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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H39
a.vi.ma.el — Abimael
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), Obal (H5745), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Abimael = "my father is El (God)" son of Joktan, descendant of Shem
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Father of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen. 10:28; 1 Chr. 1:22).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
