Gebalites was the development of a syllabic script modeled on the Egyptian. Passed on from Phoenicia to Greece, it became the ancestor of our own alphabet. 2. Territory southeast of the Dead Sea, associated with Ammon and Amalek as hostile to Israel (Ps 83:7). GEBALITE Inhabitant of Gebal (Jos 13:5). See Gebal #1. GEBER 1. Alternate name for Ben-geber, one of Solomon’s commissariat officers, in 1 Kings 4:13. See Ben-geber. 2. Uri’s son, who was responsible for providing food for Solomon’s household.