Ophel
[oʊˈfɛl]Meaning
Biblical Hebrew ʿōp̄el, an elevated or fortified part of a city
Background Story
A user-submitted entry records Ophel as a masculine given name in Biblical Hebrew. As a Hebrew biblical term it denotes an elevated part of a settlement, higher than its surroundings, probably a fortified hill. In the Hebrew Bible it refers to raised areas of Jerusalem and Samaria, and the Mesha Stele, written in Moabite, is the only extra-biblical source for the word.
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