H1212Hebrewbəṣalʾēl
בְּצַלְאֵל
Bezaleel.
9
Total Occurrences
4
Books
9
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1son of uri and grandson of hur; a skilled judahite artisan in all works of metal, wood, and stone and one of the architects of the tabernacle
- 2an israelite, one of the sons of pahath-moab, in the time of ezra who had taken a strange wife
Etymology & Derivation
probably from H6738 (צֵל) and H410 (אֵל) with a prepositional prefix; in (the) shadow (i.e. protection) of God;
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: Bᵉtsalʼêl; Pronunciation: bets-al-ale'