MAHUJAEL

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Pearl of Great Price PN 1. MAHUJAEL biblical son of Irad, father of Methusael Moses 5:43

Same as KJV PN Mehujael = Hebrew מחויאל Měḥûyāʼēl “Smitten by Lord God”[1] (Genesis 4:18), and similar to the GN Mahujah “Smitten by Yah” (PGP Moses 7:2), and PN Mahijah (Moses 6:40). All from the from Hebrew מחה māḥâ “to smite, wipe out, annihilate.”[2]

See Mahijah (Moses 6:40), Mahujah (Moses 7:2), Mahalaleel (Moses 6:19-20), Master Mahan (Moses 5:31,39)

Notes


  1. HALOT, II:568.
  2. HALOT, II:567-568.