Abital or Avital (Hebrew: אֲבִיטַל‎) is a Hebrew female name.^[1] It translates as father of dew i.e., "fresh".^[2]

The fifth wife of King David (2 Samuel 3:4) was called Abital, and was the mother of David's son Shephatiah.^[3]

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