צור

he-proper noun

צוּר • (tsúr) m


לוי

לֵוִי • (leví) m

Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”). More at Levi.


עז

עֹז • (óz) m

Root
 ע־ז־ז (ʿ-z-z)
Compare Ugaritic 𐎓𐎇 (ʿz /ʿazzu/), Arabic عِزّ (ʕizz).


נחום

נַחוּם • (nakhúm) m

נַחוּם (canonical)
nakhúm (romanization)


סדן

סָדָן • (sadán)

From Middle Persian *sandān, whence Classical Persian سندان (sandān), Arabic سَنْدَان (sandān), Aramaic סדנא / ܣܕܢܐ (saddānā).


פלג

→ Ancient Greek: Φαλέγ (Phalég)

→ English: Peleg

→ Latin: Phaleg

he:פלג
he:פלג (דמות מקראית)


אסא

אָסָא • (ása) m


ירדן

יַרְדֵּן (canonical)
yardén (romanization)

Uncertain:
* Likely, from a Proto-Semitic root denoting “to descend”, “to go or come down”, “to stream down”, “to come down to water”, “a place descending to water”, “a watering place”; cognates found Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, “to go down or come upon water”), Hebrew יָרַד (yāráḏ, “to go down”), Aramaic ירד (yreḏ, “stream”), and Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, “fall down, go down, drain off, pour down”), and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, “to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream”).
* Dubiously, Ludwig Köhler has affirmed as a final interpretation a compound from Proto-Iranian *yáHr̥ (“year”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year”) (compare Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆 (yār^ə, “year”)) and Proto-Iranian *dānu (“river”) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu < Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu) (compare Ossetian дон (don, “river”), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”)), according to which the Jordan is the “year-river” because of its water level being consistent the whole year, backing this derivation by the theory that the name of the Orontes is of “certain” Iranian origin, although also found attested earlier. This is however unlikely, as the name “Yārdon” is found attested at the period of Ramesses II in the Papyrus Anastasi I, making the Semitic origin much more probable.


רצון

he-noun

רָצוֹן • (ratzón) m (plural indefinite רְצוֹנוֹת, singular construct רְצוֹן־)

רָצוֹן (canonical)
ratzón (romanization)
רְצוֹנוֹת (indefinite plural)
רְצוֹן־ (construct singular)
רָצוֹן (indefinite singular)
רְצוֹנִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רְצוֹנֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָרָצוֹן (definite singular)
רְצוֹנְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹנְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹן־ (construct singular)
רְצוֹנוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
רְצוֹנָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹת (indefinite plural)
רצונותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָרְצוֹנוֹת (definite plural)
רְצוֹנוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
רצונותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹנוֹת־ (construct plural)
רְצוֹנוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ר־צ־ה (r-ts-h)
From רָצָה (ratsá, “to want”) + ־ון (-on).


ברק

he-proper noun

בָּרָק • (barák) m

Root
 ב־ר־ק (b-r-q)
From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.


כוהן

כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)

כּוֹהֵן (canonical)
kohen (romanization)

desc

English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn

Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)

a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen


פרץ

פֶּרֶץ (canonical)
pérets (romanization)

Root
 פ־ר־ץ (p-r-ts)
From the same root as Etymology 1, in the קֶטֶל (qéṭel) pattern.

he-l

קֶטֶל (qéṭel)

he-pattern-link

קֶטֶל (qéṭel)


גולן

גּוֹלָן (canonical)
golán (romanization)


אובמה

he-proper noun

אוֹבָּמָה • (obáma)

אוֹבָּמָה (canonical)
obáma (romanization)

Obama, a surname
US President Barack Obama.


נתניהו

נְתַנְיָהוּ • (n'tanyáhu)

נְתַנְיָהוּ (canonical)
n'tanyáhu (romanization)

desc

نِتَنْيَاهُو

Arabic: نِتَنْيَاهُو (nitanyāhū)

Armenian: Նեթանյահու (Netʻanyahu)

Belarusian: Нетанья́ху (Njetanʹjáxu), Нэтанья́гу (Netanʹjáhu)

Bulgarian: Нетаня́ху (Netanjáhu)

Chinese:

Mandarin: 內塔尼亞胡 /内塔尼亚胡 (Nèitǎníyàhú)

English: Netanyahu

French: Netanyahou

Georgian: ნეთანიაჰუ (netaniahu)

German: Netanjahu

Greek: Νετανιάχου (Netaniáchou)

Ancient Greek: Νεθανιᾱ́ου (Nethaniā́ou)

Hindi: नेतन्याहू (netanyāhū)

Japanese: ネタニヤフ (Netaniyafu)

Korean: 네타냐후 (Netanyahu)

Latin: Nethaniāhū

Persian: نِتانْیاهو (netânyâhu)

Russian: Нетанья́ху (Nɛtanʹjáxu), Нетания́гу (Nɛtanijágu), Нетанья́гу (Nɛtanʹjágu)

Serbo-Croatian:

Latin script: Netanjahu, Netanyahu

Cyrillic script: Нетанјаху, Нетањаху

Cyrillic script: Нетанјаху, Нетањаху

Spanish: Netanyahu, Netañaju

Tajik: Нетанёҳу (Netanyohu)

Ukrainian: Нетанья́гу (Netanʹjáhu)

Urdu: نیتَن یاہُو (netan yāhū)

Theophoric, from נָתַן (natán) + ־יהו (-yáhu); literally "The LORD gave".


קצין

Root
 ק־צ־ה (q-ts-h)
Originally from a root meaning "to decide", compare Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”).


העם

he-proper noun

הָעָם • (haám)


איינשטיין

אַיְינְשְׁטַיְין

אַיְינְשְׁטַיְין • (aynshteyn)

אַיְינְשְׁטַיְין (canonical)
aynshteyn (romanization)

a surname, equivalent to English Einstein


אדלשטיין

אֵדֶלְשְטֵיין

אֵדֶלְשְטֵיין • (édelshteyn)

אֵדֶלְשְטֵיין (canonical)
édelshteyn (romanization)

a surname, equivalent to English Edelstein


גרוזובסקי

גְרוֹזוֹבְסְקִי

גְרוֹזוֹבְסְקִי • (grozóvski)

גְרוֹזוֹבְסְקִי (canonical)
grozóvski (romanization)


אוחיון

אוֹחָיוֹן • (okhayon)

אוֹחָיוֹן (canonical)
okhayon (romanization)


גולדברג

גּוֹלְדְּבֶּרְגְ

גּוֹלְדְּבֶּרְגְ • (Goldberg)

גּוֹלְדְּבֶּרְגְ (canonical)
Goldberg (romanization)


גבריהו

Theophoric, probably from גבר (gever, “strong one”) + ־י (-i, “me”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”), literally “Yahweh is my mighty one”.


אהרוני

אַהֲרוֹנִי (canonical)
aharoni (romanization)

English: Aharoni


נאור

he-proper noun

נָאוֹר • (na'ór) m

Root
 א־ו־ר (ʾ-w-r)
From the root א־ו־ר, mainly associated with אוֹר (or, “light”).


לאובר

לאובר • (láuber)


דורון

דּוֹרוֹן • (dorón) m or f

דּוֹרוֹן (canonical)
dorón (romanization)

[Mishnaic] From Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift; hand's width”) (see further there).


גאן

he-proper noun

גָּאן • (gan)


מימון

מַיְמוֹן • (maymón) m

מַיְמוֹן (canonical)
maymón (romanization)

From Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “auspicious, lucky”).

bor

a surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Maimonides


גוטפריד

he-proper noun

גּוֹטְפְרִיד

גּוֹטְפְרִיד • (gotfrid)

גּוֹטְפְרִיד (canonical)
gotfrid (romanization)


באך

בַּאך • (bakh)


בנאי

בַּנַּאי • (bana'i)

בַּנַּאי (canonical)
bana'i (romanization)

Professional noun from the verb בָּנָה (baná, “to build”).


גדות

גָּדוֹת • (gadót)

גָּדוֹת (canonical)
gadót (romanization)

a surname, transliterated as Gadot, (riverbanks) and equivalent to English Banks


אורון

he-noun

אוֹרוֹן • (orón) m

Coined by Academy of the Hebrew Language in 2009.


בנט

he-proper noun

בֶּנֶט • (benet)


ברמן

בֶּרמַן • (bérman) m

בֶּרמַן (canonical)
bérman (romanization)


פטרוסיאן

Borrowed from Armenian Պետրոսյան (Petrosyan).


פרומקין

head

פְרוּמְקִין • (frumkin)

פְרוּמְקִין (canonical)
frumkin (romanization)


שרפשטיין

a surname, Scharfstein or Sharfstein, from Yiddish.


אפשטיין

he-proper noun

אֶפְּשְׁטֵיין

אֶפְּשְׁטֵיין • (épshtein)

אֶפְּשְׁטֵיין (canonical)
épshtein (romanization)


גילברט

גִילְבֶּרְטְ

גִילְבֶּרְטְ • (gílbert)

גִילְבֶּרְטְ (canonical)
gílbert (romanization)


ארבייטמן

ארבייטמן • (arbeytmán)


יוחאי

יוֹחַאי • (yokhái) m

יוֹחַאי (canonical)
yokhái (romanization)


טרומפלדור

טרוּמְפֶּלְדּוֹר

טרוּמְפֶּלְדּוֹר • (transliteration needed)

טרוּמְפֶּלְדּוֹר (canonical)


חסון

חָסוֹן • (khasón)

חָסוֹן (canonical)
khasón (romanization)

Root
 ח־ס־ן (kh-s-n)
Compare Aramaic ܚܣܰܢ (“to be strong”) and Arabic خَشُنَ (ḵašuna, “to be coarse”).


קלי

קֶלִי • (qéli) m