Original: בְּצַלְאֵל

Transliteration: Bᵉtsalʼêl

Phonetic: bets-al-ale'

Short Definition: Bezaleel

Original: בּצלאל

Transliteration: betsal'êl

Phonetic: bets-al-ale'

BDB Definition:

Bezaleel = "in the shadow (i.e. protection) of God"

1. son of Uri and grandson of Hur; a skilled Judahite artisan in all works of metal, wood, and stone and one of the architects of the tabernacle
2. an Israelite, one of the sons of Pahath-moab, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

Origin: probably from H6738 and H410 with a prepositional prefix

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H1211, H1213