אֵ֫בֶל noun masculine[Gen 50:11] mourning — absolute [Gen 50:10] + 17 t.; construct [Gen 27:41] + 3 t.; אֶבְלֵךְ [Isa 60:20] אֶבְלָם [Jer 31:13] — for dead, construct [Gen 27:41]; [Deut 34:8] (|| בּכי) so יָחִיד ׳א simile for grievous mourning [Amos 8:10], id. metaphor [Jer 6:26] (|| מִסְפַּד תַּמְרוּרִים); [Gen 50:11] (twice in verse); [Jer 16:7] compare [2Sam 19:3] ׳עשה א [Ezek 24:17] (see Co) followed by לְ [Gen 50:10] (see also II. אָבֵל near the end); for calamity, [Esth 4:3]; [Esth 9:22] (|| יָגוֺן; contracted יוֺם טוֺב) [Job 30:31] (|| קול בכים [Isa 60:20]; [Isa 61:3] (where apparently = mourning garb, followed by מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה, see also Bi Che on text.; || רוּחַ כֵּהָה; contracted שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֺן); [Jer 31:13] (|| שׂשׂון), [Lam 5:15] (|| מָחוֺל), [Amos 5:16] (|| מִסְפֵּד); compare כִּבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה ׳א [Mic 1:8] = time, period of mourning [2Sam 11:7] ׳בֵּית א [Eccl 7:2] (|| ׳בּ מִשְׁתֶּה, v[Eccl 7:4] (|| שִׂמְחָה ׳בּ); ׳בִּגְדֵי א garments of mourning [2Sam 14:2].
אֵבֶל מִצְרַיִם see ׳אָבֵל מ below II. אבל.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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