Lexical Definition

‎אָבֵל‎ ʼâbêl (aw-bale') mourning ^H:A
from ‎אָבַל‎

mourn(-er, -ing).

• lamenting

1) mourning
1a) for the dead
1b) because of calamity
1c) of rites of mourning
2) mourner (subst.)
2a) for the dead
2b) for calamity

See Greek: ἀδικία · ἀδικία · ἄδικος · ἀνομία · δίκαιος · λυπέω · παράπτωμα · συμπαθής

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎אָבֵל‎ adjective mourning — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 37:35; Esth 6:12 construct ‎אֲבֶלֿ‎ Ps 35:14 ‎אֲבֵלִים‎ Job 29:25; Isa 61:2 etc.; — for dead Gen 37:35, calamity Esth 6:12, compare figurative Lam 1:4 (predicate, inanimate subject), elsewhere as substantive mourner; singular Ps 35:14 (construct) for dead (|| ‎קדר‎); plural Job 29:25 absolute; for calamity Isa 57:18; Isa 61:2; Isa 61:3 (where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, see Di).

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