English
Lemuel
Lemuel comes from Hebrew לְמוּאֵל.
- Hebrew1880s–presentלְמוּאֵלlemu'él, ləmūʔelliterally ‘devoted to God’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Lemuel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentלְמוּאֵלlemu'él, ləmūʔelliterally ‘devoted to God’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Lemuel
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “The wordes of King Lemuel, the prophecie that his…”
Every English word from Hebrew לְמוּאֵל
Today it means
name A king mentioned in the Proverbs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew לְמוּאֵל / Lemuel