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According to the narrative in Genesis, Abel (Hebrew: הֶבֶל Hébel, in pausa הָבֶל Hā́ḇel; Biblical Greek: Ἅβελ Hábel; Arabic: هابيل, Hābēl) is Eve's second son. His name in Hebrew is composed of the same three consonants as a root meaning "the air that remains after you exhale" also synonymous in Hebrew to ...
Abel is a biblical first name which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour), [1] [2] or from the Assyrian for son. [3] In reference to the biblical story, Abel is usually linked with his brother who killed him, as in Cain and Abel .
The Book of Genesis (from Greek Γένεσις, Génesis; Biblical Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית , romanized: Bərēʾšīṯ, lit. 'In [the] beginning'; Latin: Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. [1] Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning').
Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain [a] and Abel [b] are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. [1] Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices, each from his own fields, to God. God had regard for Abel's offering, but had no regard [2] for ...
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw ( ת ) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
Modern interpretations of the Hebrew verse 12 suggest that Cain went on to live a nomadic lifestyle and that he was also excluded from the family unit. [6] In the Septuagint , the emphasis on Cain's curse is dramatically increased by the combination of the Greek participles στένων καὶ τρέμων ( stenōn kai tremōn , "groaning and ...
[note 1] Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of the 70 Sons of God, including Yahweh ...
Abel Nunatak, a nunatak in Antarctica; Abel (אבעל), Yiddish name of the municipality of Obeliai, Lithuania; Abel (crater), an impact crater on the Moon; Abel (אבל), meaning "stream" in Hebrew, the name of several biblical sites in modern-day Israel Abel-beth-maachah, in Galilee; Abel-meholah, in the Jordan Valley