Yaval יָבָל
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| יָבָל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yaval |
| Strong's number | H2989 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Jabal |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Yaval (Hebrew יָבָל, Strong's H2989) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Jabal”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.20;
son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711);
brother of: Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279)
§ Jabal = "stream of water"
the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle
son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711);
brother of: Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279)
§ Jabal = "stream of water"
the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | jabal (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | jabal (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yaval, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 4:20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).