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title: אֲבִימָאֵל — Abimael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִימָאֵל (39), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Abimael. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִימָאֵל

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«אֲבִימָאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abimael** — 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:** 39 · **BDB:** אֲבִימָאֵל

### Glosses

Abimael (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abimael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/39/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/39/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (a father is Ēl; South-Arabic name) son of Joktan Gn 10:28 1 Ch 1:22. Cf. Sab. אבמעתֿתר, Abmi ʿAṯtar a father is ʿAṯtar (\[עשׁתר\] v. עַשְׁתֹּרֶת) HalM 86, DHMZMG 1883, 18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: 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 «אֲבִימָאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/39/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.28/)

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וְאֶת־עוֹבָ֥ל וְאֶת־אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת־שְׁבָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Obal and (et) Abimael and (et) Sheba

*JPS 1917:* and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba;

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[1 Chronicles 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.22/)

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וְאֶת־עֵיבָ֥ל וְאֶת־אֲבִימָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת־שְׁבָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Ebal and (et) Abimael and (et) Sheba

*JPS 1917:* and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba;

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