abel: "meadow," part of a place name Original Word: אָבֵל
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: abel
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bale')
Short Definition: plain
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
"meadow," part of a place name, see NH0064. II. אָבֵל noun feminine 1. meadow (?) 1 Samuel 6:18 ᵑ0 but read אֶבֶן compare 1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 6:15 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 We Dr. 2. proper name, of a location city in Northern Israel 2 Samuel 20:18, near Beth Maacah 2 Samuel 20:14 = אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה 2 Samuel 20:15 (so also 2 Samuel 20:14 Ew Th We Klo Dr), 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; = מַיִם ׳א2Chronicles 16:4 (= Abil el †amµ, wheat-meadow northwest of Dan & south of Mutulleh RobBR III, 372). 3 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים proper name, of a location (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab Numbers 33:49; = שִׁטִּים Numbers 25:1; Micah 6:5 (= Tel Kefrein (?) Tristr & MerrillPESoc. 4th Statement, 89). 4 אָבֵל כְּרָמִים proper name, of a location (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon Judges 11:33 (see Euseb. Ἀβελαμπελων). 5 אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה proper name, of a location (= dance-meadow) Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; Elisha's birthplace 1 Kings 19:16 (see Euseb. Ἀβελμαελαι). 6 אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם proper name, of a location (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) east of Jordan Genesis 50:11 (where interpreted as if ׳אֵבֶל מ, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9; see Di).
plain From an unused root (meaning to be grassy); a meadow -- plain. Compare also the proper names beginning with Abel-.
way·yiṯ·’ab·bə·lū — 2 Occ.
wə·’ā·ḇal — 1 Occ.
wə·’ā·ḇə·lū — 4 Occ.
yiṯ·’ab·bāl — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇêl — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇê·lîm — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇê·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ka·’ă·ḇel- — 1 Occ.
la·’ă·ḇê·lê — 1 Occ.
wə·la·’ă·ḇê·lāw — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇêl — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇê·lāh — 1 Occ.
bə·’ā·ḇêl — 1 Occ.
bə·’ā·ḇê·lāh — 1 Occ.
’ê·ḇel — 13 Occ.
’eḇ·lām — 1 Occ.
’eḇ·lêḵ — 1 Occ.
hā·’ê·ḇel — 2 Occ.
kə·’ê·ḇel — 1 Occ.
lə·’ê·ḇel — 4 Occ.
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