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El Shaddai

Language: Hebrew

Reference: Genesis 17.1

Meaning: Almighty God

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A God who sees

Language: Hebrew

Reference: Genesis 16.13

Meaning: A God who sees

Pronunciation: el-rói

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Michael

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: Mi-cah-eel

Meaning: “Who is like God?”

Notes: The patron-angel (prince) of Israel (Daniel 10.13, 21; 12.1; cf. Jude 9; Revelation 12.7)

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YHWH or Yahweh

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: YAH-way (written without the vowels because it was considered too sacred to pronounce, resulting in the lose of the original pronunciation)

Meaning: “I am who I am”

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Yeshua Meshiach

Language: Aramaic

Pronunciation: Ye-shu-ah Me-shi-aacc

Meaning: “Jesus Christ” or “Messiah Jesus”; Yeshua is a contracted form of Joshua, which means “Yahweh is salvation”: “Christ” is from the Greek form of “Messiah”, which is Hebrew for “annointed.”

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Sarah

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: SAH-rah

Meaning: “princess” or “lady”:

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Raphael

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: re-fah-eel

Meaning: “God has healed”

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Rachel

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: RAH-cceel

Meaning: “ewe”

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Paul

Language: Greek

Pronunciation: PAU-los

Meaning: his is the Greek form of the Latin name, Paulus, which means “small” or “humble” in Latin:

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Matthew

Matthew, in Hebrew (Mattiyah) means “gift of Yahweh”:

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