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title: אָבֵל — Abel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָבֵל (59), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Abel. BDB 1906: n.f. meadow n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָבֵל

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«אָבֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abel** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 59 · **BDB:** אָבֵל²

### Glosses

Abel (2); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/59/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. meadow n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/59/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. meadow (?) 1 S 6:18 MT but read אֶבֶן cf. v 14, 15 𝔊 𝔖 We Dr. n.pr.loc. city in N. Isr. 2 S 20:18, near Beth Maacah v 14 = אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה v 15 (so also v 14 Ew Th We Klo Dr), 1 K 15:20 2 K 15:29; = א׳ מַיִם 2 Ch 16:4 (= Abil el Ḳamḥ. wheat-meadow NW. of Dan \& S. of Mutulleh RobBR III, 372). אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc. (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab Nu 33:49; = שִׁטִּים Nu 25:1 Mi 6:5 (= Tel Kefrein (?) Tristr \& MerrillPESoc. 4th Statement, 89). אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc. (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon Ju 11:33 (v. Euseb. Ἀβελαμπελων). אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc. (= dance-meadow) Ju 7:22 1 K 4:12; Elisha’s birthplace 19:16 (v. Euseb. Ἀβελμαελαι). אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc. (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt?) E. of Jordan Gn 50:11 (where interpr. as if אֵבֶל מ׳, so 𝔊 𝔙; v. Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָבֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/59/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 20:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.18/)

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וַתֹּ֖אמֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֨ר יְדַבְּר֤וּ בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁאֹ֧ל יְשָׁאֲל֛וּ בְּאָבֵ֖ל וְכֵ֥ן הֵתַֽמּוּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.said (cmp) surely.(speak) they.spoke at the.former \[time\] (cmp) really.(ask) they.will.ask at Abel and thus they.ceased

*JPS 1917:* Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.

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[2 Samuel 20:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.14/)

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וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָבֵ֛לָה וּבֵ֥ית מַעֲכָ֖ה בֵ֥ית מַעֲכָ֖ה וְכָל־הַבֵּרִ֑יםס וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַף־אַחֲרָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed in all the.tribes of.Israel to Abel and Beth Maacah and all the Berites and they.assembled and they.went also after him

*JPS 1917:* And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.

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