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title: לְמוּאֵל — Lemuel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לְמוּאֵל (3927), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Lemuel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְמוּאֵל

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«לְמוּאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lemuel** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3927 · **BDB:** לְמוּאֵל

### Glosses

O.Lemuel (1); of.Lemuel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lemuel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3927/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3927/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Massa (prob., v. מַשָּׂא); לְמוּ׳ Pr 31:1, למוֹ׳ v 4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְמוּאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3927/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.1/)

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דִּ֭בְרֵי לְמוּאֵ֣ל מֶ֑לֶךְ מַ֝שָּׂ֗א אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־יִסְּרַ֥תּוּ אִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.words of.Lemuel \[the\].king an.oracle which she instructed.him mother his

*JPS 1917:* The words of king Lemuel; the burden wherewith his mother corrected him.

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[Proverbs 31:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.4/)

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אַ֤ל לַֽמְלָכִ֨ים ׀ לְֽמוֹאֵ֗ל אַ֣ל לַֽמְלָכִ֣ים שְׁתוֹ־יָ֑יִן וּ֝לְרוֹזְנִ֗ים אֵ֣י שֵׁכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* not \[is\].for (the) kings O.Lemuel not for (the) kings to.drink wine and for rulers where? strong.drink

*JPS 1917:* It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine: nor for princes to say: 'Where is strong drink?'

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