H2989 - יָבָל (Yâbâl)

H2989 יָבָל (Yâbâl) yaw-bawl'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

the same as 2988; Jabal, an antediluvian

KJV Usage: Jabal

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָבָל (ya.val) — Jabal. 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

יָבָל (H2988 · H2989)

noun m · יבל

Waterbodies

streams = course of impetuously flowing water; ≈ probably evokes the image of seasonal streams fed by rain, assuring agricultural growth, a sign of God's blessing

ISA 30:25 · ISA 44:4

name · יבל

Names of People

Jabal = man; ◄ son of Lamech; descendant of Cain; ► first to live in tents and raise sheep and goats

GEN 4:20

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָבָל n.pr.m. son of Lamech by Adah, and founder of pastoral life acc. to Gn 4:20 (J) ref