1) flood, deluge.
1a) Noah’s flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2986 in the sense of flowing
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1142
מַבּוּלnoun masculineGenesis 7:6flood in time of Noah (Late Hebrew
id.; Jewish-Aramaic
מַבּוּלָא; Syriac
; derivation dubious; Thes and others √
יבל, but improbable, see Dl
Prol. 122 f.; possibly old Assyrian (Babylonian) loan-word (yet form unkn. in Assyrian ), or from √
נבל=Assyrian
nabâlu,
destroy Dl
HWB 443 f.; compare Dl
Par. 156; Prol. 122 Che
Psalm 29:10 critical note, Hebraica. iii. 3, 175 f., O. Whitehouse
COT ii. 293); —
׳מ only Genesis and
Psalm 29:10; always absolute and always with article except
Genesis 9:11,15; —
׳וַיְהִי הַמּGenesis 17:7;
׳לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֺד מGenesis 9:11; following by
מַיִם as appositive)
Genesis 6:17;
Genesis 7:6;
׳מֵי הַמּGenesis 7:7,10;
Genesis 9:11;
לֹאיִֿהְיֶה׳עוֺד הַמַּיִם לְמGenesis 9:15; as epoch, in phrase
׳אַחַר הַמּGenesis 9:28;
Genesis 10:1,32;
Genesis 11:10 (strike out as gloss Bu Di);
יָשָׁ֑ב׳לַמּ׳יPsalm 29:10׳יat the flood sat enthroned (so most; Chesee critical note' at the storm ' (destruction=destructive storm IdHebraica. 1.c.), but ׳הַמּ seems in all the other passages to be almost=proper name of the flood; compare also מֵי נֹחַIsaiah 54:9 (twice in verse)). Strong's Hebrew: 3999. מַבּוּל (mabbul) — 13 Occurrences
Genesis 6:17
HEB:מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־ הַמַּבּ֥וּל מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־
NAS: I, even I am bringing the flood of water
KJV: even I, do bring a flood of waters
INT: behold I am bringing the flood of water upon
Genesis 7:6
HEB:מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וְהַמַּבּ֣וּל הָיָ֔ה מַ֖יִם
NAS: years old when the flood of water came
KJV: old when the flood of waters
INT: hundred years the flood came of water
Genesis 7:7
HEB:מִפְּנֵ֖י מֵ֥י הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
NAS: because of the water of the flood.
KJV: because of the waters of the flood.
INT: of of the water of the flood
Genesis 7:10
HEB:הַיָּמִ֑ים וּמֵ֣י הַמַּבּ֔וּל הָי֖וּ עַל־
NAS: that the water of the flood came
KJV: that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
INT: days the water of the flood came upon
Genesis 7:17
HEB: וַֽיְהִ֧י הַמַּבּ֛וּל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים י֖וֹם
NAS:Then the flood came upon the earth
KJV:And the flood was forty days
INT: came the flood forty days
Genesis 9:11
HEB:ע֖וֹד מִמֵּ֣י הַמַּבּ֑וּל וְלֹֽא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה
NAS: by the water of the flood, neither
KJV: any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood
INT: again the water of the flood neither shall there
Genesis 9:11
HEB:יִהְיֶ֥ה ע֛וֹד מַבּ֖וּל לְשַׁחֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: shall there again be a flood to destroy
KJV: of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy
INT: shall there again flood to destroy the earth
Genesis 9:15
HEB:ע֤וֹד הַמַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַבּ֔וּל לְשַׁחֵ֖ת כָּל־
NAS: become a flood to destroy
KJV: shall no more become a flood to destroy
INT: again shall the water A flood to destroy all
Genesis 9:28
HEB:נֹ֖חַ אַחַ֣ר הַמַּבּ֑וּל שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙
NAS: years after the flood.
KJV: lived after the flood three hundred
INT: Noah after the flood three hundred
Genesis 10:1
HEB:בָּנִ֖ים אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
NAS: were born to them after the flood.
KJV: born after the flood.
INT: and sons after the flood
Genesis 10:32
HEB:בָּאָ֖רֶץ אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ פ
NAS: on the earth after the flood.
KJV: in the earth after the flood.
INT: the earth after the flood
Genesis 11:10
HEB:שְׁנָתַ֖יִם אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
NAS: two years after the flood;
KJV: two years after the flood:
INT: years after the flood
Psalm 29:10
HEB: יְ֭הוָה לַמַּבּ֣וּל יָשָׁ֑ב וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
NAS: sat [as King] at the flood; Yes, the LORD
KJV: sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD
INT: the LORD the flood sat sits
; derivation dubious; Thes and others √ יבל, but improbable, see DlProl. 122 f.; possibly old Assyrian (Babylonian) loan-word (yet form unkn. in Assyrian ), or from √ נבל=Assyrian nabâlu, destroy DlHWB 443 f.; compare DlPar. 156; Prol. 122 ChePsalm 29:10 critical note, Hebraica. iii. 3, 175 f., O. WhitehouseCOT ii. 293); — ׳מ only Genesis and Psalm 29:10; always absolute and always with article except Genesis 9:11,15; — ׳וַיְהִי הַמּGenesis 17:7; ׳לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֺד מGenesis 9:11; following by מַיִם as appositive) Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:6; ׳מֵי הַמּGenesis 7:7,10; Genesis 9:11; לֹאיִֿהְיֶה׳עוֺד הַמַּיִם לְמGenesis 9:15; as epoch, in phrase ׳אַחַר הַמּGenesis 9:28; Genesis 10:1,32; Genesis 11:10 (strike out as gloss Bu Di); יָשָׁ֑ב׳לַמּ׳יPsalm 29:10׳יat the flood sat enthroned (so most; Chesee critical note' at the storm ' (destruction=destructive storm IdHebraica. 1.c.), but ׳הַמּ seems in all the other passages to be almost=proper name of the flood; compare also מֵי נֹחַIsaiah 54:9 (twice in verse)).