Joel

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Joel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in many English-speaking and other countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew given name
given name
masculine given name
hasBiblicalUsage yes
hasCategory English masculine given names
Hebrew masculine given names
theophoric given names
hasComponent God
surface form: El (God)

YHWH
surface form: Yo (Yahweh)
hasDiminutive Joe
Joey
hasEtymologicalRoot Hebrew Yo-el
hasGender masculine
hasMeaning The Lord is God
Yahweh is God
hasNameDayTradition yes
hasOrigin Hebrew culture
Hebrew language
hasPopularity commonly used in English-speaking countries
hasReligiousAssociation Christianity
Judaism
hasScriptForm Latin alphabet
hasVariant Jowel
Joël Ouaknine
surface form: Joël

Yoel
isTheophoricName yes
namedAfter YHWH
surface form: Yahweh
usedInLanguage Afrikaans
Czech language
surface form: Czech

Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Hebrew
Indonesian
Italian
Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian

Polish
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Romanian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog

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