# H56 אָבַל

אָבַל (ʼâbal), Strong’s H56: to bewail KJV: lament, mourn.. Occurs 39 times.

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*ʼâbal* — to bewail

KJV: lament, mourn.

Occurs 39 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָבַל 39 vb. mourn
- Qal mourn, lament
- Hithp. mourn (mostly prose)
- Hiph. cause to mourn

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