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title: מִישָׁאֵל — Mishael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִישָׁאֵל (4332), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Mishael. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִישָׁאֵל

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«מִישָׁאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mishael** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 4332 · **BDB:** מִישָׁאֵל

### Glosses

Mishael (6); \[were\].Mishael (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mishael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4332/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4332/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Who is what God is? Assyrian form., cf. מְתוּשָׁאֵל: note also in Thothmes’ list of towns Bai-ti-ša-’-rḁ, i.e. prob. בֵּיתְשָׁאֵל, Heb. בֵּיתְאֵל WMMAs. Eur. 193):— a. cousin of Moses Ex 6:22 Lv 10:4 (P). one of Daniel’s companions Dn 1:6, 7, 11, 19 + 2:17 (Aramaic), elsewhere in c. 2–3 called מֵישַׁךְ (1:7). Ne 8:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִישָׁאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4332/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.22/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י עֻזִּיאֵ֑ל מִֽישָׁאֵ֥ל וְאֶלְצָפָ֖ן וְסִתְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Uzziel \[were\].Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

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[Daniel 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.6/)

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וַיְהִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם מִבְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה דָּנִיֵּ֣אל חֲנַנְיָ֔ה מִֽישָׁאֵ֖ל וַעֲזַרְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.was among them from the.people of.Judah Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah

*JPS 1917:* Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

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