Lexical Definition

‎אֵבֶל‎ ʼêbel (ay'-bel) mourning ^H:N-M
from ‎אָבַל‎

mourning.

• lamentation

1) mourning
1a) for the dead
1b) for rites of mourning (metaph)
1c) mourning garb
1d) period of mourning

See Greek: κλαυθμός · ὀδύνη · πάθος · πένθος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵ֫בֶל‎ noun masculine^{Gen 50:11} mourning — absolute Gen 50:10 + 17 t.; construct Gen 27:41 + 3 t.; ‎אֶבְלֵךְ‎ Isa 60:20 ‎אֶבְלָם‎ Jer 31:13 — for dead, construct Gen 27:41; Deut 34:8 (|| ‎בּכי‎) so ‎יָחִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ simile for grievous mourning Amos 8:10, id. metaphor Jer 6:26 (|| ‎מִסְפַּד תַּמְרוּרִים‎); Gen 50:11 (twice in verse); Jer 16:7 compare 2Sam 19:3* ‎׳‎‎עשה א‎ Ezek 24:17 (see Co) followed by ‎לְ‎ Gen 50:10 (see also II. ‎אָבֵל‎ near the end); for calamity, Esth 4:3; Esth 9:22 (|| ‎יָגוֺן‎; contracted ‎יוֺם טוֺב‎) Job 30:31 (|| ‎קול‎ ‎בכים‎ Isa 60:20; Isa 61:3 (where apparently = mourning garb, followed by ‎מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה‎, see also Bi Che on text.; || ‎רוּחַ כֵּהָה‎; contracted ‎שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֺן‎); Jer 31:13 (|| ‎שׂשׂון‎), Lam 5:15 (|| ‎מָחוֺל‎), Amos 5:16 (|| ‎מִסְפֵּד‎); compare ‎כִּבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Mic 1:8 = time, period of mourning 2Sam 11:7 ‎׳‎‎בֵּית א‎ Eccl 7:2 (|| ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ ‎מִשְׁתֶּה‎, vEccl 7:4 (|| ‎שִׂמְחָה‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎); ‎׳‎‎בִּגְדֵי א‎ garments of mourning 2Sam 14:2. ‎אֵבֶל מִצְרַיִם‎ see ‎׳‎‎אָבֵל מ‎ below II. ‎אבל‎.

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