Words

אָבֵל H67

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Abel-mizraim

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

Abel-mizraim

Note

A place beyond the Jordan (50:11), named for the mourning (אֵבֶל) of Egypt; אָבֵל "meadow" in place names. Printed whole as one name, apart from Abel (הֶבֶל, 4:2)

Rulings

17, 18, 110

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 50

• 50:11 And the dweller of the land, the Canaanite, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of the boxthorn, and they said, "This is a heavy mourning for Egypt." Therefore one called its name Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.