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Hebrew names are names that have a Hebrew language origin, classically from the Hebrew Bible.〔()〕 They are mostly used by Jews and Christians, but many are also adapted to the Islamic world, particularly if a Hebrew name is mentioned in the Qur'an (example: ''Ibrahim'' is a common Arabic name from the Hebrew ''Avraham''). A typical Hebrew name can have many different forms, having been adapted to the phonologies of many different languages. An integral facet of the Jewish religion worldwide is to give a Hebrew name to a child that is used religiously throughout his or her lifetime. Not all Hebrew names are strictly Hebrew in origin; some names may have been borrowed from other ancient languages, including from Egyptian, Aramaic, Phoenician, or Canaanite. ==Names of Hebrew origin== Hebrew names used by Jews (along with many Hebrew names used in Christendom) often come from the Jewish Tanakh, which contains the Torah: The Five Books of Moses, which are also the first five books in the Christian Old Testament, along with two other collections of books, Nevi'im: The Prophets, and Kethuvim: The Writings. Many of these names are thought to have been adapted from Hebrew phrases and expressions, bestowing special meaning or the unique circumstances of birth to the one who receives that name. An example of a name with a special personal meaning is יהודה ''Yəhûḏāh'' (Judah). An example of a name indicating circumstances of birth is ראובן ''Rəʼûḇēn'' (Reuben), which means "Look, a son." Hebrew devotion to Elohim (God) is often indicated by adding the suffix אל ''-el''/''-al'', forming names such as מיכאל ''Michael'' and גבריאל ''Gabriel''. Hebrew devotion to God is often indicated by adding an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton as a suffix; the most common abbreviations used by Jews are יה ''-yāh''/''-iyyāh'' and יהו ''-yāhû''/''-iyyāhû''/''-ayhû'', forming names such as ישׁעיהו ''Yəšaʻªyāhû'' (Isaiah), צדקיהו ''Ṣiḏqiyyāhû'' (Zedekiah) and שׂריה ''Śərāyāh'' (Seraiah). Most of Christendom uses the shorter suffix preferred in translations of the Bible to European languages, primarily Greek -ιας ''-ias'' and English -iah, producing names such as Τωβιας ''Tōbias'' (Tobias, Toby) and Ιερεμίας ''Ieremias'' (Jeremiah, Jeremy). In addition to devotion to Elohim and YHWH, names could also be sentences of praise in their own right. The name טוביהו ''Ṭôḇiyyāhû'' means "Good of/is the LORD." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hebrew name」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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