by robbery; with acc. cogn. Jb 27:12 זֶה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּ˜לוּ לָמָּה why do ye become vain with vanity (i.e. shew yourselves utterly vain)? Hiph. cause to become vain Je 23:16 (of false prophets) מַהְבִּלִים הֵמָּה אֶתְכֶם i.e. fill you with vain hopes.

הֶבֶל S 1892, 1893 TWOT 463a GK 2039, 2040 , הָבֶל n.pr.m.

( perhaps i.q. Assyrian ablu , son, COT ^Gloss. cf. also We ^{Skizzen iii. 70}: der. from I. הֶבֶל not prob. ) second son of Adam Gn 4:2 ^(×2), 4 ^(×2), 8 ^(×2), 9 , 25 .

• [ הָבְנִי S 1894 TWOT 464 GK 2041 ] n. [ m. ] ebony ( ^{so Symm} É Ki & moderns; otherwise Ö ã ; Egyptian heben , Lieblein ^ÄZ 1886, 13 cf. Pinsker Einleitung 83 ; Gk. ἔβενος , Lat. hebenum ) —only pl. הָבְנִים Ez 27:15 Qr ( Kt הובנים ) קַרְנֹות שֵׁן והבנים ; it was brought from India, & (finer) from Ethiopia, cf. Sm & reff.

^•[הָבַר S 1895 TWOT 465 GK 2042 ] vb. ? divide ( so most, but dub. ; Arabic ﻩَبَرَ ( habara ) cut into large pieces, cut up , is perhaps denom. from ﻩَبْرَةٌ ( habratun ) a ‘chunk’ of meat; comparison of Arabic خَبُرَ ( ḫabura ) be acquainted with, skilled in ( AW Kn D i) is also doubtful; if correct, then read חבר ; but cf. infr. ) — Qal Pf. 3 pl. הברו Is 47:13 K t, Pt. הֹבְרֵי Q r; הֹבְרֵ˜ו שָׁמַיִם הַהֹוִים בַּבֹּוכָבִים they that divide the heavens, that gaze at the stars ( Kt would be rel. cl. without אֲשֶׁר ); ה׳ then refers to the distinguishing of signs of zodiac, or other astrological

acc. cogn. acc. . of cognate meaning with verb.
n.pr. nomen proprium, proper name.
i.q. id quod, i. e. the same with. COT The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of KAT ²;, by O.H. Whitehouse).

Gloss. glossary, rarely = a gloss. We J. Wellhousen, Skizzen und Vorarbeiten . Symm Symmachus.

Ki David Kimchi (Qamchi). ÄZ Ägyptische Zeitschrift . Pinsker S. Pinsker.

Sm R. Smend (rarely = Samuel). AW Abul Walid.

Kn A. Knobel. infr. infra, below. Pf. Perfect.

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