ܚܙܐܝܠ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• 𐡇𐡆𐡀𐡋 (ḥzʾl)
• חזאל

Etymology

From ܚܙܐ (ḥ(ə)zā, “to see”) + ܐܝܠ (ʾel, “god”, literally “god has seen”), compare Hebrew חֲזָאֵל (Ḥazaʾēl), Arabic حزئيل and Akkadian 𒄩𒍝𒀪𒀭 (Ḫa-za-’-ilu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħ(ə)zɑ(ʔ)ɛl/

Proper noun

ܚܙܐܝܠ • (ḥ(ə)zāʾel)

1. (biblical) Hazael
2. a male given name

References

• ܚܙܐܝܠ on syriacdictionary.net

• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 366

Further reading

ܚܙܐܝܠ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc