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Jahaziel, God sees or reveals, Jahdai, guide or he directs, Jahdiel, union of God or God makes glad; Jahdo, union; Jahleel, God waits or God does grievously afflict; Jahmai, Jehovah protects; Jahzeel, God apportions or distributes; Jahzerah; Jair, Jehovah enlightens, arouses or who diffuses light;
Theophory is the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in, usually, a proper name. [note 1] Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the ...
The general halachic opinion is that this only applies to the sacred Hebrew names of God, not to other euphemistic references; there is a dispute as to whether the word "God" in English or other languages may be erased or whether Jewish law and/or Jewish custom forbids doing so, directly or as a precautionary "fence" about the law.
Meaning: To Be God: Hebrew: אלהים Hebrew with vowels: אֱלֹהִים Transliteration: Ello-heem God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Hebrew: אלהי אברהם יצחק ויעקב Alla-hee Awv-raw-hawm Eets-sawk vay-Yaw-aw-koav My Lord: Hebrew: אדוני Hebrew with vowels: אֲדֹנֵי־ Transliteration: Aw-doe-nye God's personal name ...
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννα, romanized: Iōanna from Hebrew: יוֹחָנָה, romanized : Yôḥānāh, lit. 'God is gracious'. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne . The earliest recorded ...
Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian Жанет (Zhanet), Circassian Джэнэт (Janet), and Hungarian Zsanett. It is also the diminutive of Jeanne or Jane .
John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, which is from the Greek ...
Johanan (name) Yohanan יוֹחָנָן ( Yôḥānān ), sometimes transcribed as Johanan is Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of יְהוֹחָנָן ( Yəhôḥānān ), meaning " YHWH is gracious ". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Second Temple around 400 BCE.