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Help[Facts] European Jewish girl's name Chule
Has anyone any idea what this very rare, puzzling, and ostensibly inexplicable pre-Holocaust name means or to what better known name it might be related? This is definitely the correct transliteration/spelling, by the way.
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Chule prononced shoo-luh, or khoo-luh?
First one is definitely Shulamis (search).
First one is definitely Shulamis (search).
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Never heard of that name. So I asked my Old Testament Hebrew dictionary.
CHOL ist the Hebrew word for "sand", but that doesn't seem to make much sense.
There is a verb CHUL that means "to dance" (Judges 21.21).
There is another verb CHIL (the vowels I and U are often interchangeable), meaning "to be strong, succeed."
There is a Yiddish verb CHULJEN, "to romp."
CHOL ist the Hebrew word for "sand", but that doesn't seem to make much sense.
There is a verb CHUL that means "to dance" (Judges 21.21).
There is another verb CHIL (the vowels I and U are often interchangeable), meaning "to be strong, succeed."
There is a Yiddish verb CHULJEN, "to romp."
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Thanks for going to that trouble, Andy. It's something to consider.
Since posting the message I have wondered whether there is a link to the name Shulamith.
Since posting the message I have wondered whether there is a link to the name Shulamith.
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No way - unless it's a nickname that makes sense in the language of the country she came from (do you know where?) or Yiddish, because I have no idea what the rules of Yiddish are.
The only other things I can think of if it is actually Hebrew:
The word Choleh means sick. I wouldn't think that would be a name, but there actually is another name - Mahlah - that comes from the same root form.
The word Chal means to occur, to take place. (But I doubt it.)
HaChula is a valley in the north of Israel.
The only other things I can think of if it is actually Hebrew:
The word Choleh means sick. I wouldn't think that would be a name, but there actually is another name - Mahlah - that comes from the same root form.
The word Chal means to occur, to take place. (But I doubt it.)
HaChula is a valley in the north of Israel.
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