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Mahalaleel
Hebrew: מַהֲלַלְאֵל —transliteration: Mahalalel ( the words mahalal and el )—meaning: praise of God
also known as: Mahalalel and Maleleel
This was the name of 2 biblical men.
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Mahalaleel (Mahalalel), the son of Cainan (Kenan)
He is the great-grandson of Seth (Genesis 5:12-17).
He is called Maleleel in Luke 3:37—in the genealogy of Mary, the mother of Jesus…
MARY, mother of Jesus ← Heli ← Matthat ← Levi ← Melchi ← Janna ← Joseph ← Mattathiah (Mattathias) ← Amos ← Nahum ← Esli ← Naggai ← Maath ← Mattathiah (Mattathias) ← Semei ← Joseph ← Judah ← Joannas (Joanna) ← Rhesa ← Zerubbabel ← Shealtiel ← Neri ← Melchi ← Addi ← Cosam ← Elmodam ← Er ← Jose (Joshua, Jesus) ← Eliezer ← Jorim ← Matthat ← Levi ← Simeon ← Judah ← Joseph ← Jonan ← Eliakim ← Melea ← Menan (Menna) ← Mattathah ← Nathan ← KING DAVID ← Jesse ← Obed ← Boaz ← Salmon ← Nahshon ← Amminadab ← Ram ← Hezron ← Perez ← Judah ← Jacob ← Isaac ← ABRAHAM ← Terah ← Nahor ← Serug ← Reu ← Peleg ← Eber ← Shelah ← Cainan ← Arphaxad ← Shem ← NOAH ← Lamech ← Methuselah ← Enoch ← Jared ← Mahalalel (Mahalaleel, Maleleel) ← Cainan ← Enosh (Enos) ← Seth ← ADAM (created by God).
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Mahalaleel (Mahalalel), a descendant of Perez
And in Jerusalem lived certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin.
Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez… —Nehemiah 11:4 ESV
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