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title: נְמוּאֵל — Nemuel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְמוּאֵל (5241), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Nemuel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְמוּאֵל

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«נְמוּאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nemuel** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5241 · **BDB:** נְמוּאֵל

### Glosses

\[were\].Nemuel (2); Nemuel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nemuel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5241/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5241/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. GrayProp. N. 307);— son of Simeon Nu 26:12; 1 Ch 4:24 (= יְמוּאֵל, q.v., Gn 46:10; Ex 6:15), 𝔊 Ναμουηλ. a Reubenite (brother of Dathan and Abiram) Nu 26:9, 𝔊 id.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְמוּאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5241/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.24/)

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בְּנֵ֖י שִׁמְע֑וֹן נְמוּאֵ֣ל וְיָמִ֔ין יָרִ֖יב זֶ֥רַח שָׁאֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Simeon \[were\].Nemuel and Jamin Jarib Zerah Shaul

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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[Numbers 26:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.12/)

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בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְעוֹן֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לִנְמוּאֵ֗ל מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַנְּמ֣וּאֵלִ֔י לְיָמִ֕ין מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיָּמִינִ֑י לְיָכִ֕ין מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיָּכִינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Simeon to clans their of Nemuel the.clan of the.Nemuelite\[s\] of Jamin the.clan of the.Jaminite\[s\] of Jakin the.clan of the.Jakinite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

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