אָבַל
a.val
“to mourn”
Definition
to bewail
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
אָבַל appears 37 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
He said:“The LORD roars from Zionand raises His voice from Jerusalem;the pastures of the shepherds mourn,and the summit of Carmel withers.”
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The new wine dries up, the vine withers.All the merrymakers now groan.
For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mournsand the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is eviland their power is misused.
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