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# carmelite

noun

«carmelite» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It names a man or woman from the town of Carmel in Judah, not the northern mountain. Abigail and Nabal were Carmelites.

**Interpretation.** Abigail is remembered as a wise and quick-thinking woman who stopped David from shedding blood. Her husband Nabal's name means "fool".

### Meaning

A person from Carmel, a town in the hill country of Judah. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carmelite/#m1)

### Examples

- Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite; (Prophets 2SA.23.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carmelite/#x1)
- Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai; (Writings 1CH.11.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carmelite/#x2)
- And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. (Prophets 1SA.30.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carmelite/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carmelite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carmelite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carmelite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/carmelite.html) on Mova free.