מבול

Compare Akkadian 𒌓𒈿𒀀𒀭 (bibbulum).

מַבּוּל • (mabúl) m

1. flood (overflow of water)
   • Genesis 7:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיְהִי הַמַּבּוּל אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וַתָּרָם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ׃‎‎

     vay'hí hamabúl 'arba'ím yóm 'al-ha'árets vayirbú hamáyim vayis'ú 'et-hatevá vatárom me'ál ha'árets.
     wayəhī hammabbūl ʾarbāʿīm yōm ʿal-hāʾā́reṣ wayyirbū hammáyim wayyiśəʾū ʾeṯ-hattēḇā wattā́rom mēʿal hāʾāreṣ.

     And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

• → Ladino: mabul
• → Classical Syriac: ܡܡܘܠܐ‎
• → Yiddish: מבול‎ (mabel)

• H3999 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

From Hebrew מַבּוּל‎ (mabúl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmabɫ̩/

מבול • (mabel) m, plural מבולען‎ (mabelen)

1. flood, deluge

• מבולדיק‎ (mabeldik)
• מבולען‎ (mabelen)