# Joel
## English
### Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/, (some men) /d͡ʒoʊˈɛl/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ(ə)l/, (some men) /d͡ʒəʊˈɛl/
** Audio (Southern England); /ˈd͡ʒəʊl/:(file)
** (doll–dole merger) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɒl/
* Rhymes: -əʊəl, -əʊl, (some men) -ɛl

### Proper noun

Joel
* Book of Joel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Joel on Wikisource.Wikisource
* Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible
* A male given name from Hebrew.
* A surname from Hebrew.
* (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
* (biblical) A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 1:1:The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* jole

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹאֵל.

### Proper noun

Joel m
* (biblical) Joel (prophet)
* (biblical) Joel (book of the Bible)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Joel
* (biblical) Joel.
* a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Joel
* (biblical) Joel.
* a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yoél).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjoel/, [ˈjo̞e̞l]
* Rhymes: -oel
* Hyphenation: Jo‧el

### Proper noun

Joel
* (biblical) Joel.
* a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Joel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Joelini
Joelini
accusative
nom.
Joelini
Joelini
gen.
Joelini
genitive
Joelini
Joelieni
partitive
Joeliani
Joelejani
inessive
Joelissani
Joeleissani
elative
Joelistani
Joeleistani
illative
Joeliini
Joeleihini
adessive
Joelillani
Joeleillani
ablative
Joeliltani
Joeleiltani
allative
Joelilleni
Joeleilleni
essive
Joelinani
Joeleinani
translative
Joelikseni
Joeleikseni
abessive
Joelittani
Joeleittani
instructive
comitative
—Joeleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Joelisi
Joelisi
accusative
nom.
Joelisi
Joelisi
gen.
Joelisi
genitive
Joelisi
Joeliesi
partitive
Joeliasi
Joelejasi
inessive
Joelissasi
Joeleissasi
elative
Joelistasi
Joeleistasi
illative
Joeliisi
Joeleihisi
adessive
Joelillasi
Joeleillasi
ablative
Joeliltasi
Joeleiltasi
allative
Joelillesi
Joeleillesi
essive
Joelinasi
Joeleinasi
translative
Joeliksesi
Joeleiksesi
abessive
Joelittasi
Joeleittasi
instructive
comitative
—Joeleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Joelimme
Joelimme
accusative
nom.
Joelimme
Joelimme
gen.
Joelimme
genitive
Joelimme
Joeliemme
partitive
Joeliamme
Joelejamme
inessive
Joelissamme
Joeleissamme
elative
Joelistamme
Joeleistamme
illative
Joeliimme
Joeleihimme
adessive
Joelillamme
Joeleillamme
ablative
Joeliltamme
Joeleiltamme
allative
Joelillemme
Joeleillemme
essive
Joelinamme
Joeleinamme
translative
Joeliksemme
Joeleiksemme
abessive
Joelittamme
Joeleittamme
instructive
comitative
—Joeleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Joelinne
Joelinne
accusative
nom.
Joelinne
Joelinne
gen.
Joelinne
genitive
Joelinne
Joelienne
partitive
Joelianne
Joelejanne
inessive
Joelissanne
Joeleissanne
elative
Joelistanne
Joeleistanne
illative
Joeliinne
Joeleihinne
adessive
Joelillanne
Joeleillanne
ablative
Joeliltanne
Joeleiltanne
allative
Joelillenne
Joeleillenne
essive
Joelinanne
Joeleinanne
translative
Joeliksenne
Joeleiksenne
abessive
Joelittanne
Joeleittanne
instructive
comitative
—Joeleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Joelinsa
Joelinsa
accusative
nom.
Joelinsa
Joelinsa
gen.
Joelinsa
genitive
Joelinsa
Joeliensa
partitive
Joeliaan Joeliansa
Joelejaan Joelejansa
inessive
Joelissaan Joelissansa
Joeleissaan Joeleissansa
elative
Joelistaan Joelistansa
Joeleistaan Joeleistansa
illative
Joeliinsa
Joeleihinsa
adessive
Joelillaan Joelillansa
Joeleillaan Joeleillansa
ablative
Joeliltaan Joeliltansa
Joeleiltaan Joeleiltansa
allative
Joelilleen Joelillensa
Joeleilleen Joeleillensa
essive
Joelinaan Joelinansa
Joeleinaan Joeleinansa
translative
Joelikseen Joeliksensa
Joeleikseen Joeleiksensa
abessive
Joelittaan Joelittansa
Joeleittaan Joeleittansa
instructive
comitative
—Joeleineen Joeleinensa :

#### Statistics

* Joel is the 80th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,643 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,552 more), and also belongs to 7 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Joel
* (biblical) Joel.
* a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

## Italian
### Etymology

From various languages, ultimately from Hebrew יוֹאֵל.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔ.el/
* Rhymes: -ɔel

### Proper noun

Joel ?
* A male given name in English, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Manx, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scots, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, or Welsh
* A surname in English or German

### References

* ↑ Joel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Joel
* (biblical) Joel.
* a male given name of biblical origin

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ioel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɔ.ɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɛl
* Syllabification: Jo‧el

### Proper noun

Joel m pers
* (biblical) Joel (prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Joel m pers
* a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Joel

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Joel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Joel in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒoˈɛw/ [ʒoˈɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʒwɛl/ [ˈʒwɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʒwɛl/ [ˈʒwɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʒwɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ew
* Hyphenation: Jo‧el

### Proper noun

Joel m (plural Joéis)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joel
* (biblical) Joel (a minor biblical prophet)
* (biblical) Joel (a book of the Bible)

#### Coordinate terms

* Génesis (Portugal) ~ Gênesis (Brazil)
* Êxodo
* Levítico
* Números
* Deuteronómio (Portugal) ~ Deuteronômio (Brazil)
* Josué
* Juízes
* Rute
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Reis
* 2 Reis
* 1 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 1 Crônicas (Brazil)
* 2 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 2 Crônicas (Brazil)
* Esdras
* Neemias
* Tobias
* Judite
* Ester
* 1 Macabeus
* 2 Macabeus
* Jó
* Salmos
* Provérbios
* Eclesiastes
* Cântico dos Cânticos
* Sabedoria
* Eclesiástico
* Isaías
* Jeremias
* Lamentações
* Baruque
* Ezequiel
* Daniel
* Oseias
* Joel
* Amós
* Abdias
* Jonas
* Miqueias
* Naum
* Habacuc
* Sofonias
* Ageu
* Zacarias
* Malaquias

## Slovak
### Proper noun

Joel m pers (genitive singular Joela, nominative plural Joelovia, declension pattern of chlap)
* (religion) Joel

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xoˈel/ [xoˈel]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: Jo‧el

### Proper noun

Joel m
* (biblical) Joel (the book of the Bible)
* (biblical) Joel (prophet)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²juːɛl/, [ˈjuəˌɛl], [ˈjuːˌɛl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːɛl

### Proper noun

Joel c (genitive Joels)
* (biblical) Joel.
* a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Joel m (not mutable)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Joel
* (biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Joel
* (biblical) The Book of Joel

#### Coordinate terms

* Genesis
* Exodus
* Lefiticus
* Numeri
* Deuteronomium
* Josua
* Barnwyr
* Ruth
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Brenhinoedd
* 2 Brenhinoedd
* 1 Cronicl
* 2 Cronicl
* Esra
* Nehemeia
* Esther
* Job
* Salmau
* Diarhebion
* Pregethwr
* Caniad Solomon
* Eseia
* Jeremeia
* Galarnad
* Eseciel
* Daniel
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadeia
* Jona
* Micha
* Nahum
* Habacuc
* Seffaneia
* Haggai
* Sechareia
* Malachi