Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" in
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
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Joel (given name)
Joel or Yoel is a male name derived from יוֹאֵל Standard Hebrew, Yoʾel, Tiberian Hebrew, or Yôʾēl, meaning "Yahu is god", " YHWH is God", or the modern translation "Yahweh is God". Joel as a given name appears in the Hebrew Bible.
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, including a list of people named Joel or Yoel
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Joel (surname) Joel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joel family, a British family of brothers who became rich from diamond and gold mining in South Africa
* Alex Joel, first American Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the U.S. Offic ...
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Joel (footballer, born 1904)
Joel de Oliveira Monteiro (1 May 1904 – 6 April 1990), known as just Joel, was a former Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, ...
, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazilian football goalkeeper
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Joel (footballer, born 1980)
Joel Bertoti Padilha ( ''Joel''; born 24 July 1980), commonly known as Joel, is a former Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and depende ...
, Joel Bertoti Padilha, Brazilian football centre-back
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Joel (prophet)
Joel (; – ''Yōʾēl''; – ''Iōḗl''; – ''Yu'il'') is a Biblical prophet, the second of the Twelve Minor Prophets, and, according to itself, the author of the Book of Joel, which is set in the early Assyrian period. Scholars meanwhile ...
, a prophet of ancient Israel
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Book of Joel
The Book of Joel (Hebrew language, Hebrew: ספר יוֹאֵל ''Sefer Yo'él'') is a Judaism, Jewish prophetic text containing a series of "divine announcements". The first line attributes authorship to "Joel the son of Pethuel". It forms part o ...
, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and in the Christian Bible, ascribed to the prophet
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Joel, Georgia
Joel is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Geor ...
, a community in the United States
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Joel, Wisconsin
The Town of Clayton is located in Polk County, Wisconsin, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was reported as 958 in 2020 according to the 2020 US census. The Clayton (village), Wisconsin, Village of Clayton is distinct and cont ...
, a community in the United States
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