Jabal

In Bible versions:

Jabal: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Lamech and Adah; a pre-flood cattleman

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which glides away

Arts:

Arts Topics: Portraits of Jabal

Hebrew

Strongs #02989: lby Yabal

Jabal = "stream of water"

1) the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the
father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle

2989 Yabal yaw-bawl'

the same as 2988; Jabal, an antediluvian:-Jabal.
see HEBREW for 02988

Jabal [EBD]

a stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal; "the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle" (Gen. 4:20). This description indicates that he led a wandering life.

Jabal [NAVE]

JABAL, son of Lamech. A shepherd, Gen. 4:20.

JABAL [SMITH]

(stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, (Genesis 4:20) and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

JABAL [ISBE]

JABAL - ja'-bal (yabhal, meaning uncertain): In Gen 4:20, a son of Lamech by Adah. He is called `the father of those who dwell in tents and (with) herds.' So Gunkel, Gen3, 52, who says that the corresponding word in Arabic means "the herdsman who tends the camels." Skinner, Gen, 120, says that both Jabal and Jubal suggest yobhel, which in Phoenician and Hebrew "means primarily `ram,' then `ram's horn' as a musical instrument, and finally `joyous music' (in the designation of the year of Jubilee)." See also Skinner, Gen, 103, on the supposed connection in meaning with Abel.

David Francis Roberts