Re: meaning of Abigail
Both translations are correct. And you could also translate "(My) father is joyful". The crucial point is the letter I after "av". Vowels don't usually matter a lot in Hebrew but this one does: it can be either a suffix indicating a possessive pronoun ("ach" means "brother" and "achi" is "my brother") or else it can mean - nothing, because it's just the relict of an ancient grammatical phenomenon which has lost its meaning. We just don't know.
Andy ;—)
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meaning of Abigail  ·  Tieliebirds  ·  7/7/2004, 9:27 PM
Re: meaning of Abigail  ·  Andy  ·  7/8/2004, 6:56 AM
and the I can also mean  ·  Shay  ·  7/8/2004, 10:59 AM
Re: and the I can also mean  ·  Andy  ·  7/8/2004, 1:46 PM
Re: and the I can also mean  ·  Shay  ·  7/9/2004, 3:12 AM
Re: and the I can also mean  ·  Andy  ·  7/9/2004, 5:16 AM
Re: meaning of Abigail  ·  Tieliebirds  ·  7/8/2004, 7:38 AM
Re: meaning of SHILO  ·  Andy  ·  7/8/2004, 8:24 AM
Re: meaning of SHILO  ·  Tieliebirds  ·  7/8/2004, 10:09 PM