Hebrew word · H3094

יְהַלֶּלְאֵל

yehalel'el

Jehallelel

A personal name built from a verb form of h-l-l ('to praise'; in another stem 'to shine') plus El ('God'). Possible meanings: 'he praises God', 'God is praised', or 'God shines forth'.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.16;

father of: Ziph (H2128J), Ziphah (H2129), Tiria (H8493), Asarel (H0840)

§ Jehaleleel or Jehalelel = "God is praised"

1) a Calebite descendant of Judah

2) father of Azariah and a Merarite Levite in the time of Hezekiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 4:16

Range of meaning

A personal name built from a verb form of h-l-l ('to praise'; in another stem 'to shine') plus El ('God'). Possible meanings: 'he praises God', 'God is praised', or 'God shines forth'.

Against the English

KJV and YLT spell it 'Jehaleleel'; BSB, WEB and most modern versions spell it 'Jehallelel'. The difference is only spelling.

Used elsewhere in the period

The same name belongs to a Levite, the father of Azariah, in Hezekiah's temple reform (2 Chronicles 29:12). Names that end in -el and describe what God does or receives are common in Israelite and wider West Semitic naming.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:16 יְהַלֶּלְאֵ֑ל Jehallelel

    The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

    Here: The ancestor at the head of this short entry. The name is built from the verb for 'praise' (the root behind 'hallelu-jah') and El, 'God'. It most likely means 'he praises God' or 'may God be praised/shine forth'. He appears out of nowhere, with no stated link to the Calebites in verse 15.

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:12 יְהַלֶּלְאֵ֑ל Jehallelel

    Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

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