Reuel

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Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל‎, Modern: Rəʿūʾel, Tiberian: Rŭʿūʾēl;^[1] Edomite: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋,^[2] RʿʾL), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock)^[3][4] is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

• Moses' father-in-law, also named as Jethro^[5] and Hobab^[6][7] (Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29).
• A son of Esau. Father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Genesis 36:4,10; 1 Chronicles 1:35)
• A Gadite (Numbers 2:14), called also Deuel (Hebrew: דְּעוּאֵל‎, Modern: Dəʿūʾēl, Tiberian: Dŭʿūʾēl) (Numbers 1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph.
• A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 9:7–8)
• Father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 7:1–15)

Other people

First name

• Reuel Abraham (born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
• Reuel Denney (1913–1995), American poet and academic
• Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst focused on the Middle East
• Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
• Reuel Lochore (1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar
• Reuel Williams (1783–1862), U.S. Senator from Maine

Middle name

• Jairus Reuel Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
• James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian.
• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
• Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (1924–2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien

Last name

• Sophas, son of Raguel (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of Dorcas^[8][9]

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

See also

• Raguel (angel)

References

1. Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
2. Ahituv, Shmuel (2008). Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period. Carta. p. 355-6. ISBN 9789652207081.
3. "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7462. rā'ū".
4. "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 410. el".
5. 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 (Fifth 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.
6. Harris, Stephen (20 January 2010). Understanding The Bible (8 ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-07-340744-9. J names Moses' father-in-law as Reuel or Hobab, whereas E knows him as Jethro, priest of Midian.
7. "Judges 4 / Hebrew – English Bible / Mechon-Mamre".
8. Josephus, Jewish War, Ch 3, v 4
9. Susie Helme, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi, (The Conrad Press, 2020), p. 260.