1. Jehiel (proper name) — The proper name Yechiel (יְחִיאֵל), meaning 'God lives' or 'may God give life,' borne by multiple individuals in Chronicles and Ezra. S101643 (9x with waw-copulative) and S101644 (5x bare form) represent the standard qere reading. S101646 (1x) is a ketiv variant spelled Yechuel (יְחוּאֵל), but refers to the same person and name. All multilingual evidence confirms a single referent name: Spanish Yejiel/Yeḥiel, Arabic يَحِيئِيلُ (Yaḥī'īl), Hindi यहीएल (Yahīel), Korean 여히엘 (Yeohiel), Swahili Yehieli. The ketiv/qere difference is orthographic, not semantic. 15×
AR["[يَحُوئِيلُ]","وَ-يَحِيئِيلُ","وَيَحِيئِيلُ","وِيحِيئِيلُ","يَحِيئِيل","يَحِيئِيلَ","يَحِيئِيلُ"]·ben["আর-যহীয়েল","আর-যিহীয়েল","ও-যহীয়েল","ও-যিহীয়েল","যহীয়েলের","যিহীয়েল","যিহীয়েলের"]·DE["Jechiel","[ויחיאל]","[יחיאל]","und-Jechiel"]·EN["Yechiel","[ketiv]","and-Jehiel","and-Yechiel","and-Yehiel"]·FR["[ויחיאל]","[יחואל]","[יחיאל]"]·heb["(יחיאל)","[יחואל]","ו-יחיאל","ו-יחיאל ׀","יחיאל"]·HI["और-यखीएल","और-यहीएल","यहीएल","यहीएल-का","येचिएल"]·ID["-Yehiel","Yehiel","[Yehuel]","dan-Yehiel"]·IT["Jehiel","e-Jehiel"]·jav["Lan-Yéhièl","Yehiel","Yehièl","Yéhièl","[Yéhuèl]","lan-Yehiel","lan-Yehiél","lan-Yèhièl","lan-Yéhièl"]·KO["그-와-여히엘","그리고-여히엘","그리고-여히엘과","그리고-예히엘","여히엘","여히엘-의","여히엘과","여히엘의"]·PT["(Yechuel)","E-Yehiel","Yechiel","Yehi'el","e-Yechiel","e-Yehiel"]·RU["[кетив]","Йехиэль","Йехиэля","и-Иехиэль","и-Йехиэль"]·ES["Jehiel","Yejiel","Yeḥiel","[Yejuel]","y-Jehiel","y-Yejiel","y-Yeḥiel"]·SW["Yehieli","[Yehueli]","na-Yehieli","wiychiyel"]·TR["Ve-Yehiel","Yehiel","Yehiel'in","Yehielin","[K]","ve-Yehiel"]·urd["اور-یحی-ایل","اور-یحیئیل","اور-یحیایل","یحی-ایل","یحیئیل","یحیئیل-کے","یحیایل"]
1 Chr 15:18, 1 Chr 15:20, 1 Chr 16:5, 1 Chr 23:8, 1 Chr 27:32, 1 Chr 29:8, 2 Chr 21:2, 2 Chr 29:14, 2 Chr 29:14, 2 Chr 31:13, 2 Chr 35:8, Ezra 8:9 (+3 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְחִיאֵל n.pr.m. (may Ēl live; Ph. יחואלן, יחומלך v. Eut ZMG 1876, 136)—𝔊 usually Ιειηλ, Ιαιηλ;— 1. one of David’s chief musicians 1 Ch 15:18 (𝔊 Ιειηλ, 𝔊L Ια��ηλ), v 20 (𝔊 Ειθηλ, 𝔊L Ιειηλ), 16:5 (𝔊 Ειειηλ, 𝔊L Ιαιηλ). 2. one of David’s chiefs of the Levites 1 Ch 23:8 (𝔊 Ι(ει)ηλ), 29:8 (𝔊 Βεσιηλ, A 𝔊L Ιειηλ). 3. tutor of David’s sons 1 Ch 27:32 (𝔊 Ιε(ρι)ηλ, 𝔊L Ιωηλ). 4. son of…