The meaning of “אָבַל”
Understanding ʼâbal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
lament, mourn. - to bewail 1) to mourn, lament 1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament 1a1) of humans 1a2) of inanimate objects (fig....
אָבַל
lament, mourn. - to bewail 1) to mourn, lament 1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament 1a1) of humans 1a2) of inanimate objects (fig.) 1a2a) of gates 1a2b) of land 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to mourn 1c2) play the mourner
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 37:34 | “And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.” Word: אָבַל (ʼâbal) | |
| 1 Samuel 15:35 | “And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. ” Word: אָבַל (ʼâbal) | |
| 2 Chronicles 35:24 | “His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.” Word: אָבַל (ʼâbal) | |
| Job 14:22 | “But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. ” Word: אָבַל (ʼâbal) | |
| Lamentations 2:8 | “The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.” Word: אָבַל (ʼâbal) |
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