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Jubal

American

[joo-buhl] / ˈdʒu bəl /

noun

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

Jubal British

/ ˈdʒuːbəl /

noun

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

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Early last spring, a judge finally dismissed the case against Jubal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

He later accompanied Jubal Early on a failed Confederate attempt to raid Washington, D.C.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

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

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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