XXhan-a-mel (hanamel; the King James Version Hanameel, ha-namel): The son of Shallum, Jeremiahs uncle, of whom the prophet, while in prison, during the time when Jerusalem was besieged by the Chaldeans, bought a field with due formalities, in token that a time would come when house and vineyards would once more be bought in the land (Jer 32:6-15).