Meshullam

Meshullam is a Biblical masculine name meaning "Befriended".

In the Hebrew Bible, the name Meshullam was borne by eleven characters:

1. One of the chief Gadites in Bashan during the time of Jotham (1 Chronicles 5:13).
2. Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe", in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:3).
3. A priest, father of Hilkiah (1 Chronicles 9:11),(Nehemiah 11:11), in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in (1 Chronicles 6:12).
4. A Levite of the family of Kohath (2 Chronicles 34:12), in the reign of Josiah.
5. A son of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:17).
6. One of two sons of Zerubbabel, the other being Hananiah. (1 Chronicles 3:19)
7. A priest, head of the House of Ezra. (Nehemiah 12:13).
8. A chief priest (Nehemiah 12:16).
9. One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:16).
10. A priest (1 Chronicles 9:12).
11. One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4).

See also

• List of minor biblical figures, L–Z

List of people with the name Meshullam

• Israel Meshullam Solomon (1723–1794), born as Israel Meshullam Zalman Emden in Altona near Hamburg, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and rabbi of the Hambro Synagogue
• Meshullam Feivush Heller of Zbarazh (c.1742–1794), author of several Hasidic sefarim including the Yosher Divrei Emes
• Meshulam Fayish Tzvi (Herman) Gross or Grosz (1863–1947), businessman, inventor, learned layman, and author
• Meshullam HaKohen ben Ya'akov, also known as Rabbeinu Meshullam haGodol (Rabbi Meshullam the Great), Franco-Jewish Talmudist of the twelfth century CE
• Moshe Meshullam Halevy Horowitz (1832–1894), Galician rabbi
• Yerucham ben Meshullam (1290–1350), prominent rabbi and posek during the period of the Rishonim

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Meshullam". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.