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Re: New to the area
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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:22:12 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Josiah Nicely writes:
> > 
> > Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
> > news:FxHpxA.Jz8@lugnet.com...
> > > 
> > > With a name like Josiah, I'd be disappointed if you didn't have one.  Heh.
> > 
> > Actually the name is Hebrew if you can believe that. Straight out of the Old
> > Testament. Ask Shiri.
> 
> LOL - he's right. So says the official lugnet authority to Hebrew. ;-)
> 
> In fact, there are a lot of names that are rooted from the old testament, and
> thus from Hebrew. Names like Jonathan, Benjamin, Michael, Joel, and many many
> more have actual meanings in Hebrew.
> (Names in Hebrew almost always have meanings...)
Yeah, but with mine, I sometimes wish they didn't ;-)

-L



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(...) LOL - yeah. In Israel, you certainly won't find many Leah's or Sarah's, or barely any other biblical names - they have been drifting out of the "fashion" for the past generation. Most names now are short and catchy, with a meaning but the kind (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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