Swedish-Jewish family with 11 kids
Found this in a magazine. Parents are called Avraham and Naomi.
The children:
Rachel
Gavriel
Ohr
Yinnon
Sara
Moria
Israel
Menachem
Channa
Adel
Benjamin
Ohr apparently means "light", Channa is a variant spelling of Channah and Moria is a variant spelling of Moriah, but I can't find anything about Yinnon.
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
The children:
Rachel
Gavriel
Ohr
Yinnon
Sara
Moria
Israel
Menachem
Channa
Adel
Benjamin
Ohr apparently means "light", Channa is a variant spelling of Channah and Moria is a variant spelling of Moriah, but I can't find anything about Yinnon.
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
This message was edited 10/7/2015, 1:39 PM
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Pretty standard for a religious Jewish family. I don't know whether the fact that I never would have guessed they were Swedish is a testament to my own ignorance of Jewish religious naming practice :)
I love Gavriel and Yinnon a lot, and Moria, Rachel (pronounced the Hebrew way) and Adel as well. I also have a soft spot for Ohr, even though it's pretty boring.
And now (because I am a facts-board person at heart):
Yinnon: It comes from the Hebrew word "nin", which used to mean descendant (in modern Hebrew it means great-grandson specifically). This is one of the four names for the messiah according to Chazal.
Ohr is a variant of Or.
I love Gavriel and Yinnon a lot, and Moria, Rachel (pronounced the Hebrew way) and Adel as well. I also have a soft spot for Ohr, even though it's pretty boring.
And now (because I am a facts-board person at heart):
Yinnon: It comes from the Hebrew word "nin", which used to mean descendant (in modern Hebrew it means great-grandson specifically). This is one of the four names for the messiah according to Chazal.
Ohr is a variant of Or.
Here's what I found about Yinnon:
The verb "yinnon" (perhaps meaning "shall continue") appears in the Bible in reference to the ideal king: "His name shall endure for ever, his name shall be continued as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him, all nations shall call him blessed" (Psalms 72, 17). Later on, "Yinnon" became one of the Messiah's epithets.
The verb "yinnon" (perhaps meaning "shall continue") appears in the Bible in reference to the ideal king: "His name shall endure for ever, his name shall be continued as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him, all nations shall call him blessed" (Psalms 72, 17). Later on, "Yinnon" became one of the Messiah's epithets.
That's really really interesting!!