ta.ve.el is used as the proper name of a person listed among those who wrote to the Persian king.

The attested use identifies a person named among Bishlam, Mithredath, and others who wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia in Ezra 4:7.

1. A personal name in a list of letter writers · dominant

   In Ezra 4:7, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in a list with Bishlam and Mithredath before the clause about writing to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The APB renders the list as “Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the remnant of his associates wrote.”

   Ezra 4:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:7, the APB presents the term as “Tabeel” within a list of people who wrote to Artaxerxes.