יובל

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
י־ב־ל (y-b-l)

Related to אוּבָל ('uvál, “stream”) and Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, “to rain heavily”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /juˈval/

Noun

יוּבַל • (yuvál) m (plural indefinite יוּבַלִּים, singular construct יוּבַל־, plural construct יוּבַלֵּי־)

1. A tributary: a stream or river that empties into another stream or river.

Declension

Declension of יוּבַל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	יוּבַל	first	יוּבָלִי		יוּבָלֵנוּ
	definite	הַיּוּבַל	second	יוּבָלְךָ	יוּבָלֵךְ	יוּבַלְכֶם	יוּבַלְכֶן
	construct	יוּבַל־	third	יוּבָלוֹ	יוּבָלָהּ	יוּבָלָם	יוּבָלָן
plural	indefinite	יוּבַלִּים	first	יובליי / יוּבַלַּי		יוּבַלֵּינוּ
	definite	הַיּוּבַלִּים	second	יוּבַלֶּיךָ	יובלייך / יוּבַלַּיִךְ	יוּבַלֵּיכֶם	יוּבַלֵּיכֶן
	construct	יוּבַלֵּי־	third	יוּבַלָּיו	יוּבַלֶּיהָ	יוּבַלֵּיהֶם	יוּבַלֵּיהֶן

See also

• זֶרֶם (zérem), נַחַל (nákhal), פֶּלֶג (péleg)

Proper noun

יוּבַל • (yuvál) m

1. a male given name, Yuvál
2. (biblical, Torah) Jubal (a son of Lamech and Ada)

Etymology 2

Root
י־ב־ל (y-b-l)

Related to הוֹבִיל (hovíl, “to lead”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /joˈvel/

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Noun

יוֹבֵל • (yovél) m (plural indefinite יוֹבְלִים, singular construct יוֹבֵל־, plural construct יוֹבְלֵי־)

1. A ram, a male sheep.
2. A shofar, a ram's-horn trumpet.

Verb

יוּבַל • (yuvál)

1. Third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of הוּבַל (huvál)

Etymology 3

Perhaps from the preceding.

Pronunciation

Same as the preceding.

Noun

יוֹבֵל • (yovél) m (plural indefinite יוֹבְלִים or יוֹבְלוֹת, singular construct יוֹבֵל־, plural construct יוֹבְלֵי־ or יוֹבְלוֹת־)

1. (Jewish law) A Jubilee, a Jubilee year: a year of rest, prescribed by the Jewish Bible to occur each fiftieth year, after seven cycles of seven years.
2. A period of fifty years.
3. A jubilee, a period of celebration or rejoicing.

References

• “יובל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H3106 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• יובל_(נהר) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• שנת_היובל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• יובל (דמות מקראית) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• יבול