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Brown-Driver-Briggs II. אָבֵל noun feminine 1. meadow (?) 1 Samuel 6:18 ᵑ0 but read אֶבֶן compare 1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 6:15 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 We Dr. 2. proper name, of a location city in Northern Israel 2 Samuel 20:18, near Beth Maacah 2 Samuel 20:14 = אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה 2 Samuel 20:15 (so also 2 Samuel 20:14 Ew Th We Klo Dr), 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; = מַיִם ׳א2Chronicles 16:4 (= Abil el †amµ, wheat-meadow northwest of Dan & south of Mutulleh RobBR III, 372). 3 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים proper name, of a location (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab Numbers 33:49; = שִׁטִּים Numbers 25:1; Micah 6:5 (= Tel Kefrein (?) Tristr & MerrillPESoc. 4th Statement, 89). 4 אָבֵל כְּרָמִים proper name, of a location (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon Judges 11:33 (see Euseb. Ἀβελαμπελων). 5 אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה proper name, of a location (= dance-meadow) Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; Elisha's birthplace 1 Kings 19:16 (see Euseb. Ἀβελμαελαι). 6 אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם proper name, of a location (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) east of Jordan Genesis 50:11 (where interpreted as if ׳אֵבֶל מ, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9; see Di). Forms and Transliterations אָבֵ֣ל אבל ’ā·ḇêl ’āḇêl aVel Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts