Reuel

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Reuel or Raguel (Hebrew: רְעוּאֵל, romanized: Rəʿūʾēl; Edomite: 𐤓𐤏𐤀𐤋 rʿʾl^[1]), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically "El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock)^[2][3] is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures.

Biblical figures

Biblical persons with this name are:

• Moses' father-in-law, also named as Jethro^[4] and Hobab^[5] (Judges 4:11, Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29).
• A son of Esau, father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Genesis 36:4,10; 1 Chronicles 1:35)
• A Gadite (Numbers 2:14), called also Deuel (Hebrew: דְּעוּאֵל, Modern: Dəʿūʾēl, Tiberian: Dŭʿūʾēl) (Numbers 1:14; 7:42); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph
• A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 9:7–8)
• Father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 7:1–15)

Other people

First name

• Reuel Abraham (born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert
• Reuel Denney (1913–1995), American poet and academic
• Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst
• Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser
• Reuel Lochore (1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar
• Reuel Emanuel "Raz" Mesinai (born 1973), American record producer and composer
• Reuel Williams (1783–1862), American politician from Maine

Middle name

• Jairus Aquino (born 1999), Filipino actor
• James Reuel Smith (1852–1935), American photographer and amateur historian.
• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer
• Christopher Tolkien (1924–2020), son and literary executor of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Simon Tolkien (born 1959), writer and grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien

Patronymic

• Sophas, son of Raguel ^[d] (1st century), 'of royal lineage', executed during the Jewish Revolt by John, son of Dorcas^[6]

Landmark houses

• Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House, Cumberland Center, Maine
• Reuel E. Smith House, Skaneateles, New York

Other

• Raguel (angel) – one of the seven archangels in the rabbinic tradition and the Kabbalah