HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H65
אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה
a.vel me.cho.lah — Abel-meholah
Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing" a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
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Abel-meholah
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Historical dictionary entry
Meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1 Kings 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, “the rich meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south of Beth-shean; moist and luxuriant.” Here Elisha was found at his plough by Elijah on his return up the Jordan valley from Horeb (1 Kings 19:16). It is now called ‘Ain Helweh.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.