Lemuel
ืืืืื
Hebrew for "devoted to God" or "belonging to God", from a short preposition plus El, "God".
Meaning and origin
Lemuel opens the final chapter of Proverbs as a king whose mother's teaching the text records, though scholars are not agreed on whether he is a real, separate ruler or another name for Solomon.
How to pronounce Lemuel
| Hebrew | leh-moo-EL /lษmuหสel/ |
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