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amother
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Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 7:05 pm
A name similar to what the name Esther means, but for a boy. Can anyone help me think of some? From the Tanach.
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amother
Seafoam


 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 7:07 pm
Only one that occurs to me is tzefaniyah, but it's a bit unusual.
Would you want to use Mordechai or Daniel for the Esther connection?
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amother
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Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 7:12 pm
Thanks for the suggestion. Looking for a name to represent the times we are in now, not davka for the Esther connection.
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BetsyTacy




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 7:32 pm
Betzalel is the shade of Hashem. Really the protection of Hashem, but there can be a bit of the "hidden in the shadows" double entendre.
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Miri1




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 7:48 pm
Fischel!

Fish are hidden and that is why they are associated with bracha.
You could also use the name Efrayim - his bracha includes being many like the fish. (I think that's why you'll often hear the names paired "Efrayim Fischel").
Also you "nifreh k'dagim" which is the root of Efrayim.

Yosef - lived much of his life hidden, and similar to Esther, the events took a long time to unfold and reveal the bracha.
I'm sure there is much more to look into... just a few thoughts Smile
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amother
Aqua


 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 8:50 pm
Why would you want to give a child a name for a dark time?
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amother
Slateblue


 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 8:51 pm
Yehoshua for hope
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 10:33 pm
Nochum- condolence
Eliezer-Hashem will help
Rachamim- rachmanas ( yerechmiel) (yeruchem) have lashon rachem.
Ezra- ( mayim Hashem) from where will help come? Ezra-Ezry my help (er)
Moshe ( is from loshon pulled out from the sea)
Nathan, metanel, Hashem gives ( life is a gift)
Rafoel-rafael Hashem heals
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amother
Amber


 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 10:36 pm
It’s so funny. I see gd more then ever. No human could have created this, could have set this in motion. It’s so clear it’s all from Gd.
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Miri1




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 05 2021, 11:28 pm
Yeshaya. I've heard two meanings given, both relevant:
"G-d will redeem"
"G-d will turn toward"
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agreer




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:27 am
Miri1 wrote:
Fischel!

Fish are hidden and that is why they are associated with bracha.
You could also use the name Efrayim - his bracha includes being many like the fish. (I think that's why you'll often hear the names paired "Efrayim Fischel").
Also you "nifreh k'dagim" which is the root of Efrayim.

Yosef - lived much of his life hidden, and similar to Esther, the events took a long time to unfold and reveal the bracha.
I'm sure there is much more to look into... just a few thoughts Smile


Love Yosef - also because he was called "Tzafnas Paneach", one who discovers the hidden because he interpreted the dreams.
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Miri1




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:39 am
agreer wrote:
Love Yosef - also because he was called "Tzafnas Paneach", one who discovers the hidden because he interpreted the dreams.


Wow!
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amother
Coffee


 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:43 am
I tried to think of make tanach/post tanach who had to conceal themselves.

I thought of Ehud. It's a big stretch, but he was pretty kick butt anyway
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etky




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:45 am
אליצפן
Moshe's cousin and head of the Kehat branch of shevet Levi
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etky




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:49 am
agreer wrote:
Love Yosef - also because he was called "Tzafnas Paneach", one who discovers the hidden because he interpreted the dreams.


Yes, and not only that - the entire Yosef story is emblematic of G-d's hidden plans for the Jewish people and Yosef himself was aware of this, as he explicitly tells his brothers after Ya'acov's death (as we just read in last Shabbat's parsha)
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etky




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:55 am
amother [ Coffee ] wrote:
I tried to think of make tanach/post tanach who had to conceal themselves.

I thought of Ehud. It's a big stretch, but he was pretty kick butt anyway


Yoash, hidden by his aunt in the mikdash when his grandmother Athalia was slaughtering the entire royal family.
David, hiding from Shaul.
Moshe of course.
Eliyahu who hid out in Nachal Krit from Ach'av and Izevel.
Yonah, hiding out from Hashem in the ship
Post Tanach - R' Shimon bar Yochai in the cave


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etky




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 12:58 am
double post
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Miri1




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 11:06 am
etky wrote:
Yes, and not only that - the entire Yosef story is emblematic of G-d's hidden plans for the Jewish people and Yosef himself was aware of this, as he explicitly tells his brothers after Ya'acov's death (as we just read in last Shabbat's parsha)


Does anyone remember a medrash about how Yosef stood tall in order to keep his mother out of Esav's sight?
He kept his mother hidden and as a reward he and his descendants are above ayin hara ("alei ayin").
(Is that where the term in Israel "ben porat Yosef" to mean bli ayin hara comes from?)
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amother
Linen


 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 11:38 am
Raz (רז) is a word from the Tanach meaning secret. There’s also the name of the angel Raziel (רזיאל), secret of Hashem.
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amother
Coffee


 

Post Wed, Jan 06 2021, 1:20 pm
etky wrote:
Yoash, hidden by his aunt in the mikdash when his grandmother Athalia was slaughtering the entire royal family.
David, hiding from Shaul.
Moshe of course.
Eliyahu who hid out in Nachal Krit from Ach'av and Izevel.
Yonah, hiding out from Hashem in the ship
Post Tanach - R' Shimon bar Yochai in the cave


You win Smile
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