a.vi.tal is a personal name appearing as the mother of Shephatiah in genealogical listings.

The attested use is a personal name in statements identifying Shephatiah by his mother, in 1 Chronicles 3:3 and 2 Samuel 3:4.

1. Personal name in a maternal identification · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in notices about Shephatiah. In 1 Chronicles 3:3 the APB renders the clause “the fifth Shephatiah, to Abital,” and in 2 Samuel 3:4 it renders “His fifth son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.”

   1 Chronicles 3:32 Samuel 3:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name in maternal relation to Shephatiah: “to Abital” in 1 Chronicles 3:3 and “whose mother was Abital” in 2 Samuel 3:4. These phrases describe the clauses rather than establish a separate lexical rendering.