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| Yaakov |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “supplanted” or “held by the heel.” In
the Bible (Genesis 25:26), a son of Isaac and Rebekah and the twin brother
of Esau. |
| Yankel |
A
Yiddish form of Yaakov. |
| Yechezkel |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God will strengthen.” In the Bible (Ezekiel
1:3), one of the Prophets of the sixth century B.C.E. |
| Yechiel |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “May God live!” In the Bible (Ezra 8:9), one
of King David’s chief musicians. |
| Yechizkiya |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “May God strengthen!” In the Bible (Ezra
2:16), the head of a family of Babylonian Exile returnees. |
| Yechizkiyahu |
A
variant form of Yechizkiya. In the Bible (ll Chronicles
28:12), a member of the tribe of Ephraim. |
| Yehochanan |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God is gracious.” In the Bible (Ezra 10:6),
the High Priest in the time of Ezra. |
| Yehonatan |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God has given; gift of God.” In the Bible
(l Samuel 14:6), the son of King Saul and the very close friend of David. |
| Yehoshua |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God is salvation.” In the Bible (Exodus
16:9), the leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses. |
| Yehuda |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “praise.” In the Bible (Genesis 29:35), the
fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the founder of one the twelve tribes. |
| Yekutiel |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God will nourish.” In the Bible (l Chronicles
4:18), a descendant of Caleb. |
| Yerachmiel |
A
variant form of Yerachm’el. |
| Yerucham |
A
variant form of Yerocham. |
| Yesarel |
A
variant form of Yisrael. |
| Yeshaya |
A
variant form of Yeshayahu. |
| Yeshayahu |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God is salvation.” In the Bible (Isaiah
1:1), the great eigh-century Prophet in the kingdom of Judah who was born
in Jerusalem in 765 B.C.E. Isaiah in the Anglicized form. |
| Yeshua |
Yeshua
- From the Hebrew, meaning “salvation.” In the Bible (Nehemiah
8:7), another name for Joshua. |
| Yirmeya |
A
variant form of Yirmeyahu. In the Bible (l Chronicles 5:24), a
member of the tribe of Manasseh. |
| Yirmeyahu |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God will raise up.” In the Bible (Jermiah
1:1), the Prophet who along with Isaiah was a giant among the Prophets of
Israel. |
| Yisachar |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “there is reward.” In the Bible (Genesis
30:18), a son of Jacob. |
| Yisrael |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “prince of God” or “to contend, fight” or
“to rule.” In the Bible (Genesis 32:29), a son of Isaac whose
primary name is Yaakov. |
| Yitzchak |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “he will laugh.” In the Bible (Genesis
21:5), the son born to Abraham and Sara in their old age. |
| Yizrael |
A
variant form of Yizr’el. |
| Yochanan |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God is gracious.” In the Bible (ll Kings
25:23), the eldest son of Josiah, king of Judah. |
| Yoel |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God is willing” or “the Lord is God.”
In the Bible (Joel 1:1), one of the Minor Prophets. |
| Yona |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “dove.” In the Bible (Jpnah 1:1), one of the
Minor Prophets, noted for swallowed by a big fish and emerging unscathed. |
| Yonatan |
A
short and more commonly used form of Yehonatan. In the Talmud (Menachot
57b), a second-century Palestinian scholar. |
| Yoran |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “to sing.” |
| Yosef |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “God will add, increase.” In the Bible
(Genesis 30:24), one of the twelve sons of Jacob. |
| Yosei |
A
variant form of Yosi. Thirty-nine Palestinian and Babylonian
scholars are named Yosei, Yosei Hagalili (Moed Katan 28) being one of the
most prominent. |
Z
| Zalman, Zalmen,
Zalmon. |
Yiddish
short forms of Solomon. |
| Zecharya |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “memory” or “rememberance of the Lord.”
One of the twelve Minor Prophets. Also one of the kings of Israel,
the son of Jeroboam (ll Kings 14:29). |
| Zecharyahu |
A
variant form of Zecharya. In the Bible (ll Kings 15:8), a king of
Israel. |
| Ze’ev |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “wolf.” In the Bible (Genesis 49:27), when
Benjamin is blessed by his father, Jacob, he is compared to a wolf. |
| Zeide |
From
the Yiddish, meaning “grandfather” or “old man.” |
| Zimroni |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “my son, my melody.” |
| Zohar |
From
the Hebrew, meaning “light, brilliance.” |
| Zusa |
From
the Yiddish, meaning “sweet.” |
| Zushe |
A
variant form of Zusa. |
| Zusman, Zusmann |
Yiddish
forms of the German, meaning “sweet person” or “sweet man.” |
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