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[Facts] Jezreel-pronounciation?
Pronunciation: jez-ree-el

Gender: Girl Name
Origin: Biblical
Name Meaning: God scatters, God sows. The name is borrowed from that of ancient biblical towns and the Valley of Jezreel, the scene of Gideon's decisive battle over the Midianites. (Judg. 6) How do you pronounce it? With an H or y or a j sound?Also is The jez part related to Jez-abel if so wouls jez-abel mean god's breath? or not?
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What language are you looking for? In English the traditional pronunciation is as given, JEZ-ree-el, with J as in Jane. To the best of my knowledge the Hebrew pronunciation would be something like yez-ray-el.
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