Lexicon / H2989
יָבָל
ya.val
  • Jabal

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Jabal

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