Lexical Summary ebel: mourning Original Word: אֵבֶלTransliteration: ebel Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-bel) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: mourning Meaning: lamentation Strong's Concordance mourning From 'abal; lamentation -- mourning. see HEBREW 'abal Brown-Driver-Briggs H60. ebel אֵ֫בֶל noun masculineGenesis 50:11 mourning — absolute 50:10 17t.; construct 27:41 3t.; אֶבְלֵךְ Isaiah 60:20; אֶבְלָם Jeremiah 31:13 — for dead, construct Genesis 27:41; Deuteronomy 34:8 ("" בּכי) so ׳א יָחִיד simile for grievous mourning Amos 8:10, id. metaphor Jeremiah 6:26 ("" תַּמְרוּרִים מִסְמַּד); Genesis 50:11 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 16:7 compare 2 Samuel 19:3 א ׳עשה Ezekiel 24:17 (see Co) followed by לְ Genesis 50:10 (see also II. אָבֵל near the end); for calamity, Esther 4:3; 9:22 ("" יָגוֺן; contracted טוֺב יוֺם) Job 30:31 ("" בכים קול Isaiah 60:20; 61:3 (where apparently = mourning garb, followed by תְהִלָּה מַעֲטֵה, see also Bi Che on text.; "" כֵּהָה רוּחַ; contracted שָׂשׂוֺן שֶׁמֶן); Jeremiah 31:13 ("" שׂשׂון), Lamentations 5:15 ("" מָחוֺל), Amos 5:16 ("" מִסְמֵּד); compare ׳א יַעֲנָה כִּבְנוֺת Micah 1:8; = time, period of mourning 2 Samuel 11:7; א ׳בֵּית Ecclesiastes 7:2 ("" מִשְׁתֶּה ׳בּ, 7:4 ("" ׳בּ שִׂמְחָה); א ׳בִּגְדֵי garments of mourning 2 Samuel 14:2. מִצְרַיִם אֵבֶל see מ ׳אָבֵל below II. אבל. |
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