הֶבֶל
Used: 8 times · Key: 1893 · BDB: הֶ֫בֶל²
Glosses
Abel (7); [is].Abel (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
Abel tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.pr.m. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.m. (perhaps i.q. Assyrian ablu, son, COTGloss. cf. also WeSkizzen iii. 70: der. from I. הֶבֶל not prob.) second son of Adam Gn 4:2(×2), 4(×2), 8(×2), 9, 25.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «הֶבֶל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־קַ֔יִן אֵ֖י הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵ֥ר אָחִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃
Word for word: and he.said Yahweh to Cain where? [is].Abel brother your and he.said not I.know the keeper? my.brother my [am].I
JPS 1917: And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?'
וַתֹּ֣סֶף לָלֶ֔דֶת אֶת־אָחִ֖יו אֶת־הָ֑בֶל וַֽיְהִי־הֶ֙בֶל֙ רֹ֣עֵה צֹ֔אן וְקַ֕יִן הָיָ֖ה עֹבֵ֥ד אֲדָמָֽה׃
Word for word: and she.repeated to give.birth.to (et) brother his (et) Abel and he.was Abel a.herdsman of.sheep and Cain he.was [one.who].tilled [the].ground
JPS 1917: And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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