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ʾāval אָבַל ‘to mourn’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

ʾāval v
1) to mourn, lament
 1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament
  1a1) of humans
  1a2) of inanimate objects (fig.)
1a2a) of gates
1a2b) of land
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)
 1c) (Hithpael)
  1c1) to mourn
  1c2) play the mourner

Mentioned in Genesis 37:34 Exodus 33:4 Numbers 14:39 1 Samuel 6:19, 15:35, 16:1 2 Samuel 13:37, 19:2, 14:2 Isaiah 3:26, 19:8, 24:4, 24:7, 33:9, 66:10 Jeremiah 4:28, 12:4, 12:11, 14:2, 23:10 Ezekiel 7:12, 7:27, 31:15 Hosea 4:3, 10:5 Joel 1:9, 1:10 Amos 1:2, 8:8, 9:5 Job 14:22 Lamentations 2:8 Daniel 10:2 Ezra 10:6 Nehemiah 1:4, 8:9 1 Chronicles 7:22 2 Chronicles 35:24

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