BDB54
II. אָבֵל noun
1. meadow (?) 1Sam 6:18
ᵑ0
but read אֶבֶן compare 1Sam 6:14
1Sam 6:15
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
We
Dr.
2.
proper name [of a location] city in Northern Israel 2Sam 20:18, near Beth Maacah 2Sam 20:14 = אָבֵל בֵּית
מַעֲכָה
2Sam 20:15
(so also 2Sam 20:14
Ew
Th
We
Klo
Dr), 1Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 15:29 = מַיִם
׳
א
2Chr 16:4 (=
Abil el †amµ, wheat-meadow northwest of Dan & south of
Mutulleh RobBR III, 372).
3.
אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים
proper name [of a location] (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab Num 33:49 =
שִׁטִּים
Num 25:1; Mic 6:5 (= Tel Kefrein
(?) Tristr & MerrillPESoc. 4th Statement, 89).
4.
אָבֵל כְּרָמִים
proper name [of a location] (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon Judg 11:33 (see Euseb.
Ἀβελαμπελων).
5.
אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה
proper name [of a location] (= dance-meadow) Judg 7:22; 1Kgs 4:12 Elisha's birthplace 1Kgs 19:16 (see Euseb.
Ἀβελμαελαι).
6.
אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם
proper name [of a location] (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) east of
Jordan Gen 50:11
(where interpreted as if ׳
אֵבֶל מ, so
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
; see Di).