H5745 H5745
Obal (personal/tribal name: possible Arabian group)
A descendant of Joktan listed in the Table of Nations, representing an Arabian people group. Obal appears in Genesis 10 among the sons of Joktan, the ancestor of various South Arabian tribes. The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles calls him Ebal, showing the interchange of 'o' and 'e' vowels in variant traditions. The specific location or people remains uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Obal, a descendant of Joktan in Genesis 10:28, representing one of the Joktanite Arabian tribes. The name also appears as Ebal in 1 Chronicles 1:22, reflecting variant vowel traditions. Early geographers attempted to locate Obal's descendants in South Arabia, but precise identification remains elusive. The name situates this group among the Arabian peoples tracing ancestry to Shem through Eber and Joktan. 1×
AR["عُوبَالَ"]·ben["ওবল"]·DE["Obal"]·EN["Obal"]·FR["Obal"]·heb["עובל"]·HI["ओबाल-को"]·ID["Obal"]·IT["Obal"]·jav["Obal"]·KO["오발"]·PT["Oval"]·RU["Овала"]·ES["Oval"]·SW["Obali"]·TR["Oval'ı"]·urd["عوبال"]
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
† עוֹבָל i. עֵיבָל n. pr. gent. Arabian people, descended from Joktan according to Gn 10:28 (𝔊L Γαιβαλ); = עֵיבָל 1 Ch 1:22 (𝔊L Ηβηλ). On loc. cf. GlaserSkizze ii. 426.