Lexical Summary Betsalel: "in the shadow (protection) of El", two Israelites Original Word: בְּצַלְאֵלTransliteration: Betsalel Phonetic Spelling: (bets-al-ale') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "in the shadow (protection) of El", two Israelites Meaning: Bezalel -- "in the shadow (protection) of El", two Israelites Strong's Concordance Bezaleel Probably from tsel and 'el with a prepositional prefix; in (the) shadow (i.e. Protection) of God; Betsalel, the name of two Israelites -- Bezaleel. see HEBREW tsel see HEBREW 'el Brown-Driver-Briggs H1212. Betsalel בְּצַלְאֵל proper name, masculine (in the shadow (protection) of El; compare cuneiform ‚il-Bêl, a king of Gaza, COT Joshua 11:22) — 1 a skilled artisan of tribe of Judah Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 36:1-2, 37:1; 38:22 (all P) 1 Chronicles 2:20; 2 Chronicles 1:5. 2 an Israelite Ezra 10:30. |