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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45665" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45665" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Yabal', יָבָל, a ''Stream,'' as in Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 44:4; Sept. | <p> (Heb. Yabal', '''''יָבָל''''' , a ''Stream,'' as in Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 44:4; Sept. '''''Ι᾿Ωβήλ''''' , [[Josephus]] '''''Ι᾿Ώβηλος''''' , Ant. 1, 2, 2), a descendant of Cain, son of Lamech and Adah, and brother of Jubal; described in Genesis 4:20 as "the father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle." B.C. cir. 3500. This obviously means that Jabal was the first who adopted that nomadic life which is still followed by numerous [[Arabian]] and Tartar tribes in Asia (compare Buttman, ''Mythologus,'' 1, 164 sq.). Abel had long before been a keeper of sheep ( Genesis 4:2); but Jabal invented such portable habitations (formed, doubtless, of skins) as enabled a pastoral people to remove their dwellings with them from one place to another, when they led their flocks to new pastures. (See [[Tent]]). </p> <p> Bochart ''(Hieroz.'' i, 2. c. 44, near the end) points out the difference between his mode of life and Abel's, Jabal's was a migratory life, and his possessions probably included other animals besides sheep. The shepherds who were before him may have found the land on which they dwelt sufficiently productive for the constant sustenance of their flocks m the neighborhood of their fixed abodes. There is no need of supposing (with Hartmann, Ueb. Pentat. p, 395) any historical anticipation in G '''''É''''' neral '''''É''''' 4:17. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5117" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5117" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' jā´bal ''''' ( יבל , <i> ''''' yābhāl ''''' </i> , meaning uncertain): In Genesis 4:20 , a son of Lamech by Adah. He is called 'the father of those who dwell in tents and (with) herds.' So Gunkel, <i> Gen </i> 3, 52, who says that the corresponding word in Arabic means "the herdsman who tends the camels." Skinner, <i> Gen </i> , 120, says that both Jabal and Jubal suggest יבל , <i> '''''yōbhēl''''' </i> , which in Phoenician and [[Hebrew]] "means primarily 'ram,' then 'ram's horn' as a musical instrument, and finally 'joyous music' (in the designation of the year of Jubilee)." See also Skinner, <i> Gen </i> , 103, on the supposed connection in meaning with Abel. </p> | <p> ''''' jā´bal ''''' ( יבל , <i> ''''' yābhāl ''''' </i> , meaning uncertain): In Genesis 4:20 , a son of Lamech by Adah. He is called 'the father of those who dwell in tents and (with) herds.' So Gunkel, <i> Gen </i> 3, 52, who says that the corresponding word in Arabic means "the herdsman who tends the camels." Skinner, <i> Gen </i> , 120, says that both Jabal and Jubal suggest יבל , <i> ''''' yōbhēl ''''' </i> , which in Phoenician and [[Hebrew]] "means primarily 'ram,' then 'ram's horn' as a musical instrument, and finally 'joyous music' (in the designation of the year of Jubilee)." See also Skinner, <i> Gen </i> , 103, on the supposed connection in meaning with Abel. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15931" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15931" /> == | ||
