Yiddish word senses marked with topical category "Biblical characters"
Parent categories: Bible, Books, Christianity, Judaism, Literature, Mass media, Abrahamism, Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Media, Religion, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Communication, Human
Total 36 word senses
- אַבֿרהם (Proper name) Abraham (Biblical character)
- אַשכּנז (Proper name) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)
- אחשורוש (Proper name) Ahasuerus (biblical character)
- אליהו (Proper name) Elijah (an Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions)
- אליהו הנבֿיא (Proper name) the Prophet Elijah
- אסתּר (Proper name) Esther (Biblical character)
- בנימין (Proper name) Benjamin (the youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible)
- דוד (Proper name) David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king of ancient Israel.
- הבל (Proper name) Abel, the son of Adam.
- הגר (Proper name) Hagar
- המן (Proper name) Haman
- חנה (Proper name) Hannah (mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament)
- יהודה (Proper name) a male given name, equivalent to English Judah, Judas, or Jude; Judah (the fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez)
- יהושע (Proper name) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure); Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)
- יונתן (Proper name) Jonathan (a son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel)
- יוסף (Proper name) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
- יעקבֿ (Proper name) Jacob (Biblical character)
- יצחק (Proper name) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)
- כּנען (Proper name) Canaan (biblical character)
- כּנען (Proper name) Canaan (ancient region in the Levant)
- לאה (Proper name) Leah
- לבֿן (Proper name) Laban (biblical character)
- מרדכי (Proper name) Mordecai (biblical character)
- מרדכי (Proper name) a male given name: Mordecai, Mordechai
- משה (Proper name) Moses
- נתן (Proper name) Nathan (an Old Testament prophet who advised King David)
- עשׂו (Proper name) Esau (Biblical character)
- קורח (Proper name) Korah
- קין (Proper name) Cain (the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel)
- רבֿקה (Proper name) Rebecca (Biblical character)
- רבֿקה (Proper name) a female given name: Rebecca
- רות (Proper name) Ruth (the resident of Moab around whom the text centers)
- רחל (Proper name) Rachel
- שׂרה (Proper name) Sarah (Biblical character)
- שלמה (Proper name) Solomon (biblical character)
- שמואל (Proper name) Samuel
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