A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to Abigail (H0026) § Nabhal or Nabal = "fool" a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death
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H5037 — נָבָל
na.val · Nabal · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Samuel 25:3 · נָבָ֔לNow the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.1 Samuel 25:4 · נָבָ֖לAnd David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.1 Samuel 25:5 · נָבָ֔לAnd David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:1 Samuel 25:9 · נָבָ֛לAnd when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.1 Samuel 25:10 · נָבָ֜לAnd Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.1 Samuel 25:14 · נָבָ֔לBut one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.1 Samuel 25:19 · נָבָ֖לAnd she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.1 Samuel 25:25 · נָבָ֗ל · נָבָ֣לLet not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.1 Samuel 25:26 · כְנָבָל֙Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.1 Samuel 25:34 · לְנָבָ֛לFor in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.1 Samuel 25:36 · נָבָ֡ל · נָבָל֙And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.1 Samuel 25:37 · מִנָּבָ֔לAnd it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.1 Samuel 25:38 · נָבָ֖לAnd it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.1 Samuel 25:39 · נָבָל֒ · נָבָ֗ל · נָבָ֔לAnd when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.1 Samuel 27:3 · נָבָ֖לAnd David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.1 Samuel 30:5 · נָבָ֥לAnd David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.2 Samuel 2:2 · נָבָ֥לSo David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.2 Samuel 3:3 · נָבָ֣לand his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;