Hebrew word · H3183

יַחְצְאֵל

yachtze'el

Jahzeel

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

What it means

A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.24;

son of: Naphtali (H5321);

brother of: Guni (H1476), Jezer (H3337) and Shillem (H8006); also called Jahziel at 1Ch.7.13;

§ Jahzeel = "God divides"

the 1st of the 4 sons of Naphtali and founder of the family of Jahzeelites

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

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 46:24 יַחְצְאֵ֥ל Jahzeel

    The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:48 לְיַ֨חְצְאֵ֔ל of Jahzeel

    These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans: The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni,

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