אָבַל
a.val (H0056)
to mourn
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "אָבַל" (aval) is primarily translated as "to mourn." This verb conveys a sense of deep emotional distress or sorrow. It appears 39 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in expressing various forms of emotional response to different situations, such as loss, grief, or social norms around bereavement. In its occurrences, the meaning of "אָבַל" covers a range of situations beyond just individual loss. It can refer to public mourning, as when the community laments a king's death or expresses national sorrow. This shows that the verb is capable of conveying collective emotional reactions, underscoring its role in social and communal expression. The frequency and versatility of "אָבַל" indicate its significance in Hebrew emotional and relational vocabulary, particularly in relation to grief, loss, and communal interaction.
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Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.
Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into Yahweh’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.
Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”
Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”
How long will the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals and birds are consumed; because they said, “He won’t see our latter end.”
They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares.
“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.
The time has come! The day draws near. Don’t let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude.
The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed with desolation. The hands of the people of the land will be troubled. I will do to them after their way, and according to their own judgments I will judge them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”
“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky, yes, the fish of the sea also die.
The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
He said: “Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”
Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.