הבל

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic هبل‎.

Pronunciation
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhevel/
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Noun

הֶבֶל • (hével) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. steam, vapor
  2. breath
  3. foolishness, nonsense, absurdity

Adverb

הֶבֶל • (hével) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. for nothing, uselessly

Proper noun

הֶבֶל • (hével) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. Abel, the son of Adam.

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἅβελ (Hábel) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Arabic: هَابِيل‎ (hābīl)
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References

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Proper noun

הבל • (hevl) m

  1. Abel, the son of Adam.
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