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Malachite is a beautiful green stone. Malachi, or Malaki, would be a name with a double meaningIn Arab countries, Malak is also a girl's name (unisex). It is possible to add the I or y on the end, adding a meaning of 'royal', but mostly Malak is similar in meaning to Hebrew, "angel", "messenger".
Easton's Bible Dictionary observes that, since Malachi is a Hebrew word which means my messenger, that the Old Testament book bearing the name of Malachi is now thought by some commentators to be merely the title of the person bringing the message - rather than a specific name for a specific individual. Other commentators, however, believe that the name of Malachi was also the name of a specific prophet whose prophecies came to be well known about B.C. 420, after the second return of Nehemiah from Persia. The Greek for Malachi is as follows:
ΜαλαχίαςPhonetically, the Greek for Malachi is as follows:
MalachíasThe Greek for My Messenger is as follows:
αγγελιοφόρος μουPhonetically, the Greek for My Messenger is as follows:
Angeliofóros mou
No, it means "my angel".

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