Bible Person

Nemuel

Meaning: the sleeping of God · Male · 1 cross reference

Nemuel is a Reubenite son of Eliab and brother of Dathan and Abiram in Numbers 26:9. He belongs to the family line shadowed by one of Israel's most serious wilderness rebellions. First appears in Num 26:9.1

AI summary: Nemuel matters because his single cross reference places him in the household from which Dathan and Abiram emerge. The entry helps anchor the memory of rebellion in a real family context within Reuben. Taken together, the material presents Nemuel as a Reubenite family figure connected to a notorious line.1

Central Figure

Nemuel

Meaning: the sleeping of God

A Reubenite, a son of Eliab, and brother of Dathan and Abiram (Num.