STRONGS H4232:
Abbreviations
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מְחוּיָאֵל proper name, masculine great-grandson of Cain
Genesis 4:18a =
מְחִיָּיאֵ֯ל Genesis 4:18b (J; A
in both
Μαιηλ, E
Μαουιηλ; compare further Lag
Or. ii, 35 BN 96 (
Μαιουιαηλ) Bu
Urgesch.125). — (etymology dubious; Thes
Add. 97 perhaps smitten of El √
מחה; Bu
Urgesch. 128 Kerber
Eigennam, d. AT. 91 מְחַיִּיאֵל, or
מַחְיִיאֵל Ēl maketh alive; DHM
MV 10 thinks of proper name, of divinity
יאל, — compare Phoenician proper name
יאלפעל, and CIS
i. 132, 4; especially p. 163 b, =
god יאל giveth life (against this Gray
Prop. N. 164)).
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