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Abigail (אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל "her Father's joy or, fountain of joy" ;leader of/is dance/, Standard Hebrew Avigáyil, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂḇîḡáyil / ʾĂḇîḡāyil), once Abigal (when Daniel.

the title Abigail was as well borne by a sister of David (& as a result). From either a previous (self-soi-disant handmaid & ensuing) is derived the conversational utilise of the term for a waiting-woman (cf. Abigail, a wait dame, inside Beaumont and Fletcher's Scornful Lady).

Jewish Encyclopedia: Abigail
Overview of King David's second wife from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.

Avigail's Righteous Conduct Within a Bad Relationship
Contemporary Jewish analysis of the Biblical widow's first marriage and exemplary behavior.

Abigail
Biblical biography of the politically astute second wife of David.

Abigail the Carmelitess
The Biblical story of David and his second wife, from the King James translation.

Avigayil
Midrashic commentary on the righteousness of the Jewish prophetess.