Bezalel
be.tsal.el is a proper name identifying a man called for sanctuary work and named in ancestral and list contexts.
The name chiefly identifies the man called for and engaged in the commanded sanctuary work, including the making of the ark and the bronze altar; it also appears in a genealogy and in a list of names, where the supplied verses provide no further identifying action.
Senses in use
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Named worker in commanded sanctuary work · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper in the calls of Exodus 31:2 and Exodus 35:30, where the APB renders him as called by name. In Exodus 36:1, Exodus 37:1, and Exodus 38:22, the APB places him among those performing the sanctuary work, making the ark, and making what the LORD commanded Moses; 2 Chronicles 1:5 likewise attributes the bronze altar to him.
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Name in lineage and list contexts · rare
In 1 Chronicles 2:20, the APB renders the name within a line of descent: Uri begot him. In Ezra 10:30, it appears among a sequence of names from the sons of Pahath-moab, without an action attached to the named person.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Bezalel,” in calls, work attributions, ancestry, and a list of names. These clauses show the name's referential setting rather than defining it.