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Ahinoam (Hebrew: אֲחִינֹעַם ʾăḥīnōʿam) is a Hebrew name literally meaning brother of pleasantness, or my brother is pleasant, thus meaning pleasant.. There are two references in the Bible to people; who bear that name;
יִשָּׂשכָר. Issachar ( Hebrew: יִשָּׂשכָר, Modern: Yīssaḵar, Tiberian: Yīśśāḵār, "There is reward") [2] [3] [4] was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar. However, some Biblical scholars view this as an ...
In the Bible, the twelve tribes of Israel are sons of a man called Jacob or Israel, as Edom or Esau is the brother of Jacob, and Ishmael and Isaac are the sons of Abraham. Elam and Ashur, names of two ancient nations, are sons of a man called Shem. Sidon, a Phoenician town, is the first-born of Canaan; the lands of Egypt and Abyssinia are the ...
Shemot (parashah) Shemot, Shemoth, or Shemos ( שְׁמוֹת — Hebrew for 'names', the second word, and first distinctive word, of the parashah) is the thirteenth weekly Torah portion ( פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 1:1–6:1.
Firstborn (Judaism) The firstborn or firstborn son (Hebrew בְּכוֹר bəḵōr) is an important concept in Judaism. The role of firstborn son carries significance in the redemption of the first-born son, in the allocation of a double portion of the inheritance, and in the prophetic application of "firstborn" to the nation of Israel.
Naomi (Classically / ˈ n eɪ. oʊ m aɪ, n eɪ ˈ oʊ m aɪ /, colloquially / n eɪ ˈ oʊ m i, ˈ n eɪ. oʊ m i /; Hebrew: נָעֳמִי, Modern: Noʻomī, Tiberian: Nā‘omī) is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Ruth. The etymology of her name is not certain, but it is possible that it means "good, pleasant, lovely ...
Pleasant smelling fruits בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, אֱלֹהֵינוּּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הַנוֹתֵן רֵיחַ טוֹב בַּפֵּרוֹת. Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam, ha'noten re'ah tov ba'peirot: Blessed are You, L ORD our God, King of the universe, Who gives pleasant smells to fruit.
Ahitub ( Hebrew: אֲחִיטוּב ʾĂḥīṭūḇ, "my brother is goodness" or "brother of goodness") was a High Priest of Israel cited in the Bible. He was the son of Phinehas, grandson of Eli, and brother of Ichabod . On the death of his grandfather Eli he most likely succeeded to the office of High Priest of Israel, and would have been ...