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Abigail (Avigayil)
אֲבִיגַיִל
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Abigail was Nabal’s wife, and after her husband’s death – one of King David’s wives.
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Abishag (Avishag)
אֲבִישַׁג
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Abishag was King David’s personal servant.
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Abital (Avital)
אֲבִיטַל
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Abital was one of King David’s wives.
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Adah (Ada)
עָדָה
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There are two women in the Bible called Adah. One of them is the wife of Lamech, Cain's offspring. The other one is Esau's wife.
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Adina
עֲדִינָה
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Adva
אַדְוָה
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Agam
אֲגַם
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Aharona
אַהֲרֹנָה (אהרונה)
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Ahinoam (Achinoam, Achino’am)
אֲחִינֹעַם (אחינועם)
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There are two women in the Bible called Ahinoam: the first one is King Saul’s wife, and the second – one of King David’s wives.
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Aliza
עַלִּיזָה
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"Aliza" is one of the names of Jerusalem.
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Alma
עַלְמָה
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Amalya (Amalia)
עֲמַלְיָה
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Amira (1)
אֲמִירָה
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Amira (2)
עֲמִירָה
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Anath (Anat)
עֲנָת
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The name of the father of Shamgar, one of Israel’s Judges. This is also the name of the goddess of war and furtility in the ancient Middle East.
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Arava (Arabah)
עֲרָבָה
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Ariela (Ari'ela)
אֲרִיאֵלָה
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Arnona
אַרְנוֹנָה
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Asenath (Asnat, Osnat)
אָסְנַת
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The name of Josehp’s wife.
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Atarah (Atara)
עֲטָרָה
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Atarah was the wife of Jerahmeel, one of Judah's offspring.
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Ateret
עֲטֶרֶת
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Athaliah (Atalya, Atalia)
עֲתַלְיָה
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Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, was the queen of Judah. There are also two men in the Bible called Athaliah.
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Aviva
אֲבִיבָה
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Aya (Aiah)
אַיָּה
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There are two men in the Bible called Aya. One of them is the father of Rizpa, King Saul’s concubine.
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Ayala
אַיָּלָה
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Ayelet
אַיֶּלֶת
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Bashemath (Basmat, Bosmat)
בָּשְׂמַת
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Bashemath is the name of one of Esau's wives; this is also the name of one of King Solomon's daughters.
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Batel (Bat'el)
בַּתְאֵל
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Bath-Sheba (Bat-Sheva)
בַּת-שֶׁבַע
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Bath-Sheba, Uriah's wife, later became King David's wife. She was King Solomon's mother.
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Batya
בַּתְיָה
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Behira (Behirah)
בְּהִירָה
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Bilhah (Bilha)
בִּלְהָה
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Bilhah was Rachel's maid and Jacob's mistress.
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Bina (Binah)
בִּינָה
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Bithyah (Bitya)
בִּתְיָה
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Bithyah was the daughter of Pharaoh.
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Bracha (Berachah)
בִּרָכָה
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Berachah was one of King David's heros.
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Brurya (Bruria)
בְּרוּרְיָה
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Carmela (Karmela)
כַּרְמֶלָּה
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Carmel is the name of a mountain ridge where the city of Haifa is located today. The prophet Elijah: "So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel." 1 Kings 18,20
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Carmit (Karmit)
כַּרְמִית
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Carmiya (Carmiyya, Karmiya)
כַּרְמִיָּה (כרמייה)
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Dafna (Daphna)
דַּפְנָה
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Dalit
דָּלִית
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Daliya (Dalia, Dalya)
דָּלִיָּה
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Dana
דָּנָה
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Daniela
דָּנִיֵּאלָה
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Datia (Datya)
דַּתְיָה
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Deborah (Dvora)
דְּבוֹרָה
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There are two women in the Bible named Deborah. One of them is the prophetess Deborah.
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Dganit (Deganit)
דְגָנִית
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Diklah (Dikla)
דִּקְלָה
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Diklah is an offspring of Shem, the son of Noah.
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Dinah (Dina)
דִּינָה
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Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
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Dorit
דּוֹרִית
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Doriya (Doriyya)
דּוֹרִיָּה
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Drora (Derora)
דְּרוֹרָה
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Drorit (Derorit)
דְּרוֹרִית
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Edna
עֶדְנָה
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Eilat (Elath)
אֵילַת
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Eilona (Elona)
אֵילוֹנָה
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Einat (Ei'nat)
עֵינַת
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Elah (Ela)
אֵלָה
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There are different people in the Bible called Elah. One of them - the son of Baasha - was the king of Israel.
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Elisheba (Elisheva)
אֱלִישֶׁבַע
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Elisheva was the wife of Aaron, the high priest.
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Emuna (Emunah)
אֱמוּנָה
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Ephrath (Efrat)
אֶפְרָת
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Ephrath was the wife of Caleb, the son of Hezron, Judah's offspring.
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Esther (Ester)
אֶסְתֵּר
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Queen Esther was King Ahasuerus’s wife.
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Etti (Eti, Etty)
אֶתִּי
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Eve (Chava, Hava)
חַוָּה
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Eve was the first woman created by God. Adam’s wife.
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Gaia (Gaya)
גַּאיָה
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Galila
גָּלִילָה
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Galit
גַּלִּית
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Galya
גַּלְיָה
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Gavriela (Gavri'ela)
גַּבְרִיאֵלָה
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Geula (Ge'ula)
גְּאוּלָה
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Gidona (Gid'ona)
גִּדְעוֹנָה
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Gila
גִּילָה
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Gilat
גִּילַת
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Ginath (Ginat)
גִּינַת
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Ginath was the father of Tibni, who almost became the king of Israel.
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Golda
גּוֹלְדָּה
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Goni
גּוֹנִי
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Hadar
הָדָר
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Hadas
הֲדַס
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Hadassah (Hadasa)
הֲדַסָּה
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Hadassah is the first name of Queen Esther, King Ahasuerus’s wife.
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Hagar
הָגָר
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Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maid, was Ishmael's mother.
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Haggith (Chagit)
חַגִּית
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Haggith was one of King David’s wives.
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Hamutal (Chamutal)
חֲמוּטָל
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Hamutal was the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Jehoahaz.
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Hanita (Chanita)
חֲנִיתָה
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Hannah (Chana)
חַנָּה
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Hannah was Elkanah's wife and the mother of the prophet Samuel.
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Hasia (Hasya, Chasia)
חַסְיָה
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Hasida (Chasida)
חֲסִידָה
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Havatselet (Havazelet, Chavatzelet)
חֲבַצֶלֶת
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Haviva (Chaviva)
חֲבִיבָה
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Haya (Chaya)
חַיָּה
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Hayuta (Hayyuta, Chayuta)
חַיּוּתָה
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Hedva (Chedva)
חֶדְוָה
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Hemda (Chemda)
חֶמְדָּה
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Hila (Hilla)
הִלָּה (הילה)
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Hilit (Hillit)
הִלִּית (הילית)
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Hodaya
הוֹדָיָה
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Huldah (Hulda, Chulda)
חֻלְדָּה (חולדה)
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Huldah was a prophetess in the time of King Josiah.
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Idit (Iddit)
עִדִּית
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Ilana
אִילָנָה
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Ilanit
אִילָנִית
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Ilil (Il'il)
אִילְאִיל
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Iris
אִירִיס
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Irit (1)
אִירִית
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Irit (2)
עִירִית
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Israela (Yisraela, Isra'ela, Isreela)
יִשְׂרְאֵלָה
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Ivriya
עִבְרִיָּה
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Jaakobah (Yaakova, Ya'akova)
יַעֲקֹבָה (יעקובה)
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Jaakobah was an offspring of Simeon.
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Jael (Yael, Ya’el)
יָעֵל
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Jael was the woman who killed Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s (king of Canaan) army.
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Jarah (Yaara, Ya'ara)
יַעְרָה (יַעֲרָה)
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"Jarah" is the name of one of the offsprings of Jonathan son of King Saul.
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Jedidah (Yedida)
יְדִידָה
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Jedidah was the mother of Josiah, the king of Judah.
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Jemima (Yemima)
יְמִימָה
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"Jemima" is the name of one of Job's daughters.
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Jochebed (Yocheved, Yokheved)
יוֹכֶבֶד
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Jochebed is the mother of Moses and Aaron.
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Judith (Yehudit)
יְהוּדִית
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Judith is the name of one of Esau's wives.
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Keren
קֶרֶן
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The name of Job's third daughter was קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ (Keren-happuch).
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Kineret
כִּנֶּרֶת (כינרת)
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Klila (Kelila)
כְּלִילָה
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Kochava
כּוֹכָבָה
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Leah (Lea, Le'a)
לֵאָה
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One of the “four mothers” of the Jewish people. Leah and her younger sister Rachel were the two wives of Jacob.
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Lebanah (Levana)
לְבָנָה
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The name of one of the Nethinim in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
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Liat (Li'at)
לִיאַת
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Liel (Li'el)
לִיאֵל (לי-אל)
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Lihi
לִיהִי
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Lilach
לִילָךְ
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Limor
לִימוֹר
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Liora (Li'ora)
לִיאוֹרָה
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Lirit
לִירִית
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Malka
מַלְכָּה
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Margalit
מַרְגָּלִית
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Marganit
מַרְגָּנִית
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Maya
מַיָּה (מַאיָה)
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Mazal
מַזָּל
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Meira (Me'ira)
מֵאִירָה
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Meital
מֵיטַל
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Merab (Merav)
מֵרַב (מירב)
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Merav was one of King Saul's daughters.
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Metuka
מְתוּקָה
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Michaela (Micha'ela)
מִיכָאֵלָה
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Michal (Michelle)
מִיכַל
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Michal was King Saul’s daughter and one of King David’s wives. When Saul wanted to kill David, Michal helped him escape.
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Mira
מִירָה
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Miri
מִירִי
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Miriam (Miryam)
מִרְיָם
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There are two women in the Bible called Miriam. One of them is Moses's sister.
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Moran
מוֹרָן
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Moria (Moriah, Moriya)
מוֹרִיָּה
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Moshit
מוֹשִׁית
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Naamah (Naama, Na’ama)
נַעֲמָה
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There are two women in the Bible called Naama: one is one of the decendents of Cain, and the other – the wife of Rehoboam, King of Judah.
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Naomi (No'omi)
נָעֳמִי
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The mother in law of Ruth the Moabitess. After Ruth's husband's death, she stayed with her mother in law. "And Ruth said: Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." Ruth 1, 16-17
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Narkis
נַרְקִיס
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Natalie (Natali, Nataly)
נָטָלִי
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Nava
נָאוָה
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Nehama (Nechama)
נֶחָמָה
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Netanela (Netan'ela)
נְתַנְאֵלָה
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Nili
נִילִי
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Nili is the name of a Jewish underground that was active in Palestine during World War I and that helped England in its war against Turkey.
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Nira
נִירָה
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Nirit
נִירִית
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Nitza (Nitsa)
נִצָּה (ניצה)
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Noah (2) (Noa, No’a)
נֹעָה (נועה)
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Noa was one of the daughters of Zelophehad, a descendent of Menasseh.
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Nogah (Noga)
נֹגַהּ, נוגה
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The name of one of King David’s sons.
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Noya
נוֹיָה
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Nuphar (Nufar)
נוּפָר
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Nurith (Nurit)
נורית
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Ophira (Ofira)
אוֹפִירָה
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Ophir is the name of a country which was the place of origion of gold, as attested in the verse: “And they came to Ophir (אוֹפִירָה) and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.” 1 Kings 9, 28
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Ophrah (Ofra)
עָפְרָה (עופרה)
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Ophrah is the name of one of the offsprings of Judah. It is also the name of two different places in the Biblical times.
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Ora
אוֹרָה
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Orit
אוֹרִית
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Orli (Orlie)
אוֹרְלִי
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Orna
אָרְנָה (אורנה)
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Ortal
אוֹרְטַל
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Oshrit
אָשְׁרִית (אושרית)
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Pazit
פַּזִּית
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Peninnah (Pnina)
פְּנִנָּה (פנינה)
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Peninnah was one of two wives of Elkanah, the father of the prophet Samuel.
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Puah (Pua, Pu'a)
פּוּעָה
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Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives in Egype at the time when Moses was born. The Egyptian king ordered them to kill all the newborn Hebrew boys, but they disobeyed him.
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Rachel
רָחֵל
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One of the “four mothers” of the Jewish people. Jacob’s second wife. Jacob worked for Laban, Rachel’s father, fourteen years in order to marry her.
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Rakefet
רַקֶּפֶת
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Ranit
רָנִּית
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Ravit
רָוִית (רווית)
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Raya (Raaya, Ra'ya)
רַעְיָה
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Rebekah (Rivka)
רִבְקָה
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Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, and Isaac's wife, was the second of the “four mothers” of the Jewish people.
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Renana
רְנָנָה
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Rephaela (Refaela, Refa'ela)
רְפָאֵלָה
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Reumah (Re'uma)
רְאוּמָה
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Reumah was the concubine of Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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Reut (Re'ut)
רְעוּת
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Revital
רְוִיטַל
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Reviva
רְבִיבָה
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Rinat
רִנַּת (רינת)
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Rinnah (Rina)
רִנָּה (רינה)
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The name of one of the decendents of Judah.
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Rona
רֹנָּה (רונה)
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Ronit
רוֹנִית
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Ruhamah (Ruhama, Ruchama)
רוּחָמָה
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God made Hosea the propet call his daughter "Lo-ruhama", i.e., "the one who was not spared".
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Ruth (Rut)
רוּת
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Ruth the Moabitess was the mother of King David's grandfather.
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Salit (Sal'it)
סַלְעִית
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Sarah (Sara)
שָׂרָה
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Sarah, Abraham's wife, was the first of the “four mothers” of the Jewish people.
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Sarai
שָׂרַי
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"Sarai" is the first name of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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Sari
שָׂרִי
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Sarit
שָׂרִית
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Savyon (Savion)
סַבְיוֹן
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Shalhevet
שַׁלְהֶבֶת
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Shalva
שַׁלְוָה (שלווה)
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Shamira
שָׁמִירָה
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Sharona
שָׁרוֹנָה
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Sheli (Shelly)
שֶׁלִּי
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Shelomith (Shlomit)
שְׁלוֹמִית
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There are two women and several men by the name "Shelomith" in the Bible. One of the women by that name is a woman of the tribe of Dan from the time of wandering in the desert.
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Shikma
שִׁקְמָה
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Shimona (Shim'ona)
שִׁמְעוֹנָה
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Shimrith (Shimrit)
שִׁמְרִית
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"Shimrith" is the name of the mother of one of the assassins of Joash, the king of Judah.
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Shiphrah (Shiphra, Shifra)
שִׁפְרָה
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Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives in Egype at the time when Moses was born. The Egyptian king ordered them to kill all the newborn Hebrew boys, but they disobeyed him.
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Shira
שִׁירָה
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Shirli (Shirly, Shirley)
שִׁירְלִי
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Shoshana
שׁוֹשַׁנָּה
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According to the additions to the Book of Daniel, which were preserved by the Christian Church, Shoshana, daughter of Hilkiya, was the wife of Yehoyakim. Two elders falsely accused her of adultery. However, Daniel revealed her innocence.
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Shula
שׁוּלָה
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Shulamit
שׁוּלַמִּית
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The Song of Solomon mentions a women called הַשּׁוּלַמִּית (the Shulamite). Perhaps it refers to a person of a place called "Shulam".
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Shunit
שׁוּנִית
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Sigal
סִיגָל
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Sigalit
סִיגָלִית
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Sima
סִימָה
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Smadar (Semadar)
סְמָדַר
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Talia (Talya)
טַלְיָה
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Talma
תַּלְמָה
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Tamar
תָּמָר
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there are three women in the bible named Tamar: Judah’s daughter in law, Absalom’s sister and Absalom’s daughter.
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Tami (Tammi, Tammy)
תַּמִּי
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Tchelet
תְּכֵלֶת
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Tchiya (Tehiyya)
תְּחִיָּה (תחייה)
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Tehila (Tehilla, Tehillah)
תְּהִלָּה (תהילה)
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Tikvah (Tikva)
תִּקְוָה (תקווה)
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There are two people called Tikvah in the Bible. One of them is the father of the husband of Huldah the prophetess.
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Timna (Timnah)
תִּמְנָה
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Tirza
תִּרְזָה
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Tirzah (Tirtza, Tirtsa)
תִּרְצָה
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"Tirzah" is the name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad, a descendent of Menasseh. this is also a name of a city in the land of Menasseh.
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Tmima (Temima)
תְּמִימָה
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Tmira (Temira)
תְּמִירָה
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Tova
טוֹבָה
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Tzofit (Tsofit)
צוֹפִית
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Tzofiya (Tsofiya)
צוֹפִיָּה (צופייה)
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Tzufit (Tsufit, Tsoofit)
צוּפִית
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Varda
וַרְדָּה
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Vardit
וַרְדִּית
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Vered
וֶרֶד
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Yafa
יָפָה
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Yafit
יָפִית
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Yardena
יַרְדֵּנָה
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Jordan is the name of the longest river in Israel.
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Yasmin
יַסְמִין
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Yeela (Ye'ela)
יְעֵלָה
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Yifat (Yif'at)
יִפְעַת
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Yosepha (Yosefa)
יוֹסֵפָה
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Zafrira (Tzafrira, Tsafrira)
צַפְרִירָה
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Zeela (Ze'ela, Tseela, Tse'ela)
צֶאֱלָה
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Zeeva (Ze'eva)
זְאֵבָה
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Zehava
זֶהָבָה
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Zehavit
זְהָבִית
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Zeruiah (Zeruya, Tzruya, Tsruya)
צְרוּיָה
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Zeruiah was King David's sister, and the mother of Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
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Zibiah (Zivia, Zivya)
צִבְיָה
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This was the name of King Jehoash's mother.
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Zillah (Tzila, Tsila)
צִלָּה (צילה)
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Zillah is the name of the wife of Lamech, Cain's offspring.
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Ziona (Tsiyona)
צִיּוֹנָה
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The name ציונה (Ziona) is derived of the name ציון (Zion), which is another name for Jerusalem and Israel. Its origin is found in Jerusalem's name prior to its occupation by King David: "Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion, the same is the city of David." 2 Samuel 5, 7
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Zipporah (Tsipora)
צִפּוֹרָה (ציפורה)
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Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel, was Moses’ wife.
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Ziva
זִיוָה (זיווה)
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Zivit
זִיוִית (זיווית)
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Zviya (Tsviya)
צְבִיָּה
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