What is your Hebrew name?

[Radagast]

Yeah I saw that, that does seem a bit strange. How many of those names under Alison on that website are actually in The Bible though? I know that Sarah and Israel are, i'm not sure about the others though.

Most of them look like popular names from modern Hebrew. Many of them have no meaning related to "Alison."

"Malkah" is in the Bible, not as a name, but as the word meaning "queen" (which is not quite the same thing as "noble" -- you call a baby "Alis," meaning "noble," or "Callista," meaning "beautiful," as a description of how the baby looks, while "Queen" is more of a hope for the future).

And some of the other options are just wildly wrong.

 

[Dave-W]

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[Dave-W]

Funnily enough, my name, Alexander, is the other side of the coin, namely Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος. It means 'Defender of the people', I believe.

Interestingly, Your name IS considered a Hebrew name.

Alexander the Great did NOT conquer Judea (during his lifetime) and in exchange the Jewish leaders added Alexander as a proper Jewish name.

 

[Dave-W]

"Malkah" is in the Bible, not as a name, but as the word meaning "queen"

It is the feminine of Melech - King.

And it IS a proper Hebrew name.

 

[Alison Peebles]

Most of them look like popular names from modern Hebrew. Many of them have no meaning related to "Alison."

"Malkah" is in the Bible, not as a name, but as the word meaning "queen" (which is not quite the same thing as "noble").

And some of the other options are just wildly wrong.

Ahhh I see, so i'm guessing that Sarah is the only name in The Bible that was on the My Hebrew Name site that has the same meaning as Alison. Going by what you told me, I would say that you are right because even though Israel is in The Bible, Israela (Yisraela) isn't only not in The Bible but it doesn't have the same meaning as Alison. You've been a great help so thank you , God bless you

 

[Brotherly Spirit]

Don't know about Hebrew. But Charlie means man or free man, according to Name Charlie - Meaning, origin etc. - Both, Boy Names, Girl Names - Baby Name Charlie and https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-charlie-462665.htm says it means only free. Another site Charlie: Meaning Of Name Charlie says it means free man. So it seems safe to say my name is associated with man and free, which is great and gives me more appreciation for it.

 

[Dave-W]

Alison - if your English name does not have a direct Hebrew equivalent, (like mine as David) you have to be given a Hebrew name to actually have one.

For Jews, that is done at either the Brit Milah (circumcision) or dedication. The Hebrew name is often not even remotely similar to the English name.

 

[Camila Smith]

PLease stop asking me these questions! i have had enough!

 

[Camila Smith]

hummus

 

[Alison Peebles]

Not sure what site y'all are using to find it. But using My Hebrew Name, I'm getting a list of names for Charlie (male). First on the list is Chizki, but לחזוק – to be strong; to become stronger, to strengthen (archaic) – Hebrew conjugation tables says it's means strong for a woman while it's Chazak for a man.

I'm not quite sure what "Sarai" means. It must mean something different, or the name change would be pointless.

When I run "Alison" through that website, it gives me 6 completely different names, of which "Sara" is actually one. I would definitely question the website's reliability.

Alison - if your English name does not have a direct Hebrew equivalent, (like mine as David) you have to be given a Hebrew name to actually have one.

For Jews, that is done at either the Brit Milah (circumcision) or dedication. The Hebrew name is often not even remotely similar to the English name.

Alison - if your English name does not have a direct Hebrew equivalent, (like mine as David) you have to be given a Hebrew name to actually have one.

For Jews, that is done at either the Brit Milah (circumcision) or dedication. The Hebrew name is often not even remotely similar to the English name.

I may be wrong but I think what Radagast told me may be right because Sara is in The Bible and has the same meaning as my English name Alison. So I think he/she maybe right.

PLease stop asking me these questions! i have had enough!

Who are you? and no one said you had to answer the question. I didn't force you to.

 

[Dave-W]

I may be wrong but I think what Radagast told me may be right because Sara is in The Bible and has the same meaning as my English name Alison. So I think he/she maybe right.

Except no one would recognize it as YOUR Hebrew name.

 

[brinny]

That is not a Hebrew name.
It is your English name spelled in Hebrew letters. That does not count.

LOL! Well, by golly it isn't, is it?

Although i did qualify that in my response, didn't i Dave?

But hey, i guess you told ME, eh?

i was having a bit o' fun.

Did it bother you, Dave?

 

[brinny]

Except no one would recognize it as YOUR Hebrew name.

Why so serious, Dave?

 

[brinny]

@Dave-W see post #6, Dave. I never said that my name is "Hebrew". I specified where it originated.

Yes, that is how my name is "spelled", in Hebrew.

That is what i said in post #6.

Isn't it?

Sheeeeesh! Lighten up, my brutha'

 

[Dave-W]

Why so serious, Dave?

I am messianic. Hebrew names (and those who misappropriate them) can be very troublesome in our movement.

 

[brinny]

I am messianic. Hebrew names (and those who misappropriate them) can be very troublesome in our movement.

What have i posted that "misappropriates" any Hebrew name, Dave?

Please, share.

I'm all ears.

(and read post #32 and post #34 and please, respond)

Thank you kindly, Dave.

 

[JRSinCT]

Mine is an easy one... Jesse... was King David's father's name... pronounced Yishay...

 

[Dave-W]

What have i posted that "misappropriates" any Hebrew name, Dave?

I am actually re-thinking my own post #2. I may be misappropriating it as well since that name was NOT given to me in a formal Jewish ceremony.

Claiming a Hebrew name is seen in Judaism as claiming a Jewish identity.

 

[Radagast]

It is the feminine of Melech - King.

And it IS a proper Hebrew name.

I stand by what I said. It's a word meaning "Queen," used to refer to e.g. the Queen of Sheba and to Esther. It is not used in the Bible as a name, although it is used as a name among modern Jews.

 

[Alison Peebles]

Except no one would recognize it as YOUR Hebrew name.

So how am I given a Hebrew name, may I ask? Because if Sarah isn't my Hebrew name then how do I get one? Surely if the name Sarah is biblical and has the same meaning as my English name Alison, what are the chances of it not being my Hebrew name? and what harm would using Sarah as my Hebrew name do?