BDB52 [H57]

I. אָבֵל adjective mourning — ׳א Gen 37:35; Esth 6:12 construct אֲבֶלֿ Ps 35:14 אֲבֵלִים Job 29:25; Isa 61:2 etc.; — for dead Gen 37:35, calamity Esth 6:12, compare figurative Lam 1:4 (predicate, inanimate subject), elsewhere as substantive mourner; singular Ps 35:14 (construct) for dead (|| קדר); plural Job 29:25 absolute; for calamity Isa 57:18; Isa 61:2; Isa 61:3 (where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, see Di).

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