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Re: New to the area
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:10:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Miller writes:
> Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > thus from Hebrew. Names like Jonathan, Benjamin, Michael, Joel, and many
> > many more have actual meanings in Hebrew.
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> And Matthew, of course. ("Gift of God"!)
True, true. :-)
Admittingly, there are many names that don't seem Hebrish (1) at first (at
least not to me) because of the many changes they've had along the way.
The original name, I s'pose, is Mattityahu, as in the Hanukka story; but names
get shortened and saying that long name quickly yields in "Matt-you", which
strikingly resembles Matthew...
Hmm. Food for thought.
(1) like gibberish ;-)
-Shiri
-- shiri will be out of the "office" RSN - please forgive delays in replies
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| (...) Uh, forgot to say, the "Matat" part means gift in Hebrew, and the "yahu" consists of the three letters that make God's name in the old testament. (Yes, the name is made of four letters, but the "hey" (equivalent to "H") appears twice.) Thus - (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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