OBAL
People descended from Joktan (Gen. 10:28). One of the oldest tribes of Arabia is called “‘Abil” (Delitzsch) and is also the name of a district of Yemen (Helevy).
According to Bochart, they are the Avalitae, from the African coast adjacent to the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
In 1 Chr. 1:22 it appears in the form Ebal.