HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3385
יְרוּאֵל
ye.ru.el — Jeruel
§ Jeruel = "taught by God" a place in the wilderness of southern Judah
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Jeruel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract of country now called el-Hasasah.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.