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title: אֲבִיגַיִל — Abigal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִיגַיִל (26), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Abigal. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִיגַיִל

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«אֲבִיגַיִל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abigal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 26 · **BDB:** אֲבִיגַ֫יִל

### Glosses

Abigail (16); \[was\].Abigail (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abigal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/26/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/26/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (my father is joy (?) orig. אבגל? (אֲבִגֵל?) cf. MT infr. \& NöZMG 1883, 537 Anm2). wife of Nabal, then of David 1 S 25:14, 23, 39, 40, 42; 27:3; 30:5 2 S 2:2 1 Ch 3:1; = אֲבִגַיִל 1 S 25:3, 36 אֲבִו֯גַיִל v 18, אֲבִיגָ֑ל v 32, אֲבִיגַ֯לִ 2 S 3:3. sister of David 1 Ch 2:16, 17 = אֲבִיגַל 17:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבִיגַיִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/26/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.17/)

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וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֑א וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Abigail she.bore (et) Amasa and the.father of.Amasa \[was\].Jether the Ishmaelite

*JPS 1917:* And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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[1 Samuel 30:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.5/)

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וּשְׁתֵּ֥י נְשֵֽׁי־דָוִ֖ד נִשְׁבּ֑וּ אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל אֵ֖שֶׁת נָבָ֥ל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.two the.wives of.David they.had.been.taken.captive Ahinoam the.Jezreelite \[woman\] and Abigail the.wife of.Nabal the Carmelite

*JPS 1917:* And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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