אָבֵל

«אָבֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: mourning — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 57 · BDB: אָבֵל

Glosses

mourners (2); mourning (2); [are].mourning (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

mourning tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. mourning tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. mourning—א׳ Gn 37:35 Est 6:12; cstr. אֲבֶל־ ψ 35:14; אֲבֵלִים Jb 29:25 Is 61:2 etc.;—for dead Gn 37:35 (cp. 50:11), calamity Est 6:12; fig. La 1:4 (pred., inanim. subj.), elsewhere as subst. mourner; sg. ψ 35:14 (cstr.) for dead (‖ קדר; pl. Jb 29:25 abs.; for calamity Is 57:18; 61:2, 3 (where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, v. Di).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אָבֵל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 35:14

כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃

Word for word: like a.friend like a.brother my I.went.about like a.mourner of.a.mother mourning I.bowed

JPS 1917: I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Isaiah 61:2

לִקְרֹ֤א שְׁנַת־רָצוֹן֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְי֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְנַחֵ֖ם כָּל־אֲבֵלִֽים׃

Word for word: to proclaim a.year of.favor of Yahweh and a.day of.vengeance of God our to comfort all mourners

JPS 1917: To proclaim the year of the LORD'S good pleasure, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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