At-Taybah, Tayibe or Taibeh () is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in south Lebanon.
Etymology According to E. H. Palmer, the name Tayibe means "The good, sweet, or wholesome" (about water).Palmer, 1881, p. 33
Archaeological site
By the village is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture.
The site was discovered by Louis Dubertret and materials studied by Jacques Cauvin. Heavy Neolithic materials recovered resembled those from Qaraoun.
History In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 800 Metualis.Guérin, 1880, pp. 268-269 He further noted: "Its principal mosque, now in ruins, is built of superb blocks, apparently ancient. It contains in the interior several monolithic columns."Guérin, 1880, pp. 268-269; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted here: "There are several sarcophagi and cisterns in the village; some caves near."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139 They further described it as: "A large well-built village, built of stone, containing about 600 Metawileh and 400 [Sunni] Moslems. The Caimacam has a good house here. There are some figs and olives round the village and arable land; water is supplied from a spring and two birkets."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 90
Modern era On August 5, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli war-planes killed 3 civilians, aged 2 to 48 years of age. The IDF offered no explanations to the strike.HRW, 2007, p. 131
On 11 August 2024, two Hezbollah fighters were killed by an Israeli airstrike in the village. On 6 April 2025, funerals were held in Taybeh for 32 Hezbollah fighters and a Lebanese soldier killed during the war.
During the first two weeks of April 2026, more than 400 buildings in Taybeh, including a mosque, were destroyed by Israel during its occupation of southern Lebanon.
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.61% of registered voters in At-Taybah. 99.27% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.
See also
Battle of Ayta ash-Shab
References
Bibliography
External links Taybeh (Marjaayoun), Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons