Do you know what Abel means? Meaningless. Nothingness. Vanity. Fleeting. You know that passage in Ecclesiastes, “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity”? That word for vanity is “Abel.” What a name to give to your child. The older one is my possession, my treasure. And Abel is worthless. What a picture. Talking about bad parenting. There is a blatant case of parental favoritism right from the beginning.