| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Michael |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mi·chael |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m  k l |
| NOUN: | The guardian archangel of the Jews in the Hebrew Scriptures. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew mîk ’ l, who (is) like God? : mî, who; see my1 in Appendix II + k, like + ’l, God; see  l in Appendix II.
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