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ʿōvāl עוֹבָל ‘Obal’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

ʿōvāl pr n m pers
Obal = "stripped bare"
1) a son of Joktan and the founder of an Arab tribe

Mentioned in Genesis 10:28

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