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Re: Another update (was: Lion's Cove Update)
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:02:06 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
> > >
> > > By the way, in reference to your reply to my last message, yes, my Hebrew is
> > > a little rusty, but also I wasn't sure if you male or female so I figured it
> > > would be better to use the masculine form.
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> > Sure, no prob - people get mixed up all the time. Maybe I should call myself
> > Sherry or Cherry or something ;-)
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> Really? Out of curiosity, I checked the NameDB(1), and this is what it lists:
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> Name Origin Sex Meaning Variations
> Shiri Hebrew Female My song Shira, Shirah, Shirit
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> I never even considered it could be a male name. Can it be? It doesn't list
> that there...
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> Jeff
The "i" on the end makes it possessive - as in "ani" which is I, or "sheli"
which is mine. Many names end in "i" and are masculine, such as Eli (which is
pronounced like Ellie in English)- Eli means "my God" and is a masculine name.
I didn't recognize the root word of her name, but I did know that it was
possessive. Like I said, my Hebrew is a bit rusty, I haven't been in Israel
since the war, and it's usually safer to use the masculine if you're not sure.
Yala Bye,
Bill
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| (...) Really? Out of curiosity, I checked the NameDB(1), and this is what it lists: Name Origin Sex Meaning Variations Shiri Hebrew Female My song Shira, Shirah, Shirit I never even considered it could be a male name. Can it be? It doesn't list that (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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