ܚܙܐܝܠ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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ܚܙܐܝܠ (ḥ(ə)zāʾel)

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

References

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  • 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

Further reading

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ܚܙܐܝܠ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc