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Almog
אַלְמוֹג
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Aryeh (Arye)
אַרְיֵה
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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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Ayal
אַיָּל
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Ayala
אַיָּלָה
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Ayelet
אַיֶּלֶת
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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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Dov
דֹב (דוב)
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Dror
דְּרוֹר
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Drora (Derora)
דְּרוֹרָה
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Drorit (Derorit)
דְּרוֹרִית
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Gur
גּוּר
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Hasida (Chasida)
חֲסִידָה
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Haya (Chaya)
חַיָּה
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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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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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Jonah (Yona)
יוֹנָה
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A name of a prophet. While trying to escape his mission as a prophet, he was swallowed by a big fish and lived in its belly for three days.
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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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Kfir
כְּפִיר
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Margalit
מַרְגָּלִית
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Nahshon (Nachshon)
נַחְשׁוֹן
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"Nahshon" is the name of a captain of the tribe of Judah. According to the Jewish tradition, he was the first man who entered the Red Sea during the Exodus. Therefore, "Nahshon" is used as an appellation of a brave person who goes first in spite of any danger.
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Ofer (Opher)
עֹפֶר (עופר)
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Ofri (Ophri)
עָפְרִי (עופרי)
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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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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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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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Reem (Re'em)
רְאֵם
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Salit (Sal'it)
סַלְעִית
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Shahaf (Shachaf)
שַׁחַף
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Shunit
שׁוּנִית
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Tsedef (Zedef)
צֶדֶף
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Tzufit (Tsufit, Tsoofit)
צוּפִית
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Vardit
וַרְדִּית
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Yeela (Ye'ela)
יְעֵלָה
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Zeeb (Zeev, Ze'ev)
זְאֵב
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Zeeb is the name of one of two princes of Midian in the time of Gideon, judge of Israel.
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Zeeva (Ze'eva)
זְאֵבָה
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Zipporah (Tsipora)
צִפּוֹרָה (ציפורה)
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Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel, was Moses’ wife.
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Zvi (Tsvi)
צְבִי
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Zviya (Tsviya)
צְבִיָּה
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