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Aluf
אַלּוּף
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Ami
עַמִּי
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Amichai (Amikhai, Amihai)
עַמִּיחַי
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Amiram
עַמִּירָם
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Balfur (Balfour)
בַּלְפוּר
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Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) was a British statesman and the Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905. On November 2nd, 1917 he signed the "Balfour Declaration", according to which the British government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.
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Dror
דְּרוֹר
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Drora (Derora)
דְּרוֹרָה
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Drorit (Derorit)
דְּרוֹרִית
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Emuna (Emunah)
אֱמוּנָה
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Geula (Ge'ula)
גְּאוּלָה
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Hemda (Chemda)
חֶמְדָּה
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Herut (Cherut)
חֵרוּת
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Herzl (Hertsel)
הֶרְצְל
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Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) is considered to be the founder of Zionism as a national movement.
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Ibri (Ivri)
עִבְרִי
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Ibri is the name of one of Levi's offspring.
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Igal (Yigal, Yig'al)
יִגְאָל
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Igal is the name of one of the spies Moses sent to search Canaan. This is also the name of one of King David's heros.
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Israel (Yisrael, Yisra'el)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
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"Israel" is the name given to Jacob after he wrestled with God's angel; it is also the name of the Biblical kingdom of Israel, the land of Israel, the people of Israel and the modern state of Israel.
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Israela (Yisraela, Isra'ela, Isreela)
יִשְׂרְאֵלָה
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Ivriya
עִבְרִיָּה
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Nehama (Nechama)
נֶחָמָה
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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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Oz
עֹז (עוז)
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Tchiya (Tehiyya)
תְּחִיָּה (תחייה)
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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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Tsabar
צַבָּר
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Tzofiya (Tsofiya)
צוֹפִיָּה (צופייה)
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Zion (Tsiyon)
צִיּוֹן
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"Zion" 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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