me.cho.la.ti identifies Adriel by the designation attached to his name in two genealogical notices.

In both attested verses, the term is a masculine singular gentilic designation attached to Adriel, identifying him within family notices.

1. Gentilic designation attached to Adriel · dominant

   The masculine singular gentilic form follows Adriel in both family notices. In 1 Samuel 18:19 the APB renders the clause “Adriel the Meholathite,” and in 2 Samuel 21:8 it again identifies Adriel as “son of Barzillai the Meholathite.”

   1 Samuel 18:192 Samuel 21:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the designation as “the Meholathite” after Adriel in both verses; It chiefly confirms its use as an identifying label.