Hidden biblical girl names

bigsis144

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:20 am

LovesHashem wrote:

I believe Efrat was a name for Miriam.

Yes, in Divrei Hayamim it says that after Calev’s first wife died, he took “Efrat” as a wife and they had Chur.

We know that Chur was Moshe and Aharon’s nephew, so Efrat must be Miriam

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bigsis144

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:22 am

Atara (עֲטָרָ֑ה) is another name from Divrei Hayamim, the wife of Yerachmeel, one of Yehuda’s descendants.

Avital, Avigayil and Chagit were all wives of David HaMelech (also Batsheva, Michal, Maacha, Achinoam and Eglah… some names get put in the regular circulation and some just don’t!)

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#BestBubby

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:29 am

Chulda (naviah)

Avigayil (David's wife)

Michal (David's Wife)

Rachav (Yehoshua wife)

Serach (bas Asher)

Re'umah ( wife of Nachor, Avrohom brother)

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bigsis144

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:29 am

finallyamommy wrote:

Batya. I think in the text she’s only referred to as bas Paro.

In Divrei Hayamim (I’m on a roll looking stuff up right now 😅), we get her name:

וְאֵ֗לֶּה בְּנֵי֙ בִּתְיָ֣ה בַת־פַּרְעֹ֔

(Divrei Hayamim I, 4:18)

ROFL

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:45 am

I don’t know where but Aderet is also a name from tanach

ThisMom

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:54 am

ROFL wrote:

I don’t know where but Aderet is also a name from tanach

I’m looking specifically for names of People that are based in tanach but not explicit, but has to be based on a person, not a thing/concept.

amother

Bottlebrush

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 11:58 am

In Divrei Hayamim, Miriam is called Efrat (beautiful name, in my opinion).

Other less commonly used biblical girls' names:

Michal
Merav
Avishag
Yehosheva
Serach
Bosmat
Bat-Tzion
Ruchama

amother

Rose

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 12:14 pm

what is the source for the name adina?

LovesHashem

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 12:21 pm

Roots wrote:

im pretty sure adina was lavan's wife

It's possible there's were multiple adinas. Just like there's multiple now with the same name.

BetsyTacy

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 12:33 pm

bigsis144 wrote:

It’s straight out in the passuk, but still an uncommon name: Yemima (יְמִימָה) is one of Iyov’s three daughters.

What, no Keren Happuch or Ketzia?

Keren is nice, although if anyone has seen Poldark, they might find the name less lovely

amother

Lily

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 2:28 pm

Shifra ( an Jewish Egyptian Midwife and probably Moshe's mother Yocheved) and another vote for Hadassah-Esther (Shiffy and Dassi are also cute nicknames). Also Yehudit/Yehudis (Hudi is a great nickhame). She killed Holofernes who was an Assyrian general in the enemy camp of Nebuchadnezzar.

amother

Babypink

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 2:43 pm

Op notice many of these names ARE indeed mentioned in Tanach.
If you're specifically looking for one that isn't, double check.

amother

RosePink

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 3:54 pm

amother Lily wrote:

The Chanukah story is not in Tanach, though. The source of the name Yehudis in Tanach is from Esav's wife 🙈

amother

Lily

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 4:28 pm

Girlfriend knows her limudei kodesh! Tongue Out

amother

RosePink

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 6:26 pm

amother Lily wrote:

Girlfriend knows her limudei kodesh! Tongue Out

Who, me? I try 🤷‍♀️

amother

Lightgreen

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 9:39 pm

Just gonna put this here, my uncle had a list of uncommon boys names from Tanach & was told by a Gadol that the names K'lal Yisroel uses or not have reasons so don't pick unused ones.

amother

Steel

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 10:08 pm

Lilit
but don't use it. She was apparently some kind of demon

PinkFridge

Sun, Sep 03 2023, 10:09 pm

amother Rose wrote:

what is the source for the name adina?

I know there's a connection to Rochel and Leah (maybe their mother, takeh?) but I don't know for sure.
And it's not a secondary name, just a name of an obscure person from Tanach. I don't see it in Ishei HaTanach.