מְחוּיָאֵל
Mᵉchûwyâʼêl · mekh-oo-yaw-ale'
Mechujael or Mechijael, an antediluvian patriarch
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְחִיּיָאֵל; from H4229 (מָחָה) and H410 (אֵל); smitten of God;
Mechujael or Mechijael, an antediluvian patriarch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mehujael.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the hand that works › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְחוּיָאֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mehujael1 · 50%
- and mehujael1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.