גבריאל

See also: גבֿריאל

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
ג־ב־ר (g-b-r)
א־ל (ʾ-l)

גַּבְרִ י אֵל (gavrí 'él, gaḇrī ʾēl, “my hero is God”)

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡavʁiˈɛl/
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Proper noun

גַּבְרִיאֵל • (gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl) m

Gabriel (an archangel associated with carrying messages from God.)
a male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gabriḗl) (see there for further descendants)
→ Arabic: جِبْرَائِيل (jibrāʔīl), جِبْرِيل (jibrīl) (see there for further descendants)
→ Classical Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ (Gebrael, Gabriel)
→ Yiddish: גבֿריאל (Gavriel)

References

H1403 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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