Lexical Definition

‎אָבֵל‎ ʼÂbêl (aw-bale') Abel ^N:N--L
from ‎אָבֵל‎; a meadow

Abel.

• Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

1) city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah
2) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh

Extended Information

name of: אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה

• Another name of a.vel bet-ma.a.khah (‎א‎ָ‎ב‎ֵ‎ל‎ ‎ב‎ֵּ‎ית‎־‎מ‎ֲ‎ע‎ַ‎כ‎ָ‎ה‎ "Abel-beth-maachah" אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה)

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Also see: אֲרָם | בֵּית מַעֲכָה

‎מַעֲכָה‎ proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people

1. masculine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα:
a. son of Nahor by his concubine ‎רְאוּמָה‎ Gen 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see

3. b. father of ‎חָנָן‎, a hero of David 1Chr 11:43.
c. Simeonite name 1Chr 27:16.
d. father of Achish 1Kgs 2:39 (see ‎מָעוֺךְ‎ above).

2. feminine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.:
a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2Sam 3:3 = 1Chr 3:2.
b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1Kgs 15:2; 2Chr 11:20; 2Chr 11:21; 2Chr 11:22 read also ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Chr 13:2 (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for ᵑ0 ‎מִיכָיָה‎, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c).
c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1Kgs 15:10, compare v1Kgs 15:13 = 2Chr 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau).
d. concubine of Caleb according to 1Chr 2:48.
e. wife of Machir 1Chr 7:16, compare v1Chr 7:15 (corrupt, see Be). feminine wife of (‎יעיאל‎), father of Gibeon, 1Chr 8:29; 1Chr 9:35.

3. of a people, ᵐ5 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Soba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 = 1Chr 19:7, ‎׳‎‎אֲרַם מ‎ v1Chr 19:6 (compare Gen 22:24 above); = ‎מַעֲכָת‎ Josh 13:13 (+ ‎גְּשׁוּר‎), ᵐ5 ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — ‎אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה‎ see below ‎בַּיִת‎, p. 112 above, and ‎אָבֵל‎, p. 5.

‎מַעֲכָת‎ see above ‎מַעֲכָה‎

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