Senses
1. Nabal (person name) — Proper noun denoting Nabal, a wealthy but churlish man from Maon in the Carmel region, husband of Abigail, who refused provisions to David and his men (1 Sam 25). The name itself means 'fool' or 'senseless' in Hebrew. The three clusters represent the same individual with different prepositional frames: direct reference 'Nabal' (20x), 'from Nabal' (1x), and 'like Nabal' (1x). Uniformly rendered across all languages: Spanish Nabal/Naval, Hindi नाबाल, Arabic نابال, Korean 나발, Swahili Nabali. The prepositional variation is purely grammatical, not semantic. 22×
AR["مِن-نابالَ","نابالَ","نابالُ","نَابَالَ"]·ben["নাবল","নাবল-থেকে","নাবলকে","নাবলের","নাবালের"]·DE["Nabal","von-Nabal"]·EN["Nabal","from-Nabal"]·FR["Nabal","de-Nabal"]·heb["מ-נבל","נבל"]·HI["नबल-कि","नाबाल","नाबाल-का","नाबाल-की","नाबाल-के","नाबाल-से","नाबालने"]·ID["Nabal","dari-Nabal"]·IT["Nabal","da-Nabal"]·jav["Nabal","bodho","saking-Nabal"]·KO["나발에게","나발에게서","나발을","나발의","나발이","나발이고"]·PT["Naval","de-Naval"]·RU["Глупец","Навал","Навала","Навалу","из-Навала"]·ES["Nabal","Naval","de-Nabal"]·SW["Nabali","kutoka-kwa-Nabali","wa-Nabali"]·TR["-den-Naval","Naval","Naval'a","Naval'in","Naval'ı","Naval'ın","naval"]·urd["نابال","نابال-سے","نابال-نے","نابال-کا","نابال-کی","نابال-کے"]
1 Sam 25:3, 1 Sam 25:4, 1 Sam 25:5, 1 Sam 25:9, 1 Sam 25:10, 1 Sam 25:14, 1 Sam 25:19, 1 Sam 25:25, 1 Sam 25:25, 1 Sam 25:26, 1 Sam 25:34, 1 Sam 25:36 (+10 more)
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
II. נָבָל n.pr.m. (on popular etymol. see 1 S 25:25 infr.);—a churlish man of Carmel, whose widow David married 1 S 25:3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 19, 25(×2) (כִּשְׁמוֹ כֶּן־ה֔וּא נָבָל שְׁמוֹ וּנְבָלָה עִמּוֹ), v 26 + 10 times 1 S + 2 S 2:2; 3:3. 𝔊 Ναβαλ.