Meshullam

Meshullam is a biblical masculine name meaning "Befriended".

In the Hebrew Bible, the name Meshullam was borne by eleven characters:
 * 1) One of the chief Gadites in Bashan during the time of Jotham.
 * 2) Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe", in the reign of Josiah.
 * 3) A priest, father of Hilkiah ,, in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in.
 * 4) A Levite of the family of Kohath, in the reign of Josiah.
 * 5) A son of Elpaal..
 * 6) One of two sons of Zerubbabel, the other being Hananiah.
 * 7) A priest, head of the House of Ezra..
 * 8) A chief priest.
 * 9) One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra.
 * 10) A priest.
 * 11) One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people.

List of people with the name Meshullam

 * Israel Meshullam Solomon (1723–1794), born as Israel Meshullam Zalman Emden in Altona near Hamburg, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and rabbi of the Hambro Synagogue
 * Meshullam Feivush Heller of Zbarazh (c.1742–1794), author of several Hasidic sefarim including the Yosher Divrei Emes
 * Meshulam Fayish Tzvi (Herman) Gross or Grosz (1863–1947), businessman, inventor, learned layman, and author
 * Meshullam Phoebus ben Israel Samuel (c. 1547–1617), Polish rabbi
 * Meshullam HaKohen ben Ya'akov, also known as Rabbeinu Meshullam haGodol (Rabbi Meshullam the Great), Franco-Jewish Talmudist of the twelfth century CE
 * Moshe Meshullam Halevy Horowitz (1832–1894), Galician rabbi
 * Yerucham ben Meshullam (1290–1350), prominent rabbi and posek during the period of the Rishonim