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yᵊḥīʾēl יְחִיאֵל ‘Jehiel’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāyā חָיָה ‘to live’ and ʾēl אֵל ‘god’
Roots: חיה אל

yᵊḥīʾēl pr n m pers
Jehiel = "God lives"
1) a Levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of David
2) a Gershonite Levite who had charge of the treasures in the time of David
3) son of Hachmoni and an officer of David and tutor of David's sons
4) a son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah put to death by his brother Jehoram
5) Hemanite who took part in the restoration of king Hezekiah
6) a Levite and overseer in the time of Hezekiah
7) a ruler of the temple during the reforms of Josiah
8) father of Obadiah of the sons of Joab in the time of Ezra
9) father of Shechaniah of the sons of Elam in the time of Ezra
10) a son of Elam who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
11) a priest of the sons of Harim who also had to put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Mentioned in Ezra 10:2, 10:21, 10:26, 8:9 1 Chronicles 29:8, 15:18, 27:32, 15:20, 16:5, 23:8 2 Chronicles 21:2, 31:13, 35:8, 29:14

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