1. Barzillai (personal name) — The proper name Barzillai (Hebrew בַּרְזִלַּי), borne by at least three individuals: (1) Barzillai the Gileadite, the wealthy elderly supporter of David during Absalom's rebellion (2 Samuel 17:27; 19:31-39; 1 Kings 2:7); (2) Barzillai the Meholathite, father-in-law of Adriel (2 Samuel 21:8); (3) a priestly family who took the name from the Gileadite (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63). The two clusters differ only in grammatical context (with conjunction/preposition vs bare name or genitive). Uniformly rendered: English 'Barzillai', Spanish 'Barzilai', Hindi बर्जिल्लै, Arabic بَرْزِلَّايَ, Korean 바르실라이, Swahili 'Barzilai'. 12×
AR["بَرْزِلاَّيَ","بَرْزِلَّاي","بَرْزِلَّايَ","بَرْزِلَّايُ","بَرْزِلّايَ","وَ-بَرْزِلّاي","وَبَرْزِلَّايُ"]·ben["এবং-বর্সিল্লয়","বর্সিল্লইদের","বর্সিল্লদের","বর্সিল্লয়","বর্সিল্লয়কে","বর্সিল্লয়ের"]·DE["Barzillai","[ברזלי]","und-Barzillai","zu-Barzillai"]·EN["Barzillai","Barzillay","and-Barzillai","to-Barzillai"]·FR["Barzillai","[ברזלי]","et-Barzillai","à-Barzillai"]·heb["ברזילי","ברזלי","ו-ברזילי","ל-ברזילי"]·HI["और-बर्जिल्लै","बर्जिल्लै","बर्जिल्लै-की","बर्जिल्लै-के","बर्जिल्लै-को","बर्जिल्लै-ने"]·ID["Barzilai","dan-Barzilai","kepada-Barzilai"]·IT["Barzillai","a-Barzillai","e-Barzillai"]·jav["Barzilai","Lan-Barzilai","dhateng-Barzilai","lan-Barzilai"]·KO["그리고-바르실라이가","그리고-바르실라이는","그리고-바르실래가","바르실라이","바르실라이가","바르실라이에게","바르실라이의","바르실래"]·PT["Barzilai","Barzillai","Barzillay","E-Barzilai","a-Barzilai","e-Barzillai"]·RU["Барзилая","Барзиллай","Барзиллаю","Барзиллая","Варзиллая","и-Барзиллай","и-Верзеллий"]·ES["Barzilai","Y-Barzilai","a-Barzilai","y-Barzilai"]·SW["Barzilai","na-Barzilai","wa-Barzilai","za-Barzilai"]·TR["Barzillay","Barzillay'a","Barzillay'ın","Barzillayın","ve-Barzillay"]·urd["اور-برزلائی","اور-برزلی","برزلائی","برزلائی-نے","برزلائی-کو","برزلائی-کے","برزلی","برزلی-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּרְזִלַּי n.pr.m. (man of iron no adj. from names of metals; perhaps Aramaic, and בַּר = son, NesZPV xv. 257; AJSL, Apr. 1897, 173) 1. a Gileadite 2 S 17:27; 19:32, 33, 35, 40 1 K 2:7; בַּרְזִלָּי֑ 2 S 19:34; Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63 בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם, where 2nd Barzillai = above, & former is 2. a priest Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63, who adopted name בַּרְזִלַּי. 3. 2 S 21:8 a Meholathite.