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  2. Jessica (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) [1] is a female given name of Hebrew origin. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica , from the play The Merchant of Venice .

  3. Marah (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, Sinai was equated with one of the mountains at the south of the Sinai Peninsula leading to the identification of Marah as Ain Hawarah, a salty spring roughly 47 miles southeast from Suez. [7] Some scholars have proposed to identify Marah as Bir el-Mura, based on the fact that the Arabic name is a cognate of Hebrew one. [13]

  4. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Village name during the kingdoms of Israel, Judah until the Siege of Jerusalem (930 BC to 587 BC): Paleo-Hebrew: 饜饜饜饜饜饜 [1] [2] Pronunciation: Bayawt Lahawm Meaning: House of Bread Village name from 587 BC through the time of Christ: Aramaic: 讘讬转 诇讞诐 Pronunciation: Beit Lekhem Meaning: House of Bread Beth Shemesh: Village

  5. Marah - Wikipedia

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    Marah may refer to: Marah (plant) or manroot, a kind of wild cucumber; Marah (band), an American rock band; Marah (Bible), one of the locations which the Torah identifies as having been travelled through by the Israelites during the Exodus; Micha Marah, Belgian popular singer; Marah, a variant of the Irish name O'Meara; Marah, (Arabic) Joy or ...

  6. Mara (name) - Wikipedia

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    Mara can be either a surname or a (usually female) first name. Mara is Irish for ocean. Mary Magdalene by José de Ribera (1641). As a surname, it may be: Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Mária, Márkus (Hungarian form of Marcus or Mark) or Márton (Hungarian form of Martin), or from a short form of the old ecclesiastical name Marcel;

  7. Hebrew name - Wikipedia

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    A Hebrew name is a name of Hebrew origin. In a more narrow meaning, it is a name used by Jews only in a religious context and different from an individual's secular name for everyday use. Names with Hebrew origins, especially those from the Hebrew Bible , are commonly used by Jews and Christians .

  8. List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K - Wikipedia

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    See also References A Abagtha See also: Abagtha Abagtha (Hebrew 讗植讘址讙职转指讗) was a court official or eunuch of king Ahasuerus who was commanded along with 6 other officials to parade queen Vashti to go before the king. (Esther 1:10) Abda See also: Abda (biblical figure) The name Abda (Hebrew 注址讘职讚指旨讗) means servant, or perhaps is an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH. There are ...

  9. List of English words of Hebrew origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw ( 转 ‎) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.