ܚܙܐܝܠ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • 𐡇𐡆𐡀𐡋‎ (ḥzʾl)
  • חזאל‎

Etymology

From ܚܙܐ‎ (ḥ(ə)zā, “to see”) + ܐܝܠ‎ (ʾel, “god”, literally “god has seen”), compare Hebrew חֲזָאֵל‎ (Ḥazaʾēl), Arabic حزئيل‎ and Akkadian 𒄩𒍝𒀪𒀭 (Ḫa-za-’-ilu)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħ(ə)zɑ(ʔ)ɛl/

Proper noun

ܚܙܐܝܠ • (ḥ(ə)zāʾel)

  1. (biblical) Hazael
  2. a male given name

References
  • Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000), Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 366
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