Bible Name

Biblical Name	Meaning or History	Gender
Benammi (Ben-Ammi, Ben-Ami) בֶּן-עַמִּי	Member of my people.
Ibri (Ivri) עִבְרִי	An offspring of Eber, Shem's grandson; Jewish, Israelite.
Israel (Yisrael, Yisra'el) יִשְׂרָאֵל	According to the Biblical explanation, the first part of the name "Israel" is derived of the verb לִשְׂרות (lisrot, "wrestle"); the second half of the name is אֵל (El, "God"). This name was given to Jacob because he wrestled with God's angel.
Tikvah (Tikva) תִּקְוָה (תקווה)	A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name), which means: hope. "Hatikvah" ("The Hope") is Israel's national anthem.
Yigal (Igal, Yig'al) יִגְאָל	In modern Hebrew, the name "יגאָל" sounds just like the verb "יגאַל" (the future tense masculine singular form of the verb לגאול [lig'ol]), which means: (he) will liberate.

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