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“Belonging to God”

Lemuel means "belonging to God" in Hebrew. This was the name of a king briefly mentioned in Proverbs in the Old Testament. In the Book of Mormon it is the name of a son of Lehi and Sariah. It is also borne by the hero of Jonathan Swift's novel 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726).

Biblical namesake: King Lemuel is mentioned in Proverbs as the recipient of wise advice from his mother, including the famous passage about a virtuous woman. (Proverbs · Proverbs 31:1-9)

BiblicalMormonBiblical Hebrew3 syllables · /ˈlɛm.ju.əl/

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