Scriptural Names

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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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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Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: shah-LOHM

Meaning: a frequent greeting in Hebrew, for “peace” or “wholeness”

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Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: SAH-rah

Meaning: “princess” or “lady”:

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: see-ter

Meaning: hiding place

Tags: hebrew, hebrew scripts, hebrew vocabulary, refuge

Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: re-fah-eel

Meaning: “God has healed”

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Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: RAH-cceel

Meaning: “ewe”

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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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Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: eem

Meaning: mother

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Language: Hebrew

Pronunciation: CCe-sed

Meaning: “mercy”, “lovingkindness” or “loyal love”

Tags: hebrew, hebrew script, hebrew vocabulary, love, mercy