H5858b H5858b
Ebal, Obal (personal name: a descendant of Seir the Horite, possibly linked to a deity or place name)
This personal name appears in the genealogy of Seir the Horite in Genesis 36:23 and its parallel in 1 Chronicles 1:40. The Septuagint renders it variously (Γαιβηλ, Γαοβηλ, Ουβαλ), reflecting textual uncertainty. Some scholars (Glaser, Winckler) propose a connection to the Edomite god Bēl, though this is speculative. The BDB cautiously suggests the name may be related to the toponym Ebal (Mount Ebal), though the contexts differ. The multilingual glosses simply transliterate the name.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name (or possibly gentilic) in the Seirite genealogies of Genesis 36:23 and 1 Chronicles 1:40. Textual variants in the Septuagint suggest scribal uncertainty. All modern translations transliterate the Hebrew, treating it as a proper name without attempting etymological interpretation. 2×
AR["وَ-عيبال", "وَ-عَيْبالُ"]·ben["এবং-এবল", "ও-এবল"]·DE["[ועיבל]", "und-Ebal"]·EN["and-Ebal", "and-Eval"]·FR["[ועיבל]", "et-Ebal"]·heb["ו-עיבל"]·HI["और-एबाल"]·ID["dan-Ebal"]·IT["[ועיבל]", "e-Ebal"]·jav["lan-Ébal"]·KO["그-와-에발", "그리고-에발과"]·PT["e-'Eival"]·RU["и-Эйваль"]·ES["y-Ebal", "y-Eval"]·SW["na-Ebali"]·TR["ve-Eval"]·urd["اور-عیبال", "و-عیبال"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עֵיבָל n. pr. m. vel gent. name in Edom, Gn 36:23 (𝔊 Γαιβηλ), = 1 Ch 1:40 (𝔊 Γαιβηλ, A Γαοβηλ, 𝔊L Ουβαλ); according to GlaserSkizze ii. 426 poss. = foregoing (cp. with name of (god) Bēl, WklGesch. Isr. 120; Alttest. Unters. 117 f.).