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Avital (name)

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Avital
Dew, the symbolic meaning of the name.
LanguageHebrew
Origin
Meaningmy father is [the] dew,dewy
Hebrew name

Avital (Hebrew:אֲבִיטַל’Ăḇîṭāl) is aHebrew given name ofOld Testament origin. Traditionally a female given name, its modern usage isunisex.

Avital is also used as asurname.[1][2][3]

Etymology

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"Abital" translates todewy (as in,morning dew)[4] ormy father is [the] dew (Ab-i means "my father";-i is possessive pronoun for "my").[5][better source needed]

The name refers todew, the phenomenon of water droplets that occur on exposed objects in the morning or evening due tocondensation.

William Dwight Whitney'sCentury Dictionary of 1889 defines "avital" as "pertaining to a grandfather; ancestral", giving its root as the Latinavus,lit.'grandfather'.[6] It is used thus in 1889 by Hubert Lewis'sThe Ancient Laws of Wales.[7]

Mount Avital as seen fromMount Bental

Place name

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The surname could potentially be aplace name for theAvital moshav inIsrael, named in 1953.[8]

Alternatively,Mount Avital/Tall Abu an Nada (Hebrew: הר אביטל,Har Avital,Arabic: تل أبو الندى,Tall Abu an Nada) is a mountain that is part of adormant volcano in theGolan Heights.[9][10] It does not appear to have any correlation with the Avital moshav, being over an hour's drive away.[11]

Biblical character

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Main article:List of minor Old Testament figures, A–K § Abital

The name was popularized byminor biblical character Abital, who is mentioned inthe book of Samuel as one of KingDavid's wives (II Samuel 3:4).

Abital gave birth to David's fifth son,Shephatiah, another minor biblical character.[12][13]

People

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Chess playerAvital Boruchovsky

As given name (female)

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As given name (male)

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Colette Avital, Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politician

As surname

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References

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  1. ^Hubbard, Rob (9 March 2016)."Avi Avital and his mandolin bring the world to Minneapolis".Twin Cities. Retrieved24 August 2020.
  2. ^Davis, Barry."Avital's bass flow".The Jerusalem Post. Jpost Inc. Retrieved24 August 2020.
  3. ^"Tamir Avital - Men's Water Polo".University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Cal Athletics. Retrieved24 August 2020.
  4. ^Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006).A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference.Oxford University Press. p. 42.ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved2018-11-17.
  5. ^"Abital". Retrieved2013-06-27.
  6. ^The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. A - Cono. T. Fisher Unwin, the Century Company. 1889.
  7. ^Lewis, Hubert (1889).The Ancient Laws of Wales: Viewed Especially in Regard to the Light They Throw Upon the Origin of Some English Institutions. E. Stock. pp. 417, 418, 437, and 438.
  8. ^Bitan, Hanna:1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 1,ISBN 965-220-423-4
  9. ^South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976
  10. ^Golan Heights and vicinity 1994
  11. ^"Mount Avital to Avital".Mount Avital to Avital. Retrieved2022-04-18.
  12. ^2 Samuel 3:4
  13. ^"Abital (fl. 1000 BCE)".Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research Inc. Archived fromthe original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved6 January 2013.(subscription required)
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