אָבַל

Qal Perfect אָבַל Es 24,7 + 2 t. etc. Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּאֱבַל Hos 4,3 + 3 t. — mourn, lament (poetic & higher style); absolute, human subject Joel 1,9; Amos 8,8; Amos 9,5; Es 19,8 (|| אנה) compare Job 14,22 (subject נַפְשׁוֺ); followed by על Hos 10,5 more often figurative, inanimate subject, gates 1 Sam 3,26 land 1 Sam 24,4; 1 Sam 33,9; Hos 4,3; Joel 1,10; Jer 4,28 (followed by על) Jer 12,4; Jer 23,10 compare Jer 12,11 (followed by על), יְהוּדָה Jer 14,2 pastures Amos 1,2. Hithpa`el — Perfect הִתְאַבֵּל 1 Sam 15,35 Imperfect יִתְאַבָּ֑ל Ezk 7,12; Ezk 7,27 וַיִּתְאַבֵּל 1 Mos 37,34 + 3 t. etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִתְאַבְּלִי 2 Sam 14,2 Participle מִתְאַבֵּל 1 Sam 16,1 + 2 t. etc.; — mourn (mostly prose) especially for dead, followed by על 1 Mos 37,34; 2 Sam 13,37; 2 Sam 14,2; 2 Sam 19,2 || בכה 2 Kron 35,24, compare also Es 66,10 (over Jerusalem); absolute 1 Kron 7,22 compare 2 Sam 14,2 play the mourner (where indicated by dress); over un-worthy Saul followed by אֶל 1 Sam 15,35; 1 Sam 16,1 over sin followed by על Ezr 10,6 compare (absolute) Neh 8,9 judgment of ׳י 2 Mos 33,4 absolute (indicated by dress), 4 Mos 14,39; Ezk 7,27 (strike out B Co); followed by כִּי 1 Sam 6,19 calamity Neh 1,4; Ezk 7,12 compare Dan 10,2. Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱבַלְתִּי Ezk 31,15 Imperfect וַיַּאֲבֶלֿ Klg 2,8 — cause to mourn; Ezk 31,15 absolute ᵑ0, but A B Co object תהום followed by על, caused the deep to mourn over; Klg 2,8 object wall etc.; (both these figurative, compare Qal).