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Aylat
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 Tue, Feb 04 2020, 4:03 am
| etky wrote: | Was just going to say this.
Akiva is from the Hebrew root עקב like יעקב . Some even say it is a derivative or corruption of the name יעקב. |
I always thought Akiva is the Aramaic equivalent of Yaakov. It has an Aramaic type spelling with א at the end.
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amother
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Tue, Feb 04 2020, 4:05 am
| dankbar wrote: | Some names from times of amoroim are still in use today like
Hillel, Shammai, Eluzer, Eliezer, Yehoshua, Chanina but some not like Tarfon, Azarye, Choinie, Gurion, Tradyon. |
Three of our boys are Akiva, Eliezer, Yehoshua. Since then every pregnancy we tease the kids that this child will be called Tarfon. (See the Haggada.)
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amother
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Tue, Feb 04 2020, 8:17 am
| Aylat wrote: | | I always thought Akiva is the Aramaic equivalent of Yaakov. It has an Aramaic type spelling with א at the end. |
This is what I learned too. Aramaic and Hebrew share root word words/shorashim as Aramaic is probably the closest language to Hebrew.
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etky
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Tue, Feb 04 2020, 9:01 am
| Aylat wrote: | | I always thought Akiva is the Aramaic equivalent of Yaakov. It has an Aramaic type spelling with א at the end. |
So if indeed it is a derivative of Ya'acov, does the fact that it has an Aramaic construction make it an Aramaic name? I don't know. The origin is Hebrew. It's certainly not Aramaic in the sense that Shraga is.
I think it's the same argument that people have over English names. Is Jacob an English name or the English version of Ya'acov?
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etky
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Tue, Feb 04 2020, 9:16 am
Two more names that I just thought of:
Tzafrir - from the Aramaic word for morning צפרא
Ilay - unis-x - meaning superior or elevated in Aramaic.
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mpk
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Tue, Feb 04 2020, 9:32 am
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שכנא is Aramaic. Means שכינה.
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amother
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Tue, Feb 04 2020, 9:49 am
| etky wrote: | So if indeed it is a derivative of Ya'acov, does the fact that it has an Aramaic construction make it an Aramaic name? I don't know. The origin is Hebrew. It's certainly not Aramaic in the sense that Shraga is.
I think it's the same argument that people have over English names. Is Jacob an English name or the English version of Ya'acov? |
Jacob is a Hebrew name.
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