Reuel
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Hatnote list' not found. Reuel or Raguel (Template:Langx; Template:Langx Page Template:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.rʿʾl[1]), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock)[2][3] is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.
Biblical figures
Biblical persons with this name are:
- A son of Esau by Mahalath, father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".)
- Moses' father-in-law, also named as Jethro[4] and Hobab[5] (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
- A Gadite (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), called also Deuel (Hebrew: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Modern: Script error: No such module "lang"., Tiberian: Script error: No such module "lang".) (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph
- A Benjamite (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".)
- Father-in-law of Tobias (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".)
Other people
First name
- Reuel Abraham (1924–1995), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
- Reuel Denney (1913–1995), American poet and academic
- Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst
- Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
- Reuel Lochore (1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar
- Reuel Emanuel "Raz" Mesinai (born 1973), American record producer and composer
- Reuel Williams (1783–1862), American politician from Maine
Middle name
- Jairus Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
- James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian.
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
- Christopher Tolkien (1924–2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Simon Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien
Patronymic
- Sophas, son of Raguel [wd] (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of Dorcas[6]
Landmark houses
- Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine
- Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York
Other
- Raguel (angel) – one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ahituv, Shmuel (2008). Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period. Carta. pp. 355–6. ISBN 978-965-220-708-1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7462. rā'ū". Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 410. el". Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Meyers, Carol (1 March 2018). Coogan, Michael D.; Brettler, Marc Z.; Newsom, Carol A.; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version (5 ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 81–83. ISBN 978-0-19-027605-8.
Like the rest of the Pentateuch, Exodus contains contradictions and redundancies. For example, Moses' father-in-law is sometimes called Reuel and sometimes Jethro; and the mountain of revelation is Sinai in some passages and Horeb in others.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harris, Stephen (2007). Understanding The Bible (7 ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-07-296548-3. Retrieved 28 April 2025 – via Internet Archive.
J [Yahwist Source] names Moses' father-in-law as Reuel or Hobab, whereas E [Elohist Source] knows him as Jethro, priest of Midian.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Josephus. The Jewish War. 4:3:3. Retrieved 28 April 2025 – via Sefaria.
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