Jabal

[jey-buhl]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a son of Lamech, and the progenitor of nomadic shepherds.

Example Sentences

Later, I took a 20-minute drive to Al Sahab Park, a short distance outside Abha, crowded with people admiring the evening mist shrouding Jabal Soudah, the country’s highest peak at 9,892 feet.

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One afternoon, I decided to brave Jabal Soudah, figuring a short hike was in order.

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Ever since the E1 project was on the books, Atallah Mazaraa, a Bedouin who lives near Ezariya in an area called Pope Hill — or Jabal Al-Baba, so named because it was gifted to the pope when the area was under Jordanian control — has kept up a grinding legal fight to keep his community in place.

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Known locally as Jabal Musa, Mount Sinai is where Moses is said to have been given the Ten Commandments.

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We have managed to identify three men - Jabal, Aram and al-Millah - all Iraqi-Kurds, who are believed to lead the outfit, which is one of the main groups in northern France transporting people to the UK by small boat.

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