1. Bezalel (proper name) — The proper name Bezalel (Hebrew בְּצַלְאֵל, 'in the shadow of God'), referring to (1) the chief artisan of the Tabernacle, son of Uri of the tribe of Judah (Exodus 31, 35-38), and (2) a post-exilic Israelite who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:30). All three clusters are the same name in different syntactic positions: subject/object forms, variant transliterations (Betsalel, Betsal'el, Bezalel), and conjunction-prefixed (and Betsalel). Cross-linguistically uniform: Spanish Betsalel/Betzalel, Arabic بَصَلْئِيل (Basalil), Korean 브살렠/브살렐 (Beusallel), Swahili Betsaleli/Besaleli, Hindi बसलेल/बसलएल (Basalel). 9×
AR["بَصَلئيل","بَصَلئيلَ","بَصَلئيلُ","بَصَلْئِيلُ","وَ-بَصَلْئِيلُ"]·ben["এবং-বৎসলেল","বিসলেল","বৎসলেল","বৎসলেলকে"]·DE["Betsalel","Bezalel","[בצלאל]","und-Betsalel"]·EN["Betsal'el","Betsalel","Bezalel","and-Betsalel"]·FR["Betsaleel","[בצלאל]","et-Betsaleel"]·heb["בצלאל","ו-בצלאל"]·HI["और-बसलेल","बसलएल","बसलेल","बसलेल-ने"]·ID["Bezaleel","Bezalel","Dan-Bezaleel"]·IT["Betsaleel","Betsalel","[בצלאל]","e-Betsalel"]·jav["Bezalel","Bezaléèl","Bézalèl","Bézaléèl","Lan-Bezaléèl"]·KO["그리고-브살렐","브살렐","브살렐과","브살렐이","브살렠","브살렠과","브살렠을"]·PT["Betsal'el","Betsalel","E-Betsal'el"]·RU["Бецалэль","Бецалэля","и-Бецалэль"]·ES["Betsalel","Betzalel","Y-Betsalel","a-Betsalel"]·SW["Besaleli","Betsaleli","na-Betsaleli"]·TR["-Betsalel","Betsalel","Betsalel'i","Ve-Betsalel"]·urd["اور-بصلیئیل","بصلایل","بصلی-ایل-نے","بصلیئیل","بصلیئیل-نے","بصلیل","بصَلایل"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּצַלְאֵל n.pr.m. (in the shadow (protection) of Ēl; cf. cuneif. Sil-Bêl, a king of Gaza, COT Jos 11:22)— 1. a skilled artisan of tribe of Judah Ex 31:2; 35:30; 36:1, 2; 37:1; 38:22 (all P) 1 Ch 2:20 2 Ch 1:5. 2. an Israelite Ezr 10:30.