אָבֵל (ʾābēl) is a Hebrew adjective meaning mourning. It appears 8 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H57).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 6b)

Root family 6: אָבַל ʾābal — I, mourn, lament. (ASV and RSV translate similarly, but more uniformly “mourn,” while RSV occasionally reads “grieve.”)

• אָבַל ʾābal — mourn
• אֵבֶל ʾēbel — mourning

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