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title: מְחִיּיָאֵל — Mehujael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְחִיּיָאֵל (4232), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Mehujael. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְחִיּיָאֵל

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«מְחִיּיָאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mehujael** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4232 · **BDB:** מְחוּיָאֵל

### Glosses

Mehujael (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mehujael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4232/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4232/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. great-grandson of Cain Gn 4:18a = מְחִיָּי‌֯אֵל v 18b (J; A 𝔊L in both Μαιηλ, E Μαουιηλ; cf. further LagOr. ii, 35 BN 96 (Μαιουιαηλ) BuUrgesch. 125).—(Etym. dub.; ThesAdd. 97 perhaps smitten of Ēl √ מחה; BuUrgesch.128 Kerber Eigennam, d. AT. 91 מְחַיִּיאֵל, or מַחְיִיאֵל Ēl maketh alive; DHMMV 10 thinks of n.pr. div. יאל,—cf. Ph. n.pr. יאלפעל, and CISi. 132, 4; especially p. 163 b, = god יאל giveth life (against this GrayProp. N. 164)).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְחִיּיָאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4232/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.18/)

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וַיִּוָּלֵ֤ד לַֽחֲנוֹךְ֙ אֶת־עִירָ֔ד וְעִירָ֕ד יָלַ֖ד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵ֑ל וּמְחִיּיָאֵ֗ל יָלַד֙ אֶת־מְת֣וּשָׁאֵ֔ל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵ֖ל יָלַ֥ד אֶת־לָֽמֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.was.born to Enoch (et) Irad and Irad he.fathered (et) Mehujael and Mehujael he.fathered (et) Methushael and Methushael he.fathered (et) Lamech

*JPS 1917:* And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.

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