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Help[Facts] Hebrew acronym names
I've read that the Hebrew girls' name Maya is used in Israel as an acronym for the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and that Nili is an acronym for a Biblical verse from I Samuel 15:29, meaning "The Eternal One of Israel will not lie" in Hebrew. I'm intrigued - are there any more Hebrew names like this i.e. acronyms that carry a religious or patriotic meaning? I would be very grateful if someone could provide more examples.
Edit: I checked the archives and found another one - Shilat.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/3155115
Are there any more examples?
Edit: I checked the archives and found another one - Shilat.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/3155115
Are there any more examples?
This message was edited 7/28/2012, 6:58 AM
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Yes. The name Lehava comes from LiMniat Hitbolelut B'eretz HaKodesh (For the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land). Although it does have a double meaning of ‘flame.’ I realise I’m more than a decade late but hope this helps!
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יהלי
יה-לי
God is mine
יה-לי
God is mine
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Yishay/Ishai
Someone left a comment for the name Jesse. It says that the name Jesse might come from Yishay or Ishai which "is commonly explained as being the initials of the phrase "Gather together tribes of Israel" (in Hebrew: "Yachad Shivtey Israel")".
http://www.behindthename.com/name/jesse/comments (it is the first comment dated 4/2/2005).
Someone left a comment for the name Jesse. It says that the name Jesse might come from Yishay or Ishai which "is commonly explained as being the initials of the phrase "Gather together tribes of Israel" (in Hebrew: "Yachad Shivtey Israel")".
http://www.behindthename.com/name/jesse/comments (it is the first comment dated 4/2/2005).
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One more comment -- sorry I couldn't figure out how to edit the previous -- but Yishay reminds me of Yeshayahu, which is the Hebrew form of Isaiah.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/yesha02yahu
http://www.behindthename.com/name/yesha02yahu
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Interesting! I don't know about any names like this, but that is where the letters of the Hanukkah dreidel come from.
The letters are Nun, Gimel, Hay, Shin; and they stand for "Ness Gadol Hayah Sham", which means "A great miracle happened there." So it's designed to remind players of the miracle of Hanukkah.
The letters are Nun, Gimel, Hay, Shin; and they stand for "Ness Gadol Hayah Sham", which means "A great miracle happened there." So it's designed to remind players of the miracle of Hanukkah.
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Thank you both
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