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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 · H37
a.vi.tal — Abital
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.4; married to David (H1732); mother of: Shephatiah (H8203) § Abital = "my father is (the) dew" a wife of David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Father of dew; i.e., “fresh”, David’s fifth wife (2 Sam. 3:4).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
