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Abimael
ABIMAEL (a-bĭm'ā-ĕl, Heb. ’ăvîmā’ēl, God is father). The ninth of the thirteen sons or descendants of Joktan, who was descended from Shem (
ABIMAEL ə bĭm’ əl (אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל, Etymology unknown; “father of the mother of God” is to be rejected since there are no clear instances of אֵם, H562, “mother” in names. The ninth descendant of Joktan, descendant of Shem (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
a-bim’-a-el, ab-i-ma’-el (’abhima’el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): The ninth of the thirteen sons of Joktan, who was descendant of Shem, and son of Eber, and brother of Peleg in whose days the earth was divided (
Willis J. Beecher