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מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל

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Meshezabel

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.24; father of: Pethahiah (H6611J) § Meshezabeel = "God delivers" 1) ancestor of Meshullam who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem 1a) perhaps the same as 2 and 3 2) a head of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 2a) perhaps the same as 1 and 3 3) father of Pethahiah and descendant of Zerah the son of Judah 3a) perhaps the same as 1 and 2

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל proper name, masculine Jewish name in Persian period (God delivers; from Aramaic שֵׁיזֵיב, deliver, Assyrian šûzubu, Shaph`el from ezêbu, deliver, DlHWB 35; compare the Babylonian names Mušizib-Marduk, 'Marduk delivers,' Mušizib-ílu, KBii. 281, iv. 129): — grandfather of one of the wall-builders Neh 3:4 one of those sealed Neh 10:22 father of royal officer (a Judaean) Neh 11:24 the relation of these to each other is unknown; ᵐ5 Μασεζεβηα, Μεσωζεβηλ, ᵐ5L Μασσιζαβελ, etc.



שֵׁיזִב verb deliver (probably Shaph`el as loan-word from Assyrian šûzub(u), ušêib, deliver, √ ezêbu (א4 = עזב), DlPr 140 HptGGN 1583, 91; BAS i.13 K§ 43, l, Anm.; ᵑ7 שֵׁיזֵב, Syriac , Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchulthLex. 203, also Nabataean שיזב Cooke255; compare proper name מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל Biblical Hebrew; Old Aramaic צלמשזב SAC102; see also following article); — Perfect 3 masculine singular שֵׁיזִב Dan 3:28; Dan 6:28 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְשֵׁיזִ֑ב Dan 3:17 suffix יְשֵׁיזְבִנָּךְ Dan 6:17, נְִ֯כבוֺן Dan 3:13 Infinitive suffix לְשֵׁיזָבוּתָךְ Dan 6:21, הֵתּ- v.Dan 6:15, תַ֑נָּא- Dan 3:17 — deliver (usually with מִן): Dan 3:17b, ל accusative of person vDan 3:28; Dan 6:28b, suffix person Dan 3:15; Dan 3:17a; Dan 6:15; Dan 6:17; Dan 6:21, absolute v.Dan 6:28a.


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