Lemuel

English

From Hebrew לְמוּאֵל (l'mu'él), literally meaning “dedicated to God” or “devoted to God”.

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/

Lemuel

A king mentioned in the Proverbs.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 31:1, column 1:
  The wordes of King Lemuel, the prophecie that his mother taught him.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- 1726 October 28, Richard Sympson [pseudonym], “The Publisher to the Reader”, in [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page iv:
  THE Author of theſe Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my antient and intimate Friend; there is likewiſe ſome Relation between us by the Mother's Side.
(Mormonism) A character in the Book of Mormon, the younger brother of Laman and the elder brother of Nephi, Sam, Jacob, and Joseph.

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