meÌ„Ì-het´a-bel, meÌ„Ì-het´a-beÌ„l (מהיטב×ל, meheÌ„tÌ£abh'eÌ„l, “whom God makes happyâ€):
(1) Daughter of Matred, wife of Hadad or Hadar, the 8th and apparently last of the kings of Edom (; ).
(2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to commit sacrilege (-13).