Meshullam is a biblical masculine
name
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meaning "Befriended".
In the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
'' Gadites
According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes.Tribe still originated from the original Hebr ...
in
Bashan
Bashan (; he, הַבָּשָׁן, translit=ha-Bashan; la, Basan or ''Basanitis'') is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of the Transjordan during the Iron Age. It is situated in modern-day Syria. Its western part, now ...
during the time of Jotham ().
# Grandfather of
Shaphan, "the scribe", in the reign of Josiah ().
# A priest, father of Hilkiah (),(), in the reign of
Ammon
Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''ʻAmān''; he, עַמּוֹן ''ʻAmmōn''; ar, عمّون, ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in ...
; called Shallum in ().
# A Levite of the family of Kohath (), in the reign of Josiah.
# A son of Elpaal. ().
# One of two sons of
Zerubbabel
According to the biblical narrative, Zerubbabel, ; la, Zorobabel; Akkadian: 𒆰𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 ''Zērubābili'' was a governor of the Achaemenid Empire's province Yehud Medinata and the grandson of Jeconiah, penultimate king of Judah. Zeru ...
, the other being Hananiah. ()
# A priest, head of the House of Ezra. ().
# A chief priest ().
# One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra ().
# A priest ().
# One of the principal Israelites who supported
Ezra
Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest ('' kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρ ...
when expounding the law to the people ().
See also
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List of minor biblical figures, L–Z
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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List of people with the name Meshullam
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Israel Meshullam Solomon (1723–1794), born as Israel Meshullam Zalman Emden in Altona near Hamburg, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and rabbi of the
Hambro Synagogue
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Meshullam Feivush Heller
Reb Meshullam Feivush Heller of Zbarazh (c. 1742– 12 December 1794) was the author of several Hasidic '' sefarim'' including the Yosher Divrei Emes.
Biography
Rabbi Meshullam Feivush was born to a rabbinic family. His father Harav Aharon Mosh ...
of Zbarazh (c.1742–1794), author of several Hasidic sefarim including the Yosher Divrei Emes
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Meshulam Fayish Tzvi (Herman) Gross or Grosz (1863–1947), businessman, inventor, learned layman, and author
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Meshullam HaKohen ben Ya'akov, also known as Rabbeinu Meshullam haGodol (Rabbi Meshullam the Great), Franco-Jewish Talmudist of the twelfth century CE
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Moshe Meshullam Halevy Horowitz (1832–1894), Galician rabbi
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Yerucham ben Meshullam (1290–1350), prominent rabbi and posek during the period of the Rishonim
References
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Set index articles on Hebrew Bible people
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