Jabal
יָבָלStrong’s H2989yaval (ya-val)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yaval is the Hebrew word usually translated “jabal”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.20
How it's translated
- jabal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
יָבָל yaval · Jabal
A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.20; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711); brother of: Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Jabal = "stream of water" the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.