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Archivesis the word jubilation directly related to Jubal: who is mentioned in The Book of Genesis
We had a discussion in bible study about Jubal. There was a question as whether or not the word jubilee came from the name Jubal.
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Not really, though there is a link: As Caprice says, the ram's horn which was blown to signal the start of a jubilee year (every 50th year) was called a yobhel. The bible character said to have invented musical instruments is Jubal, which is close. But our words Jubilant and Jubilation and such actually come from Latin, not Hebrew; and the Latin and Hebrew languages are not related at all. However, people certainly noticed the similarity ... in Latin jubilare means to shout out loud with happiness.
My guess would be that whoever wrote that bit of Genesis (not sure off-hand which author it was) thought abut ram's horns and half-century celebrations, and decided that Jubal would be such a suitable name for the inventor of music that he put him into the story.
Interesting question, Peter.
My guess would be that whoever wrote that bit of Genesis (not sure off-hand which author it was) thought abut ram's horns and half-century celebrations, and decided that Jubal would be such a suitable name for the inventor of music that he put him into the story.
Interesting question, Peter.
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In fact, we don't know, the etymological ground of Latin jubileum is a bit shaky and it COULD be borrowed from Hebrew or evolved from Proto-Italic. Relations are more complicated by the fact, that a root like "yoo" can always be recreated by onomatopoeia. The Wiktionary entry sums it up quite well: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jubilee
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Hebrew Etymologies of Jubal & jubilee (according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance)
H3106 Yuwbal yoo-bawl' from H2986; stream; Jubal, an antediluvian:--Jubal.
H3104 yowbel yo-bale' or yobel {yob-ale'}; apparently from H2986; the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced:--jubile, ram's horn, trumpet.
H2986 yabal yaw-bal' a primitive root; properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp):--bring (forth), carry, lead (forth).
As others have pointed out, jubilare/jubilation have a different origin & history and were developed much later.
H3106 Yuwbal yoo-bawl' from H2986; stream; Jubal, an antediluvian:--Jubal.
H3104 yowbel yo-bale' or yobel {yob-ale'}; apparently from H2986; the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced:--jubile, ram's horn, trumpet.
H2986 yabal yaw-bal' a primitive root; properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp):--bring (forth), carry, lead (forth).
As others have pointed out, jubilare/jubilation have a different origin & history and were developed much later.
This message was edited 11/27/2019, 1:20 AM
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Jubilee was the name of a ram's horn played by the Jews of old Palestine during...um, I think Yom Kippur.
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