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title: מַלְכִּיאֵל — Malchiel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלְכִּיאֵל (4439), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Malchiel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלְכִּיאֵל

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«מַלְכִּיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Malchiel** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4439 · **BDB:** מַלְכִּיאֵל

### Glosses

Malkiel (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Malchiel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4439/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4439/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Beriah (of Asher) (my king is Ēl; cf. Tel Am. Milkili WklTelAm. 39, v. JastrJBL 1892, 120; 1893, 61 f.; cf. further, GrayProp. N. 118 f., 206, v. also Ph. n.pr. מלכבעל, Palm. n.pr. מלכבל VogPalm. 3, 4; 140 and BH אֱלִימֶלֶךְ);—Gn 46:17 Nu 26:45 1 Ch 7:31. 𝔊 Μελχιηλ.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַלְכִּיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4439/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.31/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה חֶ֖בֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵ֑ל ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י בִרְזָֽיִת׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Beriah \[were\].Heber and Malkiel he \[was\].the.father Birzaith

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

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[Numbers 26:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.45/)

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לִבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה לְחֶ֕בֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶבְרִ֑י לְמַ֨לְכִּיאֵ֔ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמַּלְכִּיאֵלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* of the.descendants of.Beriah of Heber the.clan of the.Heberite\[s\] of Malkiel the.clan of the.Malchielite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

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