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־)
- 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
- a male given name, Yuvál
Etymology 2
| Root |
|---|
| י־ב־ל (y-b-l) |
Related to הוֹבִיל (hovíl, “to lead”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /joˈvel/
Noun
יוֹבֵל • (yovél) m (plural indefinite יוֹבְלִים, singular construct יוֹבֵל־, plural construct יוֹבְלֵי־)
- A ram, a male sheep.
- A shofar, a ram's-horn trumpet.
Verb
יוּבַל • (yuvál)
- Third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of הוּבַל (huvál)
Etymology 3
Perhaps from the preceding; alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European – see discussion at jubilee.
Pronunciation
Same as the preceding.
Noun
יוֹבֵל • (yovél) m (plural indefinite יוֹבְלִים or יוֹבְלוֹת, singular construct יוֹבֵל־, plural construct יוֹבְלֵי־ or יוֹבְלוֹת־)
- (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.
- A period of fifty years.
- A jubilee, a period of celebration or rejoicing.
References
- “יובל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
יובל_(נהר) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he- שנת_היובל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
- יבול