a.vi.me.lekh is a personal name borne by figures in the Gerar narratives, the Shechem conflict, and a priestly list.

The noun proper form functions as a personal name across several narrative settings: it identifies a ruler of Gerar in the accounts involving Abraham and Isaac, the son of Jerubbaal who reigns over Israel and fights Shechem, and a priest named as Abiathar’s son.

1. Personal name in distinct narrative settings · dominant

   The supplied forms are consistently tagged Noun · Proper. In Genesis 20:2 the APB renders a king of Gerar who sends for Sarah, while Genesis 26:11 presents the same name issuing a command concerning Isaac and his wife; Judges 9:22 names the ruler who reigned over Israel, and 1 Chronicles 18:16 names Abiathar’s son among the priests. In 2 Samuel 11:21, the APB recalls the death of a man with this name when a woman throws a millstone from a wall.

   Genesis 20:2Genesis 26:11Judges 9:22Judges 9:242 Samuel 11:211 Chronicles 18:16

In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across the supplied verses, the APB normally presents the proper name directly as “Abimelech,” including in narrative speech, reports of conflict, and genealogical identification. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings confirm the verse-level identification rather than isolating every syntactic contribution of the Hebrew form.