Ebal op obal

1. Name of a son of Joktan (Sjiy Gn Iff" MT, S?'y ib. Sam., Tai^oX Lnc, 1 Ch 1^), probably representing a place or tribe in Arabia. There are several places in S. Arabia with names approximating to the Hebrew forms, e.g. 'Aibdn, a mountain near Sana frequently mentioned by Uanidani ; 'Obal, a place in the neijjhbourhood of_ Hujailah visitea by Glaser (Skizze, ii. 427) ; 'Abil, mentioned by Hafevy ; but till more is known of the .source of the ethnological tables in Gn, it is impossible to assi^ any proba- bility to such identihcations. Derivatives from the root 'abl occur as tribal names at the com- niencementof Islam (Taj al-'arus, viii. 4), and it is likely that the author had in mind some tribe, otherwise unknown, bearing such an aiipellation. 2. Name of a son of Shobal son of Seir Cjj'V Gn 36» 1 Ch !*>). D. 8. Margououth.