Michal

[mahy-kuhl]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a daughter of Saul, who became the wife of David.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Michal¹

Ultimately from Hebrew Mīkhāl, of uncertain origin and meaning

Example Sentences

When the first hostages are released by Hamas in Gaza, taken into Israel and transferred by helicopter to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Dr Michal Steinman will take them up to the sixth floor, swipe open the glass door and see them reunite with their closest family after more than 700 days in captivity.

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ESG “showed strong market-relative and absolute performance in the decade prior to 2022,” finds Michal Bartek, a researcher at Principles for Responsible Investment.

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Alex Britton, 28, from Hampshire, was one of three people killed after Michal Kopaniarz ploughed into their parked vehicles on the A303, near Andover, in 2021.

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A second, Michal M, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment and barred from practicing for six years.

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Michal Wiezik, an ecologist and MEP for the opposition party Progressive Slovakia, told the BBC last month the government's plan was "absurd" and it had already failed to limit the number of attacks "by the unprecedented culling of this protected species."

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