"הבל" meaning in Hebrew

See הבל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈhevel/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-הבל.wav Forms: הֶבֶל [canonical], hével [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Arabic هبل. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ה־ב־ל}}, {{cog|ar|هبل}} Arabic هبل Head templates: {{he-adv|pat=קֶטֶל|tr=hével|wv=הֶבֶל}} הֶבֶל • (hével) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. for nothing, uselessly
    Sense id: en-הבל-he-adv-gI-H1ju4

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhevel/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-הבל.wav Forms: הֶבֶל [canonical, masculine], hével [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Arabic هبل. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ה־ב־ל}}, {{cog|ar|هبل}} Arabic هبل Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|tr=hével|wv=הֶבֶל}} הֶבֶל • (hével) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. (biblical) Abel (the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain) Related terms: קַיִן (káyin)
    Sense id: en-הבל-he-name-LSeDR7ae Categories (other): Biblical characters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־ב־ל, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 81 8 9 1 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 2 74 8 14 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־ב־ל: 5 51 15 25 4 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 5 50 16 26 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 39 3 4 3 47 3 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Noun

IPA: /ˈhevel/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-הבל.wav
Etymology: Compare Arabic هبل. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ה־ב־ל}}, {{cog|ar|هبل}} Arabic هبل Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|tr=hével|wv=הֶבֶל}} הֶבֶל • (hével) m [pattern: קֶטֶל] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|הֶבֶל|הֶבְלוֹ|p|הֲבָלִים|הֶבְלֵי־}} Forms: הֶבֶל [canonical, masculine], hével [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], הֶבֶל [indefinite, singular], הֶבְלִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], הֶבְלֵנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַהֶבֶל [definite, singular], הֶבְלְךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], הֶבְלֵךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], הֶבְלְכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], הֶבְלְכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], הֶבֶל־ [construct, singular], הֶבְלוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], הֶבְלָהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], הֶבְלָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], הֶבְלָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], הֲבָלִים [indefinite, plural], הבליי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], הֲבָלַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], הֲבָלֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַהֲבָלִים [definite, plural], הֲבָלֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], הבלייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], הֲבָלַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], הֶבְלֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], הֶבְלֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], הֶבְלֵי־ [construct, plural], הֲבָלָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], הֲבָלֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], הֶבְלֵיהֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], הֶבְלֵיהֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. steam, vapor
    Sense id: en-הבל-he-noun-p4mVvjOQ
  2. breath
    Sense id: en-הבל-he-noun-NnocWSRY
  3. foolishness, nonsense, absurdity
    Sense id: en-הבל-he-noun-pFM1CbmG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים (havél havalím)
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ה־ב־ל"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "هبل"
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      "expansion": "Arabic هبل",
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  "etymology_text": "Compare Arabic هبل.",
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      "form": "קֶטֶל",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבֶל",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "הֶבְלֵנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "הֶבֶל־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבְלוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "הֶבְלָהּ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "הֶבְלָם",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "הֶבְלָן",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "הֲבָלִים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הבליי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
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    },
    {
      "form": "הַהֲבָלִים",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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      "form": "הֲבָלֶיךָ",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הבלייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "form": "הֶבְלֵי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבְלֵיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
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        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "tr": "hével",
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      },
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    }
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        "1": "הֶבֶל",
        "2": "הֶבְלוֹ",
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "havél havalím",
      "word": "הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "steam, vapor"
      ],
      "id": "en-הבל-he-noun-p4mVvjOQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "steam",
          "steam"
        ],
        [
          "vapor",
          "vapor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breath"
      ],
      "id": "en-הבל-he-noun-NnocWSRY",
      "links": [
        [
          "breath",
          "breath"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foolishness, nonsense, absurdity"
      ],
      "id": "en-הבל-he-noun-pFM1CbmG",
      "links": [
        [
          "foolishness",
          "foolishness"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "absurdity",
          "absurdity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈhevel/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
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  "word": "הבל"
}

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  "pos": "adv",
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      "glosses": [
        "for nothing, uselessly"
      ],
      "id": "en-הבל-he-adv-gI-H1ju4",
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        [
          "for nothing",
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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Hábel",
      "word": "Ἅβελ"
    },
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          "lang": "Ewe",
          "lang_code": "ee",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
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          "word": "Habel"
        }
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hābīl",
      "word": "هَابِيل"
    },
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      "lang_code": "yi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "hevl",
      "word": "הבל"
    }
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          "_dis": "1 81 8 9 1",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "2 74 8 14 2",
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          "_dis": "5 51 15 25 4",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "Adam",
          "Adam"
        ],
        [
          "Eve",
          "Eve"
        ],
        [
          "Cain",
          "Cain"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biblical) Abel (the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain)"
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "káyin",
          "word": "קַיִן"
        }
      ],
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        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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  ],
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}
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    "Hebrew lemmas",
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    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
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      "form": "קֶטֶל",
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      "form": "הֶבְלְךָ",
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      "form": "הֶבְלְכֶם",
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        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבֶל־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבְלוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבְלָהּ",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "הֶבְלָם",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "הֲבָלִים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הבליי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלַי",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלֵינוּ",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַהֲבָלִים",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלֶיךָ",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "הבלייך",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "הֲבָלַיִךְ",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלָיו",
      "source": "declension",
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        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲבָלֶיהָ",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֶבְלֵיהֶן",
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    }
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          "steam",
          "steam"
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          "vapor",
          "vapor"
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      ],
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          "foolishness"
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          "nonsense"
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}

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        "for nothing, uselessly"
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          "for nothing",
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          "uselessly",
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      ],
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      "word": "Ἅβελ"
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          "lang_code": "ee",
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    }
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "roman": "káyin",
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        "Abel (the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain)"
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          "biblical",
          "Bible"
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          "Abel",
          "Abel#English:_Q313421"
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          "Adam",
          "Adam"
        ],
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          "Eve",
          "Eve"
        ],
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          "Cain",
          "Cain"
        ]
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        "(biblical) Abel (the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain)"
      ],
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        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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}

Download raw JSONL data for הבל meaning in Hebrew (9.7kB)

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