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title: מִיכָאֵל — Michael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיכָאֵל (4317), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Michael. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Michael. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִיכָאֵל

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«מִיכָאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Michael** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 4317 · **BDB:** מִיכָאֵל

### Glosses

Michael (7); of.Michael (5); \[were\].Michael (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Michael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4317/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Michael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4317/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** † מִיכָאֵל n.pr.m. Michael, 𝔊 Μειχαηλ, Μιχαηλ (Who is like God? cf. מִיכָיָהוּ, and Assyrian proper names, as Mannu-kî-Rammân, ‘Who is like Rammân?’ Mannu-kî-ilu-rabû, ‘Who is like the great God?’ DlProl. 210; HWB 419; SchrCOT 478; cf. CookAramaic Gloss. 74):— Nu 13:13 (P). 1 Ch 5:13. 5:14. 6:25. 7:3. 8:16. 12:21. 27:18. 2 Ch 21:2. Ezr 8:8. the ‘prince,’ or patron-angel, of Israel, Dn 10:13, 21; 12:1 (cf. Jude 9 Rev 12:7; LevyNHWB iii, 100).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִיכָאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4317/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.13/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה אָשֵׁ֔ר סְת֖וּר בֶּן־מִיכָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Asher Sethur the.son of.Michael

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

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[1 Chronicles 6:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.25/)

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בֶּן־מִיכָאֵ֥ל בֶּן־בַּעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Michael the.son of.Baaseiah the.son of.Malkijah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah;

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