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mish´aÌ„Ì-el, mı̄´shaÌ„Ì-el (מיש××ל, mı̄shaÌ„'eÌ„l, perhaps = “who is equal to God?â€):
(1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (). He and his brother Elzaphan carried out Moses' order to remove from the sanctuary and the camp the corpses of Nadab and Abihu ( f).
(2) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law ().
(3) The Hebrew name of one of Daniel's 3 companions (, , , ; ). His Babylonian name was MESHACH (which see).