יַבְנְאֵלYabnᵉʼêl

proper name [of a location]: El causeth to build

Pronunciation: yab-neh-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2995

Meanings

1. town in Judah (Joshua 15:11; 2 Chronicles 26:6)

2. town in Naphtali (Joshua 19:33)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 15:11 The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Joshua 19:33 Its boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak at Zaanannim, and extended across to Adami-nekeb, Jabneel, and as far as Lakkum, ending at the Jordan River.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).