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Jubal

American  
[joo-buhl] / ˈdʒu bəl /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) son of Lamech and Adah: considered the progenitor of musicians and those who produce musical instruments.


Jubal British  
/ ˈdʒuːbəl /

noun

  1. Old Testament the alleged inventor of musical instruments (Genesis 4:21)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But it was a serious accusation, and Jubal had prior convictions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

In 1996, Jubal Brown decided to redecorate a Piet Mondrian painting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2022

In the Book of Genesis, Jubal – a descendant of Adam – is identified as the father of the harp and flute.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

Confederate guerillas fought back fiercely but unsuccessfully, and Sheridan climaxed the campaign with a decisive victory that smashed the army of his Confederate opponent, General Jubal Early.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

In some of them there was a hunger for rank—in Jubal Early it was a disease—but Armistead had grown past the hunger, if he ever had it at all.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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