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title: אֲבִיהַיִל — Abihail · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִיהַיִל (32), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Abihail. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִיהַיִל

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«אֲבִיהַיִל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abihail** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 32 · **BDB:** אֲבִיחַ֫יִל

### Glosses

Abihail (1); \[was\].Abihail (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abihail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/32/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/32/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. \& f. (my father is might, Sab. אבחיל HalMA 234)—prob. = אֲבִיהַיִל 2 Ch 11:18, אֲבִיהָ֑יִל 1 Ch 2:29— a Levite Nu 3:35. a Gadite 1 Ch 5:14. father of Esther Est 2:15; 9:29. wife of Abishur 1 Ch 2:29. wife of Rehoboam 2 Ch 11:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבִיהַיִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/32/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.29/)

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וְשֵׁ֛ם אֵ֥שֶׁת אֲבִישׁ֖וּר אֲבִיהָ֑יִל וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶת־אַחְבָּ֖ן וְאֶת־מוֹלִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and the.name of.the.wife of.Abishur \[was\].Abihail and she.bore to him (et) Ahban and (et) Molid

*JPS 1917:* And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid.

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[2 Chronicles 11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.18/)

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וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֤וֹ רְחַבְעָם֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת בַּת־יְרִימ֖וֹת בֶּן־דָּוִ֑יד אֲבִיהַ֕יִל בַּת־אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־יִשָֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* and he.took for himself Rehoboam a.wife (et) Mahalath the.daughter of.Jerimoth the.son of.David Abihail the.daughter of.Eliab the.son of.Jesse

*JPS 1917:* And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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