Lexicon / H0066
אַבֵל מַיִם
a.vel ma.yim
  • Abel-maim

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Abel-maim

Abel Maim = "meadow of waters"

a city in northern Israel (perhaps Abel Beth Maachah)

Another name of a.vel bet-ma.a.khah (אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה "Abel-beth-maachah" H0062)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Abel-maim

Root √אבל: אבל Arabic Syriac Arabic אָבֵל Arabic grow green grass withstand camel (perh. cf.Lag BN45 prop. henceas withstanding scorching sun (protected by trees, springs, etc.), hence also (Lag)).

אָבֵל n.f meadow (?) n.pr.loc א׳ מַיִם . city in N. Isr.; = אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc acacia-meadow . (=) in lowlands of Moab אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc vineyard-meadow . (=) in Ammon אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc dance-meadow . (=) Elisha’s birthplace אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc meadow of Egypt . (=, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) E. of Jordan .