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Meaning and etymology of the name Joel
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Joel 
The name Joel is among the most popular in the Bible. Besides the famous prophet who wrote the book of Joel, the following Joels are mentioned: Samuel's first born son and brother of Abijah (1 Samuel 8:2); Two Kohathite Levites (1 Chronicles 6:36 and 2 Chronicles 29:12); A Gersonite Levite chief (1 Chronicles 15:7); A chief of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:35), one of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:4), one of Gad (1 Chronicles 5:12), one of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:3), one of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 27:20); One of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:38); One who divorced his foreign wife during the purge of Ezra (Ezra 10:43); a Benjaminite overseer (Nehemiah 11:9).
The name Joel is most commonly interpreted to be a combination of two elements. The first element is  , which is the commonly accepted abbreviated form of  , which is YHWH, the Name of the Lord. This very short abbreviation of YHWH also occurs in the names Joab and Jochebed.
The second element of the name Joel is  (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim, the genus God. The name Joel is the name Elijah reversed and means Yah Is El, or Yahweh is Elohim, or The Lord Is God.
However, in cognate languages this name exists as well, but means something else. That something else also exists in Hebrew, namely the verb  (ya'al I & II).
(ya'al I) means be foolish. (ya'al II) means show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake. Past tense forms of these verbs look identical to the name Joel. Hence the name Joel also means He Was Foolish, He Was Willing/Determined.
For a meaning of the name Joel, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Is God. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Lord Of God, The Lord Is God.
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