אֵ֗בֶל
𐤀𐤁𐤋
ʼêbel
A condition or period of mourning, especially in response to death or disaster; the formal practices, rituals, or expressions of grief characteristic of Israelite society in various historical periods. The term encompasses both the internal state of sorrow and its outward manifestations, including communal lamentation and prescribed mourning customs.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 · Word #5
Lexicon H60
| Lemma | אֵבֶל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤁𐤋 |
| Transliteration | ʼêbel |
| Strong's | H60 |
| Definition | A condition or period of mourning, especially in response to death or disaster; the formal practices, rituals, or expressions of grief characteristic of Israelite society in various historical periods. The term encompasses both the internal state of sorrow and its outward manifestations, including communal lamentation and prescribed mourning customs. |
Morphology HNcmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 Translation H60-01
mourning-of
| Morphological Notes | Noun, common, masculine singular, construct state. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun derives from the root אבל, expressing the state or period of mourning. As a masculine singular noun in the construct state, it is rendered "mourning-of" to reflect its bound relationship to a following noun. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
mourning
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Removed '-of' as 'mourning' in the construct is idiomatically rendered simply 'house of mourning' in English. Retaining '-of' in this place would be redundant; the construct relationship is captured by the sequence. |