Where does “מיכאל” come from?

מיכאל (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.

מיכאל (Hebrew): who is like God?

Definitions

  1. who is like God?

Ancestry of “מיכאל”, step by step

מיכאל traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew אֵל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
2Hebrewשמואל—
3Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—

via Hebrew מִי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמִיwho

via Hebrew כַּ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכַּ־like

Words derived from “מיכאל”

Every word from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל →Every word from Hebrew שמואל →Every word from Hebrew אֵל →