H0062

אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה

a.vel bet-ma.a.khahN:N--L

Abel-beth-maachah

Abel Beth Maachah = "meadow of the house of Maachah" city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. אָבֵל

noun feminine 1. meadow (?) 1Sam 6:18 ᵑ0 but read אֶבֶן compare v1Sam 6:14 v1Sam 6:15 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 We Dr.

2. proper name, of a location city in Northern Israel 2Sam 20:18, near Beth Maacah v2Sam 20:14 = אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה v2Sam 20:15 (so also v2Sam 20:14 Ew Th We Klo Dr), 1Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 15:29 = מַיִם ׳א 2Chr 16:4 (= Abil el †amµ, wheat-meadow northwest of Dan & south of Mutulleh Rob^{BR III, 372}).

3. אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים proper name, of a location (= acacia-meadow) in lowlands of Moab Num 33:49 = שִׁטִּים Num 25:1; Mic 6:5 (= Tel Kefrein (?) Tristr & Merrill^{PESoc. 4th Statement, 89}).

4. אָבֵל כְּרָמִים proper name, of a location (= vineyard-meadow) in Ammon Judg 11:33 (see Euseb. Ἀβελαμπελων).

5. אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה proper name, of a location (= dance-meadow) Judg 7:22; 1Kgs 4:12 Elisha's birthplace 1Kgs 19:16 (see Euseb. Ἀβελμαελαι).

6. אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם proper name, of a location (= meadow of Egypt, i.e. fertile as Egypt ?) east of Jordan Gen 50:11 (where interpreted as if ׳אֵבֶל מ, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9; see Di).

4 occurrences

II Samuel (2), I Kings (1), II Kings (1)