Abital — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֲבִיטָל

אֲבִיטָל

ʼĂbîyṭâl · pronounced ab-ee-tal' · Strong's H37 · a woman

Abital means father of dew (i.e. fresh).

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אָב ʼâb (from, H1) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application open in the lexicon ›

טַל ṭal (and, H2919) — dew (as covering vegetation) open in the lexicon ›

from H1 and H2919; father of dew (i.e. fresh); Abital, a wife of King David.

2Sam 3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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