STRONGS H58:
Abbreviations
† II. אָבֵל noun feminine
1. meadow (?) [H59 1 Samuel 6:18] MT but read אֶבֶן compare [H68 1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 6:15] We Dr.
2. proper name, of a location city in Northern Israel [H59 2 Samuel 20:18], near Beth Maacah [H59 2 Samuel 20:14] = אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה [H59 2 Samuel 20:15] (so also [H59 2 Samuel 20:14] Ew Th We Klo Dr), [H62 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29]; = מַיִם א׳ [H66 2 Chronicles 16:4] (= Abil el Ḳamḥ, 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 [H63 Numbers 33:49]; = שִׁטִּים [H7851 Numbers 25:1; Micah 6:5] (= Tel Kefrein (?) Tristr & MerrillPESoc. 4th Statement, 89).
4. אָבֵל כְּרָמִים proper name, of a location (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon H64 Judges 11:33 (see Euseb. Ἀβελαμπελων).
5. אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה proper name, of a location (= dance-meadow) [H65 Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12]; Elisha's birthplace [H65 1 Kings 19:16] (see Eusebius Ἀβελμαελαι).
6. אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם proper name, of a location (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) east of Jordan [H67 Genesis 50:11] (where interpreted as if אֵבֶל מ׳, so ; see Di).
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