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ʾēvel אֵ֫בֶל ‘mourning’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāval אָבַל ‘to mourn’
Roots: אבל

ʾēvel n, m
1) mourning
 1a) for the dead
 1b) for rites of mourning (metaph)
 1c) mourning garb
 1d) period of mourning

Mentioned in Genesis 27:41, 50:10, 50:11 Deuteronomy 34:8 2 Samuel 14:2, 11:27, 19:3 Isaiah 61:3, 60:20 Jeremiah 16:7, 6:26, 31:13 Ezekiel 24:17 Amos 5:16, 8:10 Micah 1:8 Job 30:31 Lamentations 5:15 Ecclesiastes 7:2, 7:4 Esther 9:22, 4:3

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