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| Baal |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “master.” In the Bible (l Chronicles 5:5), a
member of the tribe of Reuben. |
| Bani |
From
the Aramaic, meaning “son” or “build.” In the Bible (Ezra
10:29), an ancestor of a family of Babylonian Exile returnees. |
| Bar |
From
the Aramaic, meaning "son," "grain,"
"pure," or "natural" |
| Baruch |
From
the Hebrew meaning "blessed" |
| Bar Yochai |
A
patronymic form of Yochai |
| Ben |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son.” In the Bible, (l Chronicles 15:18),
the name of a Levite. Used occasionally as an independent name, but
most often as the pet form of names whose first syllable is “ben.” |
| Ben Ami |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son of my people.” In the Bible (Genesis
19:38), the son of one of Lot’s daughters. |
| Ben Baruch |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son of Baruch.” |
| Ben Chanan |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son of grace, gracious.” In the Bible (l
Chronocles 4:20), a member of the tribe of Judah. Ben Hanan is a
variant spelling. |
| Ben Ezra |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son of salvation.” (l Chronicles 4:17) |
| Ben Tov |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “good son.” |
| Ben-Tziyon |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “excellence” or “son of Zion.” |
| Ben-Yishai |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son of Yishai.” |
| Ber |
A
Yiddish name from the German Baer, meaning “bear.” Also, from the
Anglo- Saxon, meaning “boundary.” |
| Beryl |
From
the Greek, meaning “a sea green precious stone.” Also considered an
acronym for Ben Rabbi Yehuda Leib, “meaning the son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib. |
| Betzalel |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “shadow of God,” signifying God’s protection.
In the Bible (Exodus 31:2), the builder of the Tabernacle. |
| Binyamin |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “son of my right hand,” having the connotation of
strength. In the Bible (Genesis 35:18), the youngest of Jacob’s
twelve sons. |
| Binyamin-Ze’ev |
A
hybrid of Binyamin and Ze’ev (Zev). |
| Bivi |
A
variant form of Bivai. In the Talmud (Sanhedrin 66b), a fifth
century Babylonian scholar, the son of Abaye. |
| Boaz |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “strength” or “swiftness.” In the Bible
(Ruth 2:1) the second husband of Ruth. |
| Bunim |
From
the Yiddish, meaning “good.” |
C
| Chacham |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “wise man.” |
| Chadad |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “sharp.” In the Bible (Genesis 25:15), the
sixth son of Ishmael, and a grandson of Abraham. |
| Chagai |
From
the Aramaic and Hebrew, meaning “my feast, festive.” In the Bible
(Haggai 1:1), one of the twelve minor prophets. |
| Chagi |
A
variant form of Chagai. In the Bible (Genesis 46:16), a son of Gad
and grandson of Jacob. |
| Hana |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “compassionate” or “gracious.” In the
Talmud (Shabbat 97a), a fourth century Babylonian scholar. |
| Chanan |
A
variant form of Chanina. In the Bible (l Chronicles 8:23), a leader
of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| Chananel |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God is compassionate.” In the Bible (Jermiah
31:37), reference is made to the “tower of Chananel.” |
| Chananya |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “the compassion of God.” In the Bible (Jermiah
28:1), a prophet during the reign of Zedekia, king of Judah. |
| Chanoch |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “educated” or “dedicated.” In the Bible
(Genesis 5:18), the father of Metushelach. |
| Chatzkel |
A
Yiddish form of Yechezkel |
| Cheifer |
From
the Hebrew, and Aramaic meaning “to dig.” In the Bible (Numbers
26:33), the father of Zalophehad, who had five daughters and no sons. |
| Chen |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “charm, grace.” In the Bible (Zechariah
6:14), a Babylonian Exile returnee. |
| Chizkiyahu |
a
variant form of Chizkia. |
| Choni |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “gracious.” In the Talmud (Taanit 23a), a
miracle performing Rip Van Winkle type saintly character who slept for
seventy years. |
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