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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Abimael
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Aaron Abarim Abed-nego Abel Abida Abigail Abimael Abinadab Abishai Abraham Abram Absalom Accad Adah Adam Admah Almodad Amalek(ite) Amasa Amminadab Amorite Amos Amram Anak (Anakim) Anamim Anem Aram Aramean Ararat Ari (Arie, Arieh) Ariel Arkite Arpachshad Arvadite Asahel Asenath Asher/ Asherah Ashkenash Asshur Asshurim Assyria |
Abimael
Abimael is one of many sons of Joktan, the brother of Peleg. Peleg is the ancestor of Abraham. The Joktanites are the last mentioned Shemite generation before the tower of Babel is built. |
(ab 4a). Meaning basically father (hence abba, papa, pope), but with applications beyond the contemporary use of father. Many times `ab is used as counsellor or judge (Gen 45:8; 2 Ki 2:12). Abi (with yod) appears frequently in connection with names of places to express the lord of a country, city, village.
(me 1149), meaning what; most often inquiring about a name (what's your name?) or 
(mi 1189), who?
(El 93a), the common abbreviation of the word
