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On Hebrew Names113

CCEL

Jechonias: Preparing, or preparation of the Lord.

Joiachim: Where is the preparation? Or the preparation of the Lord.

Jojacim: The resurrection of the Lord, or the Lord who raises up.

Joseph: He placed, or placing beside.

Jerusalem: The vision of peace, or he shall fear perfectly.

Jeremias: The height of the Lord.

Joannan: To whom is grace, even the grace of the Lord.

Isaia: The salvation of the Lord.

Iscarioth: The memorial of the Lord: but if we want to read Issacharoth, it is translated, he/she/it is his/her/its reward. It can also be said as the memory of death.

Jericho: The smell of it, whether of the moon.

We have the letter K as redundant, and apart from the Kalends, we express everything with C, hence it is consequently omitted here.

L.

Lebbaeus: The figurative name from the heart, which we can call the diminutive "little heart".

M.

Manasse: Forgetful.

Matthan: Gift, or given.

Mariam: Most people consider it to be interpreted, these enlighten me, or illuminators, or the myrrh of the sea, but it does not seem to me at all. It is better, however, to say that she sounds like the star of the sea, or the sea of bitterness: and it should be known that Mary, in Syrian language, is called lady

Matthaeus: once given.

Magedda: His apples, or his message.

Magdalene: Tower, but better so that someone from a mountain is called mountainous, so someone from a tower should be called turrensis.

N.

Naason: Some people think that the sound of rest must be interpreted, but it is better, predicting, that it is a serpent of theirs.

Nazareth: Flower, or its twigs, either cleanness, or apartness, or guarded. It is written not with the letter Z, but with the Hebrew letter Sade, which does not sound like either S or Z.

Nazoreus: world.

Nephthali: Discrete, or separate or wrap me.