Bible Person

Hanameel

Meaning: the grace that comes from God; gift of God · Male · 4 cross references

Hanameel is Jeremiah's cousin who sells him a field at Anathoth during the siege of Jerusalem. His role is small but pivotal in one of Jeremiah's most symbolic acts of hope. First appears in Jer 32:7.1

AI summary: Hanameel matters because the cross references present him as the human occasion for Jeremiah's prophetic purchase of land while judgment is closing in on the city. The transaction turns ordinary family redemption law into a sign that houses and fields will again be possessed in the land. Hanameel is therefore bound to one of the prophet's most concrete messages of future restoration. Taken together, the material presents Hanameel as the kinsman whose field sale becomes a sign of hope amid siege.1

Central Figure

Hanameel

Meaning: the grace that comes from God; gift of God

Whom God has graciously given, the cousin of Jeremiah, to whom he sold the field he possessed in Anathoth, before the siege of Jerusalem (Jer.