Deuel

De’uel or De-u’el. (invocation of God). Father of Eliasaph, the "captain" of the tribe of Gad, at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai. Num 1:14; Num 7:42; Num 7:47; Num 10:20. (B.C. 1491). The same man is mentioned again in Num 2:14 but here the name appears as Ruel.

Num 1:14; Num 7:42; in Num 3:14 Reuel, the Hebrew letter Resh ( ר ) closely resembling the Hebrew letter Daleth ( ד ).

(Heb. Deuel,; דְּעוּאֵל, according to Gesenius, invocation of God; according to Furst, acquainted with God; Sept. ῾Ραγουήλ; Vulg. Dehuel), father of Eliasaph, the “captain” ( נָשַׂיא) of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai (Num 1:14; Num 7:42; Num 7:47; Num 10:20). B.C. ante 1657. The same man is mentioned again in 2:14, but here the name appears as REUEL SEE REUEL (q.v.), owing to an interchange of the two very similar Hebrew letters דand ר. In this latter passage the Samaritan, Arabic, and Vulg. retain the D; the Sept., as in other places, has R. The greater weight of evidence is therefore in favor of the reading “Deuel” in both passages. Furst ingeniously suggests (Heb. Handw. p. 304) that the name may have been originally Daruel (דִּרְעוּאֵל), which would explain the various reading.

[Deu’el]

Father of Eliasaph, ’prince’ of Gad. Num 1:14; Num 7:42; Num 7:47; Num 10:20. In Num 2:14 he is called REUEL. This is plainly an instance where the letter ד (D) has been mistaken for the letter ר (R).

DEUEL.—Father of Eliasaph, prince of Gad (Num 1:14; Num 7:42; Num 7:47; Num 10:20) = Reuel, Num 2:14 (perhaps the original name).

dū´el, dē̇-ū´el דּעוּאל, d^e‛ū’ēl, “knowledge of God”): A Gadite, the father of Eliasaph, the representative of the tribe of Gad in the census-taking (Num 1:14), in making the offering of the tribe at the dedication of the altar (Num 7:42, Num 7:47), and as leader of the host of the tribe of the children of Gad in the wilderness (Num 10:20). Called Reuel in Num 2:14, daleth (ד, d) being confused with resh (ר, r).