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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 04:14:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
> The original name, I s'pose, is Mattityahu,
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 - gift of God.
Got it? Good.
<grin>
-Shiri
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| (...) 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)
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