🔼The name Lael in the Bible
The name Lael occurs only once in the Bible. Lael was the father of Eliasaph, the leader of the Gershonite Levites at the time of the first census of Israel (Numbers 3:24). Nothing further is known about this man.
🔼Etymology of the name Lael
The name Lael consists of two elements. The first element is the prefix ל (le), which in this case means belonging to:
For a meaning of the name Lael, both NOBSE Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary read Belonging To God. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes By God.