רפאל

See also: רפֿאל

Hebrew

Roots
ר־פ־א (r-p-ʾ)
א־ל (ʾ-l)

Etymology

רָפָא (rāp̄ā, “he (has) cured”) +‎ אֵל (ʾēl, “God”), literally “God has cured”.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁafaˈ(ʔ)el/

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Proper noun

רָפָאֵל • (rafa'el) m

1. Raphael (archangel)
2. a male given name

Derived terms

• (nickname) רפי (rafi)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: رَفَائِيل (rafāʔīl)
• → Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)
• → English: Raphael
• → Finnish: Rafael
• → French: Raphaël
• → German: Raphael
• → Greek: Ραφαήλ (Rafaḯl), Ραφαήλος (Rafaḯlos)
• → Italian: Raffaele
• → Persian: رافائل (râfâ'el)
• → Polish: Rafał
• → Russian: Рафаи́л (Rafaíl)
• → Spanish: Rafael
• → Yiddish: רפֿאל (refoyl)

Yiddish

Proper noun

רפאל • (refoyl) m

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of רפֿאל (refoyl).