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Jubal

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3106

יוּבָ֑ל

yu.val — Jubal

A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.21; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711); brother of: Jabal (H2989), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Jubal = "stream" the son of Lamech by Adah and the inventor of musical instruments

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3929

לֶ֫מֶךְ

le.mekh — Lamech

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Methushael (H4967); married to Adah (H5711) and Zillah (H6741); father of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Lamech = "powerful" 1) the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah 2) father of Noah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5711

עָדָה

a.dah — Adah

A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929); mother of: Jabal (H2989) and Jubal (H3106) § Adah = "ornament" 1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal 2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz 2a) also called 'Bashemath'

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2989

יָבָל

ya.val — Jabal

A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.20; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711); brother of: Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Jabal = "stream of water" the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8423

תּוּבַל־קַ֫יִן

tu.val qa.yin — Tubal-cain

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741); brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279) § Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain" son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal

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Historical dictionary entry

Jubilee, music, Lamech’s second son by Adah, of the line of Cain. He was the inventor of “the harp” (Heb. kinnor, properly “lyre”) and “the organ” (Heb. ‘ugab, properly “mouth-organ” or Pan’s pipe), Gen. 4:21.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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