{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H56",
  "lemma": "אָבַל",
  "transliteration": "ʼâbal",
  "definition": "to bewail",
  "kjv": "lament, mourn.",
  "occurrences": 39,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אָבַל 39 vb. mourn",
    "Qal mourn, lament",
    "Hithp. mourn (mostly prose)",
    "Hiph. cause to mourn"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:34",
      "text": "Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 33:4",
      "text": "When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/33?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 14:39",
      "text": "Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/14?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 6:19",
      "text": "He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the LORD’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 15:35",
      "text": "Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned for Saul. The LORD grieved that he had…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 16:1",
      "text": "The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:37",
      "text": "But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 14:2",
      "text": "Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 19:2",
      "text": "Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/19?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 3:26",
      "text": "Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/3?v=26"
    }
  ],
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