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Hi !!!
Malachi comes from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי meaning 'my angel' (מלאך Malach has the same meaning of Angelos in A.Greek so messenger).
WDYTO this name?
How do you pronounce it?
My pronounciation is mal-AH-khee.
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Malachi comes from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי meaning 'my angel' (מלאך Malach has the same meaning of Angelos in A.Greek so messenger).
WDYTO this name?
How do you pronounce it?
My pronounciation is mal-AH-khee.
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
This message was edited 12/4/2018, 12:45 PM
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I was surprised too.
The ' could simply be spelled as Y in the final of a word (these happens also in Arabic or Russian for example).
I'm studying the Hebrew language and I found that is beautiful to see every name in its original form and comparing two different alphabets and the way to translate every letter.
The ' could simply be spelled as Y in the final of a word (these happens also in Arabic or Russian for example).
I'm studying the Hebrew language and I found that is beautiful to see every name in its original form and comparing two different alphabets and the way to translate every letter.
This message was edited 12/4/2018, 3:15 PM
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When I was in high school, in English class, we read "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder. Then we were broken up in groups and had to do some kind of project about it. My group chose to dramatize a scene. There is a character named Malachi in "The Matchmaker" who featured in the scene, and none of us had seen this name before, so we naturally didn't know how to pronounce it. Keep in mind this was before the internet, when it wasn't all that easy to look up something like that.
We said, "me-LATCH-ee." So we had a student teacher that semester who took herself way too seriously. She watched our little skit with a bitchy look on her face, and when it was over all she had to say, in a tone which made it clear that she thought us the worst kind of imbeciles, was that the name is pronounced "MAL-e-kie"
So whenever I hear the name all I can think of is that incident and so the name is somewhat comical to me.
Oh, so ever since then, I've pronounced it MAL-e-kie.
We said, "me-LATCH-ee." So we had a student teacher that semester who took herself way too seriously. She watched our little skit with a bitchy look on her face, and when it was over all she had to say, in a tone which made it clear that she thought us the worst kind of imbeciles, was that the name is pronounced "MAL-e-kie"
So whenever I hear the name all I can think of is that incident and so the name is somewhat comical to me.
Oh, so ever since then, I've pronounced it MAL-e-kie.
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I pronounce it Mal-a-ky. But that could easily be wrong.
I probably wouldn't use it, but some might, Old Testament names are used now and the (I think it's Old Testament)?
I probably wouldn't use it, but some might, Old Testament names are used now and the (I think it's Old Testament)?
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Yup, you got it right--Old Testament. :)
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I think of it as MAlakai, but an Irish friend says maLACKee.
The meaning is good, but mal + ache is like a bad pain. Also, too likely to signal membership of a religion not my own.
The meaning is good, but mal + ache is like a bad pain. Also, too likely to signal membership of a religion not my own.
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I say maLACKee too...
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I have met someone named Malachi, it's a nice, strong name.
I pronounce it mal-A-KYE.
I pronounce it mal-A-KYE.
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I never can warm to any name beginning Mal- because I strongly associate "mal" with "bad."
I pronounce it MAL-uh-kai, and I'm from the U.S.
I pronounce it MAL-uh-kai, and I'm from the U.S.
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