H3815 H3815
Lael; a Levite from the Gershonite clan, father of Eliasaph
This proper name appears in Numbers 3:24, identifying the father of Eliasaph, the leader of the Gershonite Levites during the wilderness period. The name means 'belonging to God' or '(devoted) to El,' a theophoric name common in ancient Israel. Lael himself receives no further description; he is remembered solely as Eliasaph's father. Such genealogical details established legitimate leadership within Levitical clans.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The personal name of a Gershonite Levite, father of a clan leader. Numbers 3 systematically organizes Levitical families for their sanctuary service responsibilities, with leadership traced through patrilineal descent. The consistent preservation across translations (Spanish, French, German, English all: 'Lael') reflects the proper name's unchanging nature. His theophoric name ('belonging to God') appropriately marked one whose descendants would serve in God's tabernacle. 1×
AR["لاَئِيلَ"]·ben["লায়েল"]·DE["Lael"]·EN["Lael"]·FR["Lael"]·heb["לאל"]·HI["लाएल-का"]·ID["Lael"]·IT["Lael"]·jav["Laèl"]·KO["라엘의"]·PT["La'el"]·RU["Лаэля"]·ES["Lael"]·SW["Laeli"]·TR["Lael"]·urd["لائیل"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† לָאֵל n.pr.m. (belonging to God; cf. Palm. לשמש: v. Nö WZKM, 1892, 314 Gray Heb. Names, 207) a Gershonite-Levite; Nu 3:24, 𝔊 Δαηλ, Δαουηλ.