הבל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ה־ב־ל (h-b-l)

Compare Arabic هبل.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhevel/
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Noun

הֶבֶל • (hével) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

Related terms

הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים (havél havalím)

Adverb

הֶבֶל • (hével) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

for nothing, uselessly

Proper noun

הֶבֶל • (hével) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

Abel, the son of Adam.

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἅβελ (Hábel) (see there for further descendants)
→ Arabic: هَابِيل (hābīl)
- → Ewe: Habel
→ Yiddish: הבל (hevl)

See also

קַיִן (káyin)

References

H1893 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“הבל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

הבל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

להב

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew הֶבֶל.

Proper noun

הבל • (hevl) m

Abel, the son of Adam.

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