LEMUEL

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Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of LEHI I, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; Alma 43:13)
2. Valley near the borders of the RED SEA, named after LEHI’s son, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:14; 16:6)
3. City, 2nd c. BC, probably named after LEHI I’s son (Alma 23:12)

Confer the biblical PN lĕmūʾel, LEMUEL, Proverbs 31:1, 4, meaning, possibly, "(belonging) to God," the in lĕmū an "inserted additional style" (KB 1958 483b). Note the Edomite PN in the text “The Words of LEMUEL, King of Massa" (LID, 44-45 and ABM, 59). King of Massa” (LID, 44–45 and ABM, 59).

Reynolds and Sjodahl (1:26) give the meaning “Godward” or “God is bright.”

See Book of Mormon LEMUELITES

See also Lemuel / Lemual Variants

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