Transliteration: yô'êl

Phonetic: yo-ale'

BDB Definition:

1. son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah
2. eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer
3. a Simeonite chief
4. a Reubenite
5. a chief of Gad
6. son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar
7. brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors
8. son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David
9. a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife
   1. a Benjamite, son of Zichri
   2. a Levite
   3. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
   4. a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David
   5. a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan

Origin: from H3068" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3068 and H410" class="dictionary-topic-link">H410

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine