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1 Samuel 25:14
“But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H26 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses
- Derivation
- or shorter אֲבִיגַל; from H1 (אָב) and H1524 (גִּיל); father (i.e. source) of joy;
- KJV renderings
- Abigal.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לַ — preposition
- אֲבִיגַ֨יִל֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 25:31 Samuel 25:181 Samuel 25:181 Samuel 25:231 Samuel 25:32
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲבִיגַיִל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.