Avital ( he, אֲבִיטַל) is a
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
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,
Turkey and
Kurdistan as part of the
Moshavim Movement.
Avital is located on land that until 1933 belonged to the
Palestinian village of
Zir'in.
The name is connected to
King David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, 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).
[Bitan, Hanna: ''1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel'', Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 1, ]
See also
*
Ta'anakh district
References
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Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel
Kurdish-Jewish culture in Israel
Moshavim
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Turkish-Jewish culture in Israel
1953 establishments in Israel
Populated places established in 1953