אלישבע
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From אֵל (el, “god, deity”) + נִשְׁבַּע (nishbá, “to promise, swear”), literally “my God is an oath”.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɛ.liːˈʃɛː.vɑʕ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)e.liˈʃe.va/
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Proper noun
[edit]אֱלִישֶׁבַע • (elishéva) f
- a female given name, Elisheba or Elisheva
- (biblical) Elisheba (the wife of Aaron, mentioned in Exodus 6:23)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet)
- Greek: Ελισάβετ (Elisávet)
- → Aghwan: 𐔴𐔾𐔼𐕚𐔰𐔱𐔴𐔸 (elisabet)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 (aileisabaiþ)
- → Latin: Elisabeth
- → Old Armenian: Եղիսաբեթ (Ełisabetʻ)
- → Old Church Slavonic: елисаветь (elisavetĭ)
- → Russian: Елизаве́та (Jelizavéta)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Јелисавета, Jelisaveta
- → Ukrainian: Єлизаве́та (Jelyzavéta)
- → Albanian: Izabetë, Isabetë
- → Marathi: एसीशेबा (esīśebā)
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “elizabeth”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.