 | | Re: New to the area —Shiri Dori
| | | | (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Shiri Dori
| | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Matthew Miller
| | | | | (...) :) very interesting. thanks! (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Matthew Miller
| | | | | (...) From M-W: French Mathieu, from Late Latin Matthaeus, from Greek Matthaios, from Hebrew MattithyAh (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Shiri Dori
| | | | | (...) Glad you found it interesting. :-) (...) Yeah... it were the Greeks who were ruling in Israel during the Hanukka story, when the "famous" Mattityahu (or MattithyAh - however you wanna look at it :-) was alive. So I guess that's how the name (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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