H57. abel
I. אָבֵל adjective mourning — ׳א [Gen 37:35]; [Est 6:12]; construct אֲבֶלֿ [Psa 35:14]; אֲבֵלִים [Job 29:25]; [Isa 61:2] etc.; — for dead [Gen 37:35], calamity [Est 6:12], compare figurative [Lam 1:4] (predicate, inanimate subject), elsewhere as substantive mourner; singular [Psa 35:14] (construct) for dead (|| קדר); plural [Job 29:25] absolute; for calamity [Isa 57:18]; [61:2-3],(where mourners for Zion, or of Zion, see Di).
II. אבל (perhaps grow green, compare grass; LagBN 45 proposes withstand, hence אָבֵל as withstanding scorching sun (protected by trees, springs, etc.), hence also (Lag) camel). Etymologogical conjectures very dubious; connection (Lag.) of withstand, with herbage, forage (sometimes dry) improbable, and of latter with herd of camels obscure; √ meaning grow green unattested; Syriac , , Talmud יַבְלָא, Punic ιεβαλ, 'grass,' apparently = a specific kind of fodder, ἄγρωστις, see LöwNo. 141 (GFM, privately).