), regularly listed alongside Meshech, with whom he forms a near-formulaic pair in prophetic literature. Ezekiel portrays Tubal-Meshech as merchants dealing in slaves and bronze (Ezek 27:13), as a nation whose slain warriors lie in Sheol (Ezek 32:26), and as the people of Gog's confederation in the apocalyptic battle (Ezek 38:2-3; 39:1). Isaiah 66:19 includes Tubal among far-flung nations receiving God's revelation. The German glosses show some confusion with tevel ('world'), but all other traditions—English 'Tubal,' Spanish 'Tubal,' French 'Tubal'—correctly treat this as a proper noun. 8×
AR["تُوبَالَ", "تُوبَالُ", "وَ-توبال", "وَ-تُوبَالُ", "وَتُوبَالَ"]·ben["আর-তুবল", "ও-তূবল", "ও-তূবলের", "ও-তূবলের।", "তূবল"]·DE["Erdkreis", "[ותבל]", "[תבל]", "und-Tubal"]·EN["Tubal", "Tuval", "and-Tubal", "and-Tuval"]·FR["Tubal", "et-Tubal", "monde"]·heb["ו-תבל", "ו-תובל", "תובל"]·HI["और-तुबल", "और-तूबल", "तूबल"]·ID["Tubal", "Tubal,", "dan-Tubal"]·IT["[ותבל]", "[תבל]", "e-Tubal", "mondo"]·jav["Tubal", "lan-Tubal"]·KO["그-와-두발", "그리고-두발", "그리고-뛰발의", "두발과", "두발이-있다"]·PT["Tubal", "Tuval", "e-Tubal", "e-Tuval"]·RU["Тувал", "Фувал", "и-Тувал", "и-Тувала", "и-Фувал"]·ES["Tubal", "y-Tubal", "y-Tubal.", "y-Tubal;", "y-Tuval"]·SW["Tubali", "na-Tubali"]·TR["Tuval", "ve-Tuval", "ve-Tuval'in"]·urd["اور-توبال", "اور-توبل-کا", "توبل", "توبل-ہے", "و-توبل"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תּוּבַל n.pr.terr. et. gent. in E. Asia Minor, perhaps nearly = Cappadocia (= Assyrian Tabalu DlPa 250 f. COT Gn 10:2, cf. Di Gn 10:2);—ת׳ Is 66:19 Ez 27:13, תֻּבַל 32:26, תֻּבָ֑ל Gn 10:2 = 1 Ch 1:5; Ez 38:2, 3; 39:1; Θοβελ.