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Lemuel

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

A king mentioned in the superscription to Proverbs 31, which is addressed to him by his mother. Various theories have been proposed in explanation of the superscription. Cheyne reads "Jerahmeel." Others (e.g., Wildeboer) join the phrase "Lemuel the king" with the following word, "massa" (A. V., following the Masoretic punctuation, "prophecy"), which they take as a proper name, and read "King of Massa," an Ishmaelite people (Genesis 25:14). Toy ("Proverbs," p. 539) rejects this together with any symbolical interpretation. The word "Lemuel," like "Lael," means "Godward" (comp. Gray, "Hebrew Proper Names," p. 207, s. "Nemuel").

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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Lemuel'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​l/lemuel.html. 1901.