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title: יוֹאֵל — Joel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹאֵל (3100), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: Joel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹאֵל

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«יוֹאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Joel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 3100 · **BDB:** יוֹאֵל

### Glosses

Joel (14); of.Joel (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Joel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3100/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3100/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** † יוֹאֵל n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωηλ (usually interpr. as י׳ is God, cf. אֵלִיָּהוּ; but Ph. יאל … CIS i. 132 l. 4 \& in יאלפעל (Louvre) appar. n.pr. dei, perhaps = Iolaos, CIS i. p. 163 \& reff.; v. also NesEg 86 RSK 301; Nes strong-willed, cf. ויל, ואל Sin. Inscr. وائل, v. ואלו EutSin.Inschr. No. 5 + often, yet cf. DrStud. Bib. i. 5 n.; W in RSl.c. proposes connex. with Arabic Wâil in n.pr. trib. Bakr Wâil (√ وَأَلَ take refuge) cf. RSK 194)— Samuel’s first-born 1 S 8:2, 1 Ch 6:18; ins. also v 13 after 𝔊L Ἰωηλ (cf. Dr 1 S 8:2). a Simeonite prince 1 Ch 4:35. a Reubenite 1 Ch 5:4, 8. a Gadite chief 1 Ch 5:12. a chief man of Issachar 1 Ch 7:3. one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 11:38. a chief of Manasseh 1 Ch 27:20. a Jew of Ezra’s time Ezr 10:43. a Benjamite Ne 11:9. the prophet, son of Pethuel Jo 1:1. Levites 1 Ch 6:21; 2 Ch 29:12; 1 Ch 15:7, 11, 17, perhaps = 1 Ch 23:8; 26:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3100/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.38/)

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יוֹאֵל֙ אֲחִ֣י נָתָ֔ן מִבְחָ֖ר בֶּן־הַגְרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Joel the.brother of.Nathan Mibhar the.son of.Hagri

*JPS 1917:* Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri;

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[1 Chronicles 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.21/)

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בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָה֙ בֶּן־יוֹאֵ֔ל בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן־צְפַנְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Joel the.son of.Azariah the.son of.Zephaniah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah;

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