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Hebrew
"the comforter"
A middle-aged, if not elderly, name associated with Israeli statesman and onetime prime minister Begin, this is a symbolic appellation for boys born on the holiday of Tishah-b'Ab.
"comforter"
This name of a minor Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament is rarely heard outside the Jewish culture.
Variation of Nahum, Hebrew
A variation of the Hebrew Nayum, Nochum is pronounced with the KH sound in Chava, though the "just" the 'h sound might be used by English speakers who struggle with it. Meaning "repose" and borne by…
Menahem derives from a Hebrew word meaning "the comforter" King Menahem of the Old Testament did not live up to his name — he was one of Israel’s cruelest kings.