Mahalalel
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Mahalalel (, ) was an Antediluvian patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned in the Sethite genealogy as the grandfather of Enoch and subsequently the ancestor of Noah.
Key facts
- Person.relatives
- Enos (grandfather)Seth (great-grandfather)Adam and Eve (great-great-grandparents)Cain (great-granduncle)Abel (great-granduncle)Mehujael (third cousin)Enoch (grandson)Methuselah (great-grandson)Lamech (great-great-grandson)Noah (great-great-great-grandson)
- Person.name
- Mahalalel
- Person.image
- Mahalalel Malaleel (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-7-2 (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Mahalalel as depicted in theNuremberg Chronicle (1493 CE).
- Person.native_name_lang
- he
- Person.birth_date
- 395 AMMaysan
- Person.death_date
- 1290 AM (aged 895)
- Person.era
- Antediluvian
- Person.spouse
- Dinah
- Person.children
- Jaredmore sons and daughters
- Person.mother
- Mûalêlêth
- Person.father
- Kenan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Mesopotamia
- Child
- Jared
- Father
- Kenan
- Image
- Mahalalel Malaleel (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-7-2.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- present in work
- Luke 3
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- מַהֲלַלְאֵל
- date of birth
- 3609-00-00
- date of death
- 2714-00-00
- Commons category
- Mahalalel
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Biblical narrative
- Genealogy
- In Islam
- Allusions
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Mahalalel (, ) was an Antediluvian patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned in the Sethite genealogy as the grandfather of Enoch and subsequently the ancestor of Noah.
== Etymology == The meaning of the name could be translated as "the shining one of El." The King James Version spells his name Mahalaleel in the Old Testament and Maleleel in the New Testament.
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