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Azel — proper name of a Benjamite descendant of Saul through Jonathan's line.
Azel (אָצֵל) is a masculine proper name appearing exclusively in the Saulide genealogy of 1 Chronicles 8:37-38 and its parallel in 9:43-44. He was a descendant of King Saul through Jonathan, and the text notes that he had six sons, whose names are listed. The name may derive from a root meaning 'noble' (cf. אָצִיל), though its etymology remains uncertain. The genealogical context places Azel several generations after Jonathan, in the period of the divided monarchy or later. BDB also notes a distinct place-name Azel in Zechariah 14:5, but that belongs to a separate entry.
Senses
1. Azel (proper name) — A masculine proper name (אָצֵל, possibly meaning 'noble') designating a descendant of King Saul through the line of Jonathan, appearing in the Benjamite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 8:37-38 and its duplicate in 9:43-44. The text records that Azel fathered six sons whose names are enumerated. French renderings interestingly gloss the name with the preposition 'à-côté-de' (beside), reflecting a confusion with the common Hebrew preposition אֵצֶל, while English and Spanish transliterations ('Atsel,' 'Atsal') correctly preserve the proper-name identity. 6×
AR["آصِيل", "وَلِآصِيل"]·ben["আসেল", "আসেলের", "ও-আসেলের-জন্য"]·DE["[אצל]", "[ולאצל]"]·EN["Atsal", "Atsel", "and-to-Atsel"]·FR["et-zu-à-côté-de", "à-côté-de"]·heb["אצל", "ו-ל-אצל"]·HI["आसेल", "और-आसेल-के"]·ID["Azel", "Dan-milik-Azel"]·IT["accanto-a", "e-a-accanto-a"]·jav["Asèl", "Azal", "Azèl", "Lan-kanggé-Azèl", "Lan-tumrap-Asèl"]·KO["그-와-에-아셀", "그리고-에게-아셀", "아셀", "아셀-의"]·PT["Atsel", "E-para-Atsel"]·RU["Ацел", "Ацель", "Ацеля", "и-у-Ацеля"]·ES["Atsel", "Y-para-Atsel"]·SW["Aseli", "Na-kwa-Aseli"]·TR["Atsel", "Atsel'in", "Ve-Atsel'in"]·urd["آصیل", "آصیل-کے", "اور-آصیل-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. אָצֵל in pause אָצַ֑ל (Ges§ 29. 4 c) n.pr.m. (perhaps noble, cf. אָצִיל 2) a descendant of Jonathan 1 Ch 8:37, 38(×2) = 9:43, 44(×2).