{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H57",
  "lemma": "אָבֵל",
  "transliteration": "ʼâbêl",
  "definition": "lamenting",
  "kjv": "mourn(-er, -ing).",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H56",
      "lemma": "אָבַל",
      "transliteration": "ʼâbal",
      "meaning": "to bewail",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H56"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אָבֵל adj. mourning—elsewhere as subst. mourner"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:35",
      "text": "All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 57:18",
      "text": "I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 61:2",
      "text": "to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/61?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 61:3",
      "text": "to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/61?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 35:14",
      "text": "I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/35?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 29:25",
      "text": "I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/29?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Lamentations 1:4",
      "text": "The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/1?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 6:12",
      "text": "Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/6?v=12"
    }
  ],
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}