Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /juˈval/

Verb

יוּבַל • ‎(yuvál)

1. Third-person masculine singular future tense (prefix conjugation) of הוּבַל ‎(huvál), has been led.

Noun

יוּבַל • ‎(yuvál) m ‎(plural indefinite יוּבַלִּים, singular construct יוּבַל־, plural construct יוּבַלֵּי־)

1. A tributary: a stream or river that empties into another stream or river.

Declension

See also

• זֶרֶם ‎(zérem), נַחַל ‎(nákhal), פֶּלֶג ‎(péleg)

Proper noun

יוּבַל • ‎(yuvál) m

1. A male given name, Yuval.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /joˈvel/

Noun

יוֹבֵל • ‎(yovél) m ‎(plural indefinite יוֹבְלִים, singular construct יוֹבֵל־, plural construct יוֹבְלֵי־)

1. A ram, a male sheep.
2. A shofar, a ram's-horn trumpet.

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־)

1. (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.
2. A period of fifty years.
3. A jubilee, a period of celebration or rejoicing.

Anagrams

• יבול