Lexical Definition

‎אָצֵל‎ ʼÂtsêl (aw-tsale') Azel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָצַל‎; noble

Azal, Azel.

• § Azel = "reserved"
• Atsel, the name of an Israelite, and of a place in Palestine

n pr loc
1) a place near Jerusalem, site presently unknown
n pr m (CLBL)
2) a Benjamite descendant of Saul and Jonathan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎אֵ֫צֶל‎ in proper name [masculine] ‎בֵּיתהָֿאֵ֫צֶל‎ Mic 1:11, according to Hi Ew Ca Ke = ‎אַָ‰צל‎ Zech 14:5, but dubious; compare II. ‎אָצֵל‎ below

I. ‎אָצֵל‎, in pause ‎אָצַ֑ל‎ (Ges^{«GKC:29»§ 29}. 4 c) proper name, masculine (perhaps noble, compare ‎אָצִיל‎ 2) a descendant of Jonathan 1Chr 8:37; 1Chr 8:38 = 1Chr 9:43; 1Chr 9:44.

II. [‎אָצֵל‎], in pause ‎אַָ‰צל‎ Zech 14:5, according to ᵐ5 ᵑ7 Thes Ew and others, proper name, of a location near Jerusalem; but no site found, & identification with ‎בֵּיתהָֿאֵצֶל‎ uncertain; hence Symm ᵑ9 Köh Wr make substantive, ‎אֶלאַָֿ‰צל‎ = very near, hard by (‎אָצֵל‎ being the supposed absolute form of I. ‎אֵצֶל‎; compare Ol^{§ 167 b}).

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