Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Hebrew, English Scripts מִישאֵל(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. [ˌmi.ʃa.ˈel](Hebrew) [mɪ.ʃa.ˈɛl](English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Hebrew מִישאֵל (Misha'el) meaning "who is what God is?" or "who asked?", both rhetorical questions about Yahweh. This is the name of three characters in the Bible.