Lexical Definition

‎מְחוּיָאֵל‎ Mᵉchûwyâʼêl (mekh-oo-yaw-ale') Mehujael ^N:N-M-P
or מְחִיּיָאֵל Mᵉchîyyâʼêl (mekh-ee-yaw-ale'); from ‎מָחָה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; smitten of God

Mehujael.

• § Mehujael = "smitten by God"
• Mechujael or Mechijael, an antediluvian patriarch

1) son of Irad and great grandson of Cain

Extended Information

• A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18
• son of: Irad (עִירָד)
• father of: Methushael (מְתוּשָׁאֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְחוּיָאֵל‎ proper name, masculine great-grandson of Cain Gen 4:18a = ‎מְחִיָּיאֵ֯ל‎ vGen 4:18b (J; A ᵐ5^L in both Μαιηλ, E Μαουιηλ; compare further Lag^{Or. ii, 35 BN 96} (Μαιουιαηλ) Bu^Urgesch.125). — (etymology dubious; Thes^{Add. 97 perhaps} smitten of El √ ‎מחה‎; Bu^{Urgesch. 128} Kerber^{Eigennam, d. AT. 91} ‎מְחַיִּיאֵל‎, or ‎מַחְיִיאֵל‎ El maketh alive; DHM^{MV 10} thinks of proper name, of divinity ‎יאל‎, — compare Phoenician proper name ‎יאלפעל‎, and CIS^{i. 132, 4}; especially p. 163 b, = god ‎יאל‎ giveth life (against this Gray^{Prop. N. 164})). ‎מַחֲוִים‎ see below II. ‎חוה‎. I. ‎מָחוֺל‎ see ‎חול‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Irad • Descendant of Cain; father of Methushael.

Man living at the time before the Flood

Mehujael was a descendant of Cain and the father of Methushael (Gen.4.18,18).

• A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18;
• only referred to as Mehujael מְחוּיָאֵל;
• a son of Irad עִירָד;
• father of Methushael מְתוּשָׁאֵל.

Mehujael is mentioned in the genealogy of Cain, the son of Adam and Eve who was cursed for murdering his brother Abel. Mehujael was the son of Irad and the father of Methushael (Genesis 4:18). He is part of the seventh generation from Adam through the line of Cain. The genealogy in Genesis 4 traces the descendants of Cain, highlighting the development of civilization and the increasing wickedness of humanity, which eventually led to the judgment of the flood. Mehujael's name is of Hebrew origin and can be translated as "smitten by God" or "blot out that Jah is God," possibly reflecting the growing rebellion against God among Cain's descendants.

All entries for Mehujael: מְחוּיָאֵל

Related Profiles:

• Irad (father)
• Methushael (child)