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Shmuel or Schmuel/ Shmeil is a Jewish variant of the name Samuel. It comes from שמואל in Hebrew, and is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible prophet; Books of Samuel, the book of the Tanach
Famous bearers include the American inventor Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), the Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–89) and the American author Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain. [6] The name Samuel is popular amongst Black Africans, as well as among African Americans who follow Christianity and Islam alike.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Jacob Shmuel Boteach [3] (born November 19, 1966), [4] known as Shmuley Boteach, is an American rabbi, author, and media host. He is the author of 31 books, including the best-seller Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy (1999) and Kosher Jesus (2012). [5] [6] [7] He hosted two seasons of the reality television series Shalom in the Home ...
As a consequence, its pronunciation was strongly influenced by the vernacular of individual Jewish communities. With the revival of Hebrew as a native language, and especially with the establishment of Israel, the pronunciation of the modern language rapidly coalesced. The two main accents of modern Hebrew are Oriental and Non-Oriental. [2]
Abuhatzeira (Hebrew pronunciation) or Abu Hasira (Arabic) is the surname of a family of rabbis. Notable members of the family include, chronologically: R. Shmuel, the patriarch of the family Yaakov Abuhatzeira (1806–1880), Moroccan rabbi, son of the patriarch of the family, R. Shmuel
The title comes from the Mishnah on Shabbat 12:3, which describes the prohibition against writing on Shabbat.The Mishnah teaches that if a Jew wishes to write a whole name like Shimon (שמעון) or Shmuel (שמואל), but writes only the first two letters of these names, shin (ש) and mem (מ), he still transgresses the prohibition—for shin and mem spell a shorter name, shem (שם) (which ...
Shmuel ha-Nagid was a famous Hebrew poet of the Middle Ages, as well as a patron of many other poets, and was well known for his homoerotic poetry. [15] [3] [16] Eban says that Shmuel ha-Nagid's influence in poetry, was in that he established a new style of Hebrew poetry by applying aspects of Arabic poetry to biblical Hebrew. [6]