Aramaic

Verb

אבל • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to mourn, to lament

Hebrew

Conjunction

אֲבָל • ‎(avál)

1. but
2. however

Etymology 2

Verb

אָבַל • ‎(aval) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. (flowery) to bewail; to lament, to mourn.

References

• “H56”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979