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Jaasiel meaning

Jaasiel in Biblical Hebrew
יעשיאל
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🔼The name Jaasiel: Summary

Meaning
God Makes
Etymology
From (1) the verb עשה (asa), to do or make, and (2) the word אל ('el), God.
Related names
• Via עשה (asa): Asahel, Asaiah, Ashvath, Asiel, Baaseiah, Eleasah, Esau, Jaasu
• Via אל ('el): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of 'el-names.

🔼The name Jaasiel in the Bible

There are two men named Jaasiel in the Bible:

  • One Jaasiel is mentioned among David's mighty-men: Jaasiel the Mezobaite (1 Chronicles 11:47).
  • The other Jaasiel is a son of Abner and ruler of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 27:21).

🔼Etymology of the name Jaasiel

The name Jaasiel consists of two elements, the final bit being אל (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אל  אלה

In names אל ('el) usually refers to אלהים ('elohim), that is Elohim, or God, also known as אלה ('eloah). In English, the words 'God' and 'god' exclusively refer to the deity but in Hebrew the words אל ('l) and אלה ('lh) are far more common and may express approach and negation, acts of wailing and pointing, and may even mean oak or terebinth.

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The first part of the name Jaasiel comes from the verb עשה (asa), meaning to do, fashion or accomplish:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עשה

The verb עשה ('asa) means to do, make happen or work with. Noun מעשה (ma'aseh) means deed, act, work, doing, making and so on.

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The first part of the name Jaasiel is the verb made active: he will make.

🔼Jaasiel meaning

For a meaning of the name Jaasiel, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads God Makes. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names suggests Made Of God.