What is "kemuel"

Kemuel ( Heb. Qemuel קְמוּאֵל, compd. of qum קוּם: "to arise" + el אֵל: "deity" — " God has risen", "raised by God") is a minor Hebrew masculine name. Three Kemuels are mentioned in the Bible.

• One is mentioned in Genesis 22:21 as the nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor, brother of Bethuel (father of Rebekah).
• The second Kemuel was ruler of the tribe of Ephraim in Numbers 34:24.
• The third was the father of Hashbiah, ruler of the tribe of Levi or Levite, in the Book of Chronicles 27:17.

Kemuel is also an alternate name of the angel Camael.

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