Mehetabel
English
Alternative forms
- Mehitabel
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew מְהֵיטַבְאֵל (m'heitav'el, “whom God benefits”), the name of a minor biblical character mentioned in Genesis 36:39.
Proper noun
Mehetabel
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 36:39::
- And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
- 1708 Cotton Mather, Diary of Cotton Mather: 1681-1708, Massachusetts Historical Society, page 186:
- This morning, in my study, praying for each of my Children by Name (as I use to do) I left the Name of my Mehetabel unmentioned. I wondred at this Omission, in myself and blam'd and chid myself, that I should bee so sottish, as having but three children to forgett one of them.
-
Anagrams
- themeable