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title: רְעוּאֵל — Raguel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְעוּאֵל (7467), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Raguel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְעוּאֵל

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«רְעוּאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Raguel** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7467 · **BDB:** רְעוּאֵל

### Glosses

of.Reuel (7); Reuel (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Raguel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7467/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7467/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ραγουηλ: Moses’ father-in-law Ex 2:18 (J; 𝔊L Ιοθορ), Nu 10:29 (JE); elsewhere יִתְרוֹ q.v. Edomite Gn 36:4, 10, 13, 17(×2) (P), ‖ 1 Ch 1:35, 37. Gadite Nu 2:14, v. דְּעוּאל p. 396. Benjamite 1 Ch 9:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְעוּאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7467/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.37/)

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בְּנֵ֖י רְעוּאֵ֑ל נַ֥חַת זֶ֖רַח שַׁמָּ֥ה וּמִזָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Reuel \[were\].Nahath Zerah Shammah and Mizzah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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[1 Chronicles 1:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.35/)

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בְּנֵ֖י עֵשָׂ֑ו אֱלִיפַ֛ז רְעוּאֵ֥ל וִיע֖וּשׁ וְיַעְלָ֥ם וְקֹֽרַח׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Esau \[were\].Eliphaz Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam and Korah.

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