| Hebname | אֲבִיטַל |
|---|---|
| Meaning | Named after Abital |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founded by | Iranian, Turkish and Kurdish Jews |
| District | north |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Council | Gilboa |
| Coordinates | 32°33′29″N 35°18′21″E |
Avital (Hebrew: אֲבִיטַל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located ten kilometers south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In its population was .
History
The village was founded in 1953 by immigrants from Iran and Turkey as part of the Moshavim Movement.
Avital is located on land that until 1933 belonged to the Palestinian village of Zir'in.[1]
The name is connected to King David, Avital was one of his wives (2 Samuel 3:4). But tal (eng. dew) reminds also of David's lament in this area: "O mountains of Gilboa, may You have no dew" (2 Samuel 1:21).[2]
See also
References
- ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 340. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 1, ISBN 965-220-423-4