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mᵊhēṭavʾēl מְהֵיטַבְאֵל ‘Mehetabel’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yāṭav יָטַב ‘be good’ (augmented) and ʾēl אֵל ‘god’
Roots: יטב אל

mᵊhēṭavʾēl pr n m pers + pr n f pers
Mehetabeel or Mehetabel = "favoured of God"
n pr m
1) the ancestor of Shemaiah, the false prophet who was hired against Nehemiah by Tobiah and Sanballat
n pr f
2) the daughter of Matred and wife of king Hadad of Edom

Mentioned in Genesis 36:39 Nehemiah 6:10 1 Chronicles 1:50

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