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“whom God benefits”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Mehetabel is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Biblical Hebrew מהיטבאל, with the stated meaning “whom God benefits”.
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Meaning: “whom God benefits”
From Biblical Hebrew מְהֵיטַבְאֵל (m'heitav'el, “whom God benefits”), the name of a minor biblical character mentioned in Genesis 36:39.
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Mehetabel— “beneficent”
What strange fancy can have made Mehetabel, the wife of one of the princes of Edom, leave her four syllables to be popular in England? Many village registers all over the country show it. Was it a remnant of the East in Cornwall, or did Puritans choose it for its meaning, God is beneficent? It was at Jarrow as early as 1578.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter II (Patriarchal Names), Section VIII (Job) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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