Lexical Definition

‎כָּבוּל‎ Kâbûwl (kaw-bool') Cabul ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎כֶּבֶל‎ in the sense of limitation; sterile

Cabul.

• § Cabul = "binding"
• Cabul, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a city on the border of Asher and located approx 10 miles (16 km) east of Akko; modern 'Kabul'
2) a district in Galilee given by Solomon to Hiram and contemptuously called 'Cabul' by Hiram

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כָּבוּל‎

proper name, of a location 1. city on border of Asher Josh 19:27, modern Kâbûl, 4 h. (9 miles) southeast from Akko, Rob^{BR iii, 88} Guérin^{Gal, i. 422 f.}

2. ‎אֶרֶץ כָּבוּל‎ district in Galilee 1Kgs 9:13 containing 20 cities given by Solomon to Hiram (popular etymology possibly ‎כּ‎ as + ‎בֻּל‎ = ‎בַּל‎ not, i.e. as good as nothing, compare v1Kgs 9:12, so Ew Th; Klo conjectures ‎ארץ גָּלִיל‎), Buhl^{Geogr. § 116}.

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