Lexicon
חֲנַמְאֵל
cha.nam.el
H2601
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Hanamel

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cha.nam.el identifies the cousin who offers a field for purchase and receives its payment in Jeremiah 32.

The term is used as a proper name for the cousin who comes with an offer to buy his field, receives the purchase money, and is present when the deed is given to Baruch.

Senses in use

  1. The cousin in the field purchase episode · dominant

    In Jeremiah 32:7 the proper noun identifies the man who is to come and offer his field for purchase. In Jeremiah 32:8 the APB renders him as the cousin who comes and makes that offer; Jeremiah 32:9 names him as the person from whom the field is bought, and Jeremiah 32:12 places him among those present for the transfer of the deed.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly in all four verses, calling the person "Hanamel" and, in Jeremiah 32:8 and Jeremiah 32:9, identifying him as "my cousin." The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently place this named person in the field-purchase scene.

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