Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The name of the man was Nabal - The word nabal signifies to be foolish, base, or villanous; and hence the Latin word nebulo , knave, is supposed to be derived.
The name of his wife Abigail - The joy or exultation of my father. A woman of sense and beauty, married to the boor mentioned above, probably because he was rich. Many women have been thus sacrificed.
Of the house of Caleb - vehu Chalibbi , "he was a Calebite." But as the word caleb signifies a dog, the Septuagint have understood it as implying a man of a canine disposition, and translate it thus, ̔ , he was a doggish man. It is understood in the same way by the Syriac and Arabic.
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