ma.ha.lal.el is a proper name used for a person in ancestral records and genealogical lines.

The supplied verses use this proper noun as the name of a person within ancestral records: Kenan begets him, he begets Jared, and his name also occurs within a later Judahite lineage.

1. Personal name in genealogical records · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Genesis 5:12 and Genesis 5:15, the APB renders clauses in which Kenan begets Mahalalel and Mahalalel begets Jared; Genesis 5:16 and Genesis 5:17 continue the record of his life and death. 1 Chronicles 1:2 lists the name with Kenan and Jared, while Nehemiah 11:4 places it in the ancestry of a Judahite household.

   Genesis 5:12Genesis 5:13Genesis 5:15Genesis 5:16Genesis 5:17Nehemiah 11:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly in its genealogical clauses and lists, including “Kenan lived seventy years and begot Mahalalel” in Genesis 5:12 and the ancestral chain in Nehemiah 11:4. These renderings confirm the person named in each verse rather than supply a lexical definition.