Ancient Hebrew Submitted Names
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ALUEmAncient HebrewAlue is the Hebrew for Adored and has been given usually to the fairest male in the family origins for this name predate the bible and has been carried by word of mouth as a pet name.
AMMANmAncient HebrewThe given name of the second son of Lot, (The Veil), by his younger daughter meaning "Son of my Race" or "Son of my People. The father of the Ammanites, (AKA Ammonites). ...
[more] ARIYAHfAncient HebrewAriyah means lioness of Yah (God). It is a Feminine form of the masculine biblical Hebrew name Arieh, Aryeh or Ariyeh, which means the lion of Yah (God). Simply put is is derived from two ancient Hebrew words together, Ari (lion), Yah (God)...
[more] BELAm & fAncient HebrewMentioned as another name for Zoar, (Zohar/Light), in Genesis 14:2.
ELISAVm & fAncient HebrewVery old and rare Hebrew form of ELIZABETH. ELISHEVA is a more modern form of the same name and usually used for females.
GERARm & fAncient HebrewAlso Gerara, (LXX). Name of the land in which Abimelech dwelt. Genesis 20:2.
HARIMmAncient HebrewMeaning "with pierced nose." May also mean "destroyed" or "dedicated to God" depending on your source.
JASIELm & fBiblical Hebrew, Ancient HebrewA biblical name meaning "whom God made" (asah to make or do + 'el God). Jaasiel was a warrior mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:47 among the "valiant men of the armies" (1 Chronicles 11:26) under David. Also said to be a "hero of David" (Brown-Driver-Briggs)...
[more] JERAHMEELmAncient HebrewMeaning "God has mercy," "He will obtain mercy of God," "God pities," or "May God have compassion" depending on the source.
MAACAHm & fBiblical Hebrew, Ancient HebrewMeans "bruised, crushed" in Hebrew, from the verb
מָעַך (
māʿaḵ or
ma'ach,
ma'akh) "to press, to squeeze". This name was borne by both men and women in the Bible: one male example is Maacah, the fourth son of
Nahor and his concubine
Reumah (Genesis 22:24); a female example is Queen Maacah, one of the wives of King David and mother of
Avshalom and
Tamar (1 Chronicles 3:3).
MAMREmAncient HebrewThe name of an Amorite ally of Abraham, owner of some famous great trees at or near Hebron.
SALAMPSIOfAncient Hebrew (Hellenized)Hellenized form of the Hebrew name
Shalom-zion "peace of
Zion". The name "Shalom Zion" was used by the Judean royal family in the Roman period and is variously modified in rabbinical literature...
[more] SHELUMIELmAncient Hebrew, Hebrew (Archaic)Numbers 1:6 mentions that Shelumiel is the son of Zurishaddai the Simeonite. It means "Peace of God" in Hebrew, derived from Hebrew word, שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace, welfare, wholeness" combined with the word אֵל (El), which means "God".