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Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations. [4] [5] Most of these names have been handed down for thousands of years though their meaning was understood by only a few.
David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition ( Oral Torah ) and recorded use related to King David , a central figure in the Hebrew Bible , or Tanakh, and foundational to Judaism , and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam .
In the Qur'an, the Zabur is mentioned by name three times. The Qur'an itself says nothing about the Zabur specifically, except that it was revealed to Dawud and that in the Zabur is written "My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth". [6] [7] Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him.
David (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ d /; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד , romanized: Dāwīḏ, "beloved one") [a] [5] was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, [6] [7] according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
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Mahanaim is the location to which David is described as fleeing while at war with his son Absalom; having arrived at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:24), David is described as having sheltered with a man named Barzillai, and having mustered forces there to combat Absalom's army. It is also the location that the Bible states was the place where David was ...
Zeruiah (/ z ə ˈ r uː j ə / צרויה sometimes transliterated Tzruya or Zeruya) was a sister of King David. According to both the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Talmud , Zeruiah was a daughter of Jesse and sister of Abigail , to whom reference is made in 1 Chronicles ( 1 Chronicles 2:13–17 ) and 2 Samuel ( 2 Samuel 17:25 ).
Jesse (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ s i / JESS-ee) [3] or Yishai (Hebrew: יִשַׁי – Yīšay, [a] in pausa Hebrew: יִשָׁי – Yīšāy, meaning "King" or "God's gift"; Syriac: ܐܝܫܝ – Eshai; Greek: Ἰεσσαί – Iessaí; Latin: Issai, Isai, Jesse); (Arabic: إيشا, romanized: ʾīshā) is a figure described in the Hebrew Bible as the father of David, who became the king of the Israelites.