אֵבֶל (ʾēbel) is a Hebrew noun meaning mourning. It appears 24 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H60).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 6a)

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
• אָבֵל ʾābēl — mourning

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