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| Numerical Value | 7/5/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: What exactly does the numerical value of a name mean? What is the purpose of it. Also, can you give ...
A: Mary Ann - The ancient Israelites didn't have a numbering system. Instead, the used the alphabet by ...
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| biblical hebrew | 7/3/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Shalom I seem to be having trouble understanding the concept of "dative", "datival" etc. in my ...
A: Michael, I am far from being a grammar expert, but I think I can answer yourThe subject of the ...
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| help for translation of eng to hebrew | 6/29/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: .i need some help on some translation of the words to Hebrew..hope u could help mi..these are the ...
A: my life = חיי my family = משפחתי my loved one ...
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| the suffix iah--what does it mean? | 6/29/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I want to know what the iah in Jeremiah, Isaiah means. ANSWER: Thadra, The ancient people of the ...
A: I've never come across that name. In Biblical times, Shekel was a unit of weight (approximately 1 ...
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| Yiddish expression | 6/28/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I've just learned that there are Yiddish terms for the parents and family of an in-law (in my case ...
A: The first thing to remember is that Yiddish, just like Hebrew, is a phonetic language. Vowels are ...
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| the suffix iah--what does it mean? | 6/28/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I want to know what the iah in Jeremiah, Isaiah means.
A: Thadra, The ancient people of the Middle East liked to incorporate the names of their deities into ...
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| Hebrew translation?? | 6/28/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Can you please provide me with the hebrew translation for Philippians 4:13 (just the title not the ...
A: Amy, Phil. 4:13 says "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." In Hebrew it is ...
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| translation to hebrew | 6/27/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Can you please translate to Hebrew, and write in hebrew this sentence? DIFFERENCE IS THAT ...
A: שוני הוא הדבר ...
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| The actual meaning of El | 6/25/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I am recently studying the name of God and my research found out that it is YHWH, however there were ...
A: Rudi, The Canaanites and the Israelites both spoke the same language, Hebrew. For both, El Elyon ...
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| Two plates in a synagogue | 6/23/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I need the translations of the following texts - though they're quite long, please translate them. ...
A: Renard - Here we go: נ' ב' לחברה ...
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| I would like to know how to translate my sons english name to hebrew | 6/23/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I would like to know how to say my sons english names in hebrew for his bris. His name is Tyler ...
A: Cheryl - If you are asking about a Hebrew name for your son, is there anyone in particular you want ...
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| gender of Hebrew letters | 6/22/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Please, I ran across a chart some time ago on the net, in which a Rabbi broke down the 22 characters ...
A: Travis, I am not familiar with the gender breakdown you are referring to. Technically, all ...
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| origin of the name janine | 6/17/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Is the name Janine Hebrew in origin? Does it mean "God is gracious"? How do you write both the name ...
A: Most 'JN' names - John, Jean, Joan, Joanne, Janine, etc. - are derivatives of the Hebrew male name ...
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| man | 6/10/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: My question is related to the book of GENESIS and the original Hebrew language? It is my ...
A: Vincent - Hebrew solves the problem by putting 'ben' (which means 'son of') in front of adam. Ben ...
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| hebrew translation | 6/8/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: hi would you be able to change my name shelley michell long to hebrew as i think hebrew is beautiful
A: Shelley - Shelley is a Hebrew name, too. It means "mine", as in "you are mine". It is spelled shin ...
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| Does spelling count? | 6/7/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I was planning on giving my son a ring with his name engraved in Hebrew. His name is Shaun. I read a ...
A: Karen, The other website gave you a translation to the Hebrew equivalent of Shaun, which is the ...
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| pronunciation of Hebrew phrases for "Godspell" | 6/7/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: What is the correct pronunciation of the following phrases? 1. Boruch Atoh Adonoy Elohaynu melech ...
A: Gary, Hebrew is a phonetic language, which simplifies the pronunciation of Hebrew words. The vowel ...
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| Translate part of a verse? | 6/6/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I am trying to translate *part* of a bible verse from English to Hebrew. Biblegateway.com provides ...
A: Mike, Well, the Hebrew translation is right there: ...
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| english to hebrew translation | 5/27/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: please translate or give the closest translation for this phrase: hate is hate regardless of the ...
A: Lauren, Sin'ah hee sin'ah, blee kesher la'korban o le'humrat ha'pesha. ...
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| need some help | 5/26/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I'm glad I found this site as I need some help to translate from english into hebrew, i'm swedish ...
A: Sophie - "Love your family as they love you, they are my angels" אהוב ...
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| half | 5/23/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: What is the Hebrew for "I spent half the day there", and also "Half of us are Jewish", please? ...
A: Simon - "I spent half the day there" is "Biliti sham khatzi yom", ...
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| Hebrew Name | 5/16/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: In her Ketubah, my mother's Hebrew name was spelled shin, vav, lamed, mem, yud, tav. She doe not ...
A: Rosalie - Your mother's name is Shulamit. She uses the Yiddish pronunciation, which pronounces the ...
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| Question | 5/16/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Sorry also meant to ask what godchild is in Hewbrew and can you give me the Hebrew spelling for it. ...
A: The concept of Godfather (sandak) exists in Judaism, but not in the way it is used in Western ...
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| soulmates bashert | 5/13/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Could you please translate these few lines for me its for a birthday card for my partner. Thank ...
A: Nichola - "Elohim shalach otcha elai, ahoovi hayakar. Ohavcha lanetzach" ...
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| Hebrew Translation of a Phrase? | 4/28/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: My Aunt has just lost her mother and I will be going to visit her. I am an artist and would like ...
A: Here it is: "Ha'em notenet l'yladeiha wni dvarim: shorashim ve'knafayim". האם ...
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| Last name origin | 4/26/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I was wondering where my last name "Gonzales" came from because I was told that my last name is ...
A: The name Gonzales was indeed prominent among the Maranos, the Sephardic (Hispanic) Jews who were ...
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| surname schilliro | 4/16/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: My sicilian grandmothers surname is schilliro. this name is very uncommon. we have reason to belive ...
A: Andrea, I am not sure about the Schiller connection, but there might be some Jewish connection. ...
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| Is Thomas a Hebrew name, or is there an equivalent? | 4/16/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: My husband's mother is Jewish, and she named him Thomas. Is this a Hebrew name? Or is there a ...
A: April, 'Thomas' comes from the Aramaic Toma, which means 'Twin'. Hebrew and Aramaic are ...
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| love | 4/13/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: MY question is this...I know love in hebrew is ahava and spelled alef-heh-bet-heh. Yet how would you ...
A: Katie - Since the letter vav can be used both as a consonant('v') and as a vowel ('o' and 'u', it ...
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| The King of The Jews | 4/11/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: When Jesus was crucifies, their was a sign above him. What does "King of the jews" look like in ...
A: The phrase in Hebrew is "Yeshua haNotzri, Melech haYehudim" and it looks like this: ...
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| date- Gregorian into Hebrew | 4/11/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: it helped me decipher the headstone. Would you please translate into Hebrew and abbreviate the date: ...
A: Steve, Let's start with the lastIf your last name is Cohen, Levy or a derivative of those two (for ...
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| Hebrew for headstone | 4/8/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: My 92 year old neighbor, Elise Blumenthal died 10 years ago, and lies unidentified under a double ...
A: OK. First, Elise's Hebrew name is Aliza. She passed away 10 years ago, which was 5758 on the Jewish ...
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| Grammar | 4/3/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Gaddy, My question was not a homework question. I am a teacher in a congregational school. I am ...
A: Marla, A good resource is http://he.wiktionary.org, the dictionary section of the Hebrew Wikipedia. ...
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| last name origins | 3/28/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: is there a way i can find out how/where my last name originated? i know zandler is polish jewish, ...
A: Guy - Alexander the Great didn't free the Jews. To the contrary - he subjugated them. Until the ...
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| TRANSLATION ENGLISH TO HEBREW | 3/25/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Im writting because my husband i s israeli and im jewish but from the Us and dont speak hebrew. Me ...
A: Here it is: עשית אותי לאשה ...
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| How should I write my name? | 3/22/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I've been curious lately as to how I should write my name in Hebrew. I want to know how to write ...
A: Summer- The Hebrew for Summer is Kah-itz. It is not used as a name. Joy is Simkha, and it is a ...
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| Another English to Hebrew Name Question | 3/18/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Gaddy, Oddly enough, I have three names, and was wondering if what the Hebrew equivalent would be ...
A: 'Jenifer' has two equivalents in Hebrew: Behira (fair one) and Levana (white). Nicole could be ...
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| What is my hebrew name | 3/12/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: What is my hebrew name? My name is Hans Christian Larsen Qvist ANSWER: it is ...
A: האנס (5,1,50,60) ...
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| Hebrew translation | 3/9/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: I recently moved to Israel and am a seamstress. I need to find a dictionary that would encompass ...
A: When everything else fails I try www.answers.com, which for most English words keyed in will do two ...
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| haveh? hoveh? | 3/6/2008 | Gaddy Yaari |
Q: Many thanks for the recent help. I'm having a bit of difficulty recalling a song I used to know. ...
A: I am not sure about the song - could it be a prayer that you remember? the phrase I'm familiar with ...
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