{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H59",
  "lemma": "אָבֵל",
  "transliteration": "ʼÂbêl",
  "definition": "Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.",
  "kjv": "Abel.",
  "occurrences": 4,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H58",
      "lemma": "אָבֵל",
      "transliteration": "ʼâbêl",
      "meaning": "a meadow",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H58"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אָבֵל n.f.",
    "1. meadow (?)",
    "2. n.pr.loc. city in N. Isr.; = א׳ מַיִם",
    "3. אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים n.pr.loc. (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab",
    "4. אָבֵל כְּרָמִים n.pr.loc. (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon",
    "5. אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה n.pr.loc. (= dance-meadow) Elisha’s birthplace",
    "6. אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם n.pr.loc. (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) E. of Jordan"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 6:18",
      "text": "and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:14",
      "text": "He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:15",
      "text": "They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:18",
      "text": "Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=18"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H59",
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}