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Abital (personal name: 'my father is dew')
One of David's wives, mentioned in the lists of his sons born in Hebron (2 Samuel 3:4, 1 Chronicles 3:3). The name means 'my father is dew,' evoking the life-giving moisture that descends at night in the Middle East. Like many of David's wives, she's named primarily in connection with her son Shephatiah, the fifth child born to David during his reign in Hebron.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Abital appears exclusively in genealogical records of David's household, always linked to her son Shephatiah. The name's poetic imagery—comparing the father (or Father) to dew—reflects the preciousness of water in an arid climate. Dew represented divine blessing, quiet providence, and life-sustaining grace. Though Scripture provides no narrative about Abital herself, her name joins the roster of David's Hebron wives whose children would shape Judah's royal succession. 2×
AR["أَبِيطَالَ", "لِـ-أَبيطال"]·ben["অবীটলের-থেকে", "অবীটালের"]·DE["Avital", "[לאביטל]"]·EN["Avital", "to-Avital"]·FR["Avital", "[לאביטל]"]·heb["אביטל", "ל-אביטל"]·HI["अबीताल-का", "अबीताल-से"]·ID["Abital", "dari-Abital"]·IT["Avital", "[לאביטל]"]·jav["Abital", "saking-Abital"]·KO["아비달에게서", "아비달의"]·PT["'Avital", "de-Avital"]·RU["Авиталь", "от-Авиталы"]·ES["Avital", "de-Abital"]·SW["Abitali", "kwa-Abitali"]·TR["Avital", "Avital'dan"]·urd["ابیطال-کا۔", "ل-ابیطال"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲבִיטָ֑ל n.pr.f. (my father is (the) dew) a wife of David 2 S 3:4 1 Ch 3:3—אֲבִיָּם v. אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ.