H4232

מְחוּיָאֵל

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Mehujael

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Irad (H5897); father of: Methushael (H4967) § Mehujael = "smitten by God" son of Irad and great grandson of Cain

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מְחוּיָאֵל proper name, masculine great-grandson of Cain Gen 4:18a = מְחִיָּיאֵ֯ל vGen 4:18b (J; A ᵐ5L in both Μαιηλ, E Μαουιηλ; compare further LagOr. ii, 35 BN 96 (Μαιουιαηλ) BuUrgesch.125). — (etymology dubious; ThesAdd. 97 perhaps smitten of El √ מחה; BuUrgesch. 128 KerberEigennam, d. AT. 91 מְחַיִּיאֵל, or מַחְיִיאֵל El maketh alive; DHMMV 10 thinks of proper name, of divinity יאל, — compare Phoenician proper name יאלפעל, and CISi. 132, 4; especially p. 163 b, = god יאל giveth life (against this GrayProp. N. 164)).


מַחֲוִים see below II. חוה. I. מָחוֺל see חול.


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