Reuel

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

References

Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
Ahituv, Shmuel (2008). Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period. Carta. p. 355-6. ISBN 9789652207081.
"Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7462. rā'ū".
"Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 410. el".
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.
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.
"Judges 4 / Hebrew – English Bible / Mechon-Mamre".
Josephus, Jewish War, Ch 3, v 4
Susie Helme, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi, (The Conrad Press, 2020), p. 260.

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[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.

[Harris2010-6] 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.