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Re: Hebrew name Adele
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In Dutch it means Noble and actually comes from an Israelite King named King Adel
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Ah, no it doesn't. It comes from a Germanic word meaning "possessing inherited property", therefore, "of the nobility, noble". There is no Israelite King Adel.
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He wasn’t a king in Israel in the kings list, he was a descendant of the Israelites scattered with the lost tribes and was a Frisian or Swedish King and the Son of King Friso. Adel definitely means Noble.
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