Meshullam is a biblical masculine
name
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meaning "Befriended".
In the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
, the name Meshullam was borne by eleven characters:
# One of the chief
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 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; 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, 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 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
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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 Moshe ...
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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