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[Facts] Re: Lael
by Mike C
12/17/2002, 4:28 AM
in reply to a message by x
Lael is a rare biblical name, occurring to the best of my knowledge only once, in Numbers 3:24, as the father of yet another obscure character. The meaning is given as "to El (God)" or "belonging to El (God)".
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- Lucille (guest)   +6
12/17/2002, 9:23 AM
Seems to be a pretty name to me! How is it pronounced?
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- Yahalome (guest)   +2
12/19/2002, 12:01 AM
I've read all the messages on Lael by x, and come to the conclusion that it's properly pronounced: LAY-ale, with both the a and the e sounding like ay as in hay. If the -el means God, it is Ale, not Ell. But if you try to pronounce it that way, it will sound like mail, because the l colors the ay sound. ("Colors" is a term for what r does to a vowel I found in my dictionary.)Y :)
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- x (guest)   +1
12/19/2002, 1:32 PM
the meaning of the name is 'of God" if that helps any. at least that is what i've found
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- Yahalome (guest)
12/19/2002, 9:56 PM
That makes me think it's [L'ale], [L'-] being like the prefix [Ha-], meaning [the]. Y :)
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- x (guest)
12/17/2002, 5:49 PM
i've asked a few people. those with the name pronounce it like mail
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- Mike C   +1
12/17/2002, 1:53 PM
Good question! Maybe LAY-ul?
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- Lucille (guest)
12/17/2002, 2:38 PM
Yes, that seems to be a very possible pronunciation. :-) I myself was thinking something like Láh-ell (?). (The 'Lah' is pronounced like the French word 'la'.)Lucille
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