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title: עַדְרִיאֵל — Adriel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַדְרִיאֵל (5741), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Adriel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַדְרִיאֵל

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«עַדְרִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adriel** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5741 · **BDB:** עַדְרִיאֵל

### Glosses

Adriel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adriel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5741/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5741/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son-in-law of Saul (appar. Aramaic name, my help is God = Heb. עַזְרִיאֵל q.v.; so NesAm. Jour. Sem. Lang. xiii (1897), 173 HPS cf. GrayProp. N. 309; cf. Old Aramaic יעדראל ClGannJAs 1883. Fev.–Mar., 139, No. 13);—1 S 18:19 (𝔊 A Ιηλ, 𝔊L Εδριηλ), 2 S 21:8 (𝔊 Σερει, A Εσδρι, 𝔊L Εζρι).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַדְרִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5741/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 18:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.19/)

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וַיְהִ֗י בְּעֵ֥ת תֵּ֛ת אֶת־מֵרַ֥ב בַּת־שָׁא֖וּל לְדָוִ֑ד וְהִ֧יא נִתְּנָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל הַמְּחֹלָתִ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was at the.time gave (et) Merab the.daughter of.Saul to David and she she.was.given to Adriel the Meholathite to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

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[2 Samuel 21:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.8/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־שְׁ֠נֵי בְּנֵ֨י רִצְפָּ֤ה בַת־אַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלְדָ֣ה לְשָׁא֔וּל אֶת־אַרְמֹנִ֖י וְאֶת־מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֶת־חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת בְּנֵי֙ מִיכַ֣ל בַּת־שָׁא֔וּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־בַּרְזִלַּ֖י הַמְּחֹלָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.took the king (et) the.two the.sons of.Rizpah the.daughter of.Aiah whom she.had.borne to Saul (et) Armoni and (et) Mephibosheth and (et) the.five the.sons of.Michal the.daughter of.Saul whom she.had.borne to Adriel the.son of.Barzillai the Meholathite

*JPS 1917:* But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

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