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View Name: Nili


NILI
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Hebrew
OTHER SCRIPTS: נִילִי (Hebrew)
Meaning & History
Acronym of the phrase נצך ישׂראל לה ישׁקר (Netzakh Yisrael Loh Yishaker) meaning "the strength of Israel will not lie". This phrase appears in the Old Testament in Samuel 15:29. It was used as the name of a Jewish spy network in Palestine during World War I.


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