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amother
Blue
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 Sun, May 30 2021, 10:42 pm
| amother [ Chartreuse ] wrote: | Reminds me when we found out that Yakira means "difficult"  (as well as "gift") |
Like יקר בעיני ה המוותה לחסידיו? So interesting
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amother
Denim
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Sun, May 30 2021, 10:44 pm
| amother [ Lilac ] wrote: | | It is a derivative of Rivka. It’s a name in my family and my parents researched it. It does not mean to fight. Rabbis who are experts in gittin are knowledgeable in the origins of names if you want to do your own research. |
Reva doesn’t mean fight? Look again.
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amother
Denim
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Sun, May 30 2021, 10:45 pm
| amother [ Linen ] wrote: | No it doesnt. That is what the word in tehillim means, which is a different word.
The name Reva is a derivative of Rivka, my husband looked into it extensively before we named our daughter Reva |
So if it’s written in tehillim it’s a different meaning?
OoooooOkay......
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amother
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Sun, May 30 2021, 10:45 pm
| amother [ Blue ] wrote: | | Like יקר בעיני ה המוותה לחסידיו? So interesting |
Oh Right theres 2 mfarshim on that.
Its precious to Hashem
And “difficult” for Hashem
But I know many Yakiras and they are all precious and special!
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Hashem_Yaazor
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Mon, May 31 2021, 8:54 am
So funny how the posts saying it's a derivative of Rivka got likes and not the ones about it being Aramaic.
Full disclosure: my husband also checked into it extensively. We have lots of access to names and their origins (at the time, my husband was assisting with gittin actually).
The Reva in our family is definitely from the Aramaic and we had no problem using the name even though her great grandmother whose name was Rivka was still alive at the time.
It's possible in Yiddish or something it's for Rivka. But not in Aramaic.
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amother
Linen
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Mon, May 31 2021, 9:20 am
| amother [ Denim ] wrote: | So if it’s written in tehillim it’s a different meaning?
OoooooOkay...... |
Different root of word, hence different meanings.
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etky
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Mon, May 31 2021, 9:23 am
| Hashem_Yaazor wrote: | So funny how the posts saying it's a derivative of Rivka got likes and not the ones about it being Aramaic.
Full disclosure: my husband also checked into it extensively. We have lots of access to names and their origins (at the time, my husband was assisting with gittin actually).
The Reva in our family is definitely from the Aramaic and we had no problem using the name even though her great grandmother whose name was Rivka was still alive at the time.
It's possible in Yiddish or something it's for Rivka. But not in Aramaic. |
The origin is indeed Aramaic.
Agnon also used the word ריבה to depict a young woman.
He employs many words and phrases from לשון חכמים in his works.
I'm sure though that the posters who say it's a derivative of Rivka are not wrong either - it's just a different origin for the same name.
And who knows - maybe in some families the name actually did originate from the imperative form of ריב (David calling on Hashem to fight against his enemies) that appears in tehillim?
It's possible...
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amother
Linen
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Mon, May 31 2021, 9:24 am
| amother [ Denim ] wrote: | | Reva doesn’t mean fight? Look again. |
That word is not the name. We looked o.to the meaning of Reva extensively in seforim and it is not related to the word that means to fight. It is a derivative of Rivka. Just like plenty of other words that can have two separate meanings.
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amother
Linen
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Mon, May 31 2021, 9:27 am
| Hashem_Yaazor wrote: | So funny how the posts saying it's a derivative of Rivka got likes and not the ones about it being Aramaic.
Full disclosure: my husband also checked into it extensively. We have lots of access to names and their origins (at the time, my husband was assisting with gittin actually).
The Reva in our family is definitely from the Aramaic and we had no problem using the name even though her great grandmother whose name was Rivka was still alive at the time.
It's possible in Yiddish or something it's for Rivka. But not in Aramaic. |
Hebrew- derivative of Rivka
Aramaic- young girl
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amother
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Thu, Jun 10 2021, 11:54 pm
I actually asked a rav with a lot of knowledge of names...
I learned that Riva is Aramaic for young child.
The keruvim on the Aron Kodesh were called “ke ruvim” - like ruvim- because their faces resembled a young child
He said it is not a variation of Rivka
Thanks everyone for your input!
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Hashem_Yaazor
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Fri, Jun 11 2021, 7:26 am
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Thank you. I feel vindicated 😉
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Shuly
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Fri, Jun 11 2021, 10:40 am
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In Israel, Rivi is a very common nickname for Rivka.
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amother
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Sun, Jun 13 2021, 6:03 pm
Ok next question- is it spelled
ריבה or ריבא?
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simba
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Sun, Jun 13 2021, 6:07 pm
| amother [ OP ] wrote: | I actually asked a rav with a lot of knowledge of names...
I learned that Riva is Aramaic for young child.
The keruvim on the Aron Kodesh were called “ke ruvim” - like ruvim- because their faces resembled a young child
He said it is not a variation of Rivka
Thanks everyone for your input! |
So interesting. Mr great aunt from Russia was Riva but she knew her Jewish name was Rivka.
I would confirm the spelling with that Rav.
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Hashem_Yaazor
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Sun, Jun 13 2021, 6:37 pm
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It's from Aramaic with an א but classically spelled with a ה anyway.
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