מבול

Hebrew

Root
י־ב־ל (y-b-l)

מבול

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒌓𒈿𒀀𒀭 (bibbulum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

מַבּוּל • (mabúl) m

1. Torrential rain (Very Intensive rain)
2. flood (overflow of water)
   • Tanach, Genesis 7:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיְהִי הַמַּבּוּל אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וַתָּרָם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ׃

     vay'hí hamabúl 'arba'ím yóm 'al-ha'árets vayirbú hamáyim vayis'ú 'et-hatevá vatárom me'ál ha'árets.
     wayəhī hammabbūl ʾarbāʿīm yōm ʿal-hāʾā́reṣ wayyirbū hammáyim wayyiśəʾū ʾeṯ-hattēḇā wattā́rom mēʿal hāʾāreṣ.

     And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Descendants

• → Ladino: mabul
• → Classical Syriac: ܡܡܘܠܐ
• → Yiddish: מבול (mabel)

References

• H3999 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מַבּוּל (mabúl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmabɫ̩/

Noun

מבול • (mabel) m, plural מבולען (mabelen)

1. flood, deluge

Derived terms

• מבולדיק (mabeldik)
• מבולען (mabelen)