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Ebal (gentile name; Arabian people descended from Joktan in Table of Nations)
Ebal is a name appearing in the Table of Nations as one of the sons of Joktan, representing an Arabian people group. Joktan's descendants settled in southern Arabia, and Ebal was among these Arab tribes. The name appears in two forms in the biblical text: Obal in Genesis and Ebal in Chronicles, likely representing the same group with variant spellings. The identification of specific geographical locations for Joktan's descendants is difficult, though scholars have proposed connections to various Arabian regions. The Table of Nations in Genesis 10 organizes the known world ethnographically, showing how different peoples related to each other through common ancestry, with the Joktanite Arabs forming one significant branch of Shem's descendants.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — 1 Chronicles 1:22 lists Ebal among Joktan's sons in the genealogical recapitulation of the Table of Nations. The parallel in Genesis 10:28 has 'Obal,' showing textual variation. These descendants of Joktan represent Arabian peoples who settled in southern Arabia. The Septuagint's Greek renderings attempt to approximate unfamiliar semitic tribal names. Ebal/Obal remains unlocated precisely but belongs to the Joktanite Arab confederation. 1×
GEOGRAPHY_SPACE › Geographical Objects and Features › Auto-detected community 5843 with 3 senses
AR["عيبال"]·ben["এবল"]·DE["[עיבל]"]·EN["Eval"]·FR["[עיבל]"]·heb["עיבל"]·HI["एबाल"]·ID["Ebal"]·IT["[עיבל]"]·jav["Ébal"]·KO["에발"]·PT["'Eival"]·RU["и-Авимаэля"]·ES["Ebal"]·SW["Ebali"]·TR["Eval'ı"]·urd["عیبال"]
1 Chr 1:22
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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.