Jubal
Jubal ( Hebrew יוּבָל"Ram's horn", compare the horn with which the beginning of a jubilee year is opened) is mentioned in Gen 4.21 EU of the Bible as the youngest son of Lamech and his wife Ada .
Jubal had an older brother, Jabal , and a half-brother, Tubal-Cain . Like his brothers, he was a descendant of Cain .
According to the biblical story , Jubal is said to have been the forefather of all Kinnor and ʿUgav players, i.e. all musicians . While a lyre is very likely meant by Kinnor , the translation of the second name remains uncertain. The most plausible is the interpretation as a longitudinal flute, as a forerunner of the Arabic nay .
Web links
- Jan Christian Gertz: Jubal. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
See also
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