Lexical Definition

‎יַבְנְאֵל‎ Yabnᵉʼêl (yab-neh-ale') Jabneel ^N:N--L
from ‎בָּנָה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; built of God

Jabneel.

• § Jabneel = "God causes to build"
• Jabneel, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a town in Judah on the northern boundary near the sea
2) a town in Naphtali on the boundary in upper Galilee

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַבְנְאֵל‎ proper name, of a location (El causeth to build; compare‎בניהו‎, ‎יַבְנֶה‎) —

1. town in Judah Josh 15:11 (ᵐ5^L Ἰαβνηλ) = ‎יַבְנֶה‎ (q. v.) 2Chr 26:6 = Greek Iamnia, modern YebnaBd^{Pal 161.}

2. town in Naphtali Josh 19:33.

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