JEHALLELEL (PERSON) [Heb yĕhallelʾēl (יְהַלֶּלְאֵל)]. Name of 2 individuals in Chronicles. The etymology of the name is difficult to ascertain. Its verbal element (yĕhallel) is a Piʿel, and would seem to be derived from the Piʿel verb, hillel, “to praise,” which is common in the Hebrew Bible. But
Jehallelel. 1. Descendant of Judah who had three sons (1 Chr 4:16, kjv Jehaleleel).2. Levite of the family of Merari whose son Azariah participated in the cleansing of the temple in Hezekiah’s time (2 Chr 29:12, kjv Jehalelel).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
JEHALLELEL1. Descendant of Judah who had four sons (1 Chr 4:16).2. Levite of the family of Merari whose son Azariah participated in the cleansing of the temple in Hezekiah’s time (2 Chr 29:12).
JEHALELEEL. A more correct form of Jehallelel (RSV). The word means “he shall praise God.”1. The name of a Judahite (1 Chr 4:16).2. A Levite, a descendant of Merari (2 Chr 29:12); “Jehalelel” in KJV).
Jehallelel (Heb. yĕhallelʾēl)1. A descendant of Judah, probably the eponymous ancestor of a clan (1 Chr. 4:16).2. A Merarite Levite; the father of Azariah (18;2 Chr. 29:12).
JEHALL´ELEL (je-halʹe-lel; “praiser of God”).1. Descendants of Judah whose own immediate parentage is not known. Four of his sons are enumerated (1 Chron. 4:16).2. A Merarite Levite whose son, Azariah, took part in the restoration of the Temple in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chron. 29:12), 719 b.c.