רחל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־ח־ל (r-kh-l)
1 term

From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא (raḥlā) (absolutive: רְחֵל (rəḥēl)), Arabic رَخِل (raḵil) (also رِخْل (riḵl)).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈχel/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʀɔˈħel/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raːˈχil/ → /raːˈħil/

• Audio:

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Noun

רָחֵל • (rakhél) f (plural indefinite רְחֵלִים or רְחֵלוֹת, masculine counterpart אַיִל)

1. ewe

Proper noun

רָחֵל • (rakhél) f

1. (biblical) Rachel
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel

Descendants

• → German: Rahel
• → Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)
  • → Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)
    • → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)
  • → Late Latin: Rachel
    • → English: Rachel
      • → Chinese: 拉結／拉结 (Lājiē)
      • → Yiddish: רייטשעל (reytshel)
    • → Danish: Rakel
      • → Greenlandic: Alaakkilli
    • → Dutch: Rachel
    • → Esperanto: Raĥel
    • → Estonian: Raahel
    • → Finnish: Raakel
    • → French: Rachel
    • → Galician: Raquel
    • → German: Rachel
    • → Hungarian: Ráchel
    • → Icelandic: Rakel
    • → Italian: Rachele
    • → Lithuanian: Rachelė
    • → Norman: Râché
    • → Norwegian: Rakel
    • → Polish: Rachela
    • → Portuguese: Raquel
      • → Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru)
    • → Spanish: Raquel
    • → Swedish: Rakel
  • → Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ)
• → Hawaiian: Rāhela, Lāhela
• → Maori: Rāhera
• → Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl)

References

• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205
• “רחל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• רחל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél). Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔχl̩/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈruːχl̩/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /ˈruχl̩/

• Audio (Northeastern):

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• Audio (Poylish):

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Proper noun

רחל • (rokhl) f

1. (biblical) Rachel
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel