Hebrew word · H5745

עוֹבָל

oval

Obal

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28;

son of: Joktan (H3355);

brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103)

Also named: e.val (עֵיבָל "Obal" H5858A)

§ Obal = "stripped bare"

a son of Joktan and the founder of an Arab tribe

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 10:28 עוֹבָ֥ל Obal

    Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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