Lexicon / H0067
אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם
a.vel mits.ra.yim
  • Abel-mizraim

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Glosses: Abel-mizraim

Abel Mizraim = "meadow of Egypt"

a place east of the Jordan (perhaps "as fertile as Egypt")

Another name of a.tad (אָטָד "Atad" H0329G)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Abel-mizraim

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 .