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in reply to a message by Christiana
In modern Hebrew the word for "pearl" is "pninah". This is the same as the biblical name Peninnah mentioned in 1. Samuel 1. In the bible the word "pninah" translates "coral" as well as "pearl" (see Lamentations 4,7).
A second word for "pearl" in modern Hebrew is "margalith", which is the eqivalent to the Greek "margarites". I don't know, whether Margalith has been used as a name among Jews.
A second word for "pearl" in modern Hebrew is "margalith", which is the eqivalent to the Greek "margarites". I don't know, whether Margalith has been used as a name among Jews.
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Isn’t the Hebrew name Margalon?
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For what it's worth:
Margolis or Margulis are also, I believe, derived from magalit.
There was a famous 20th C. Ukrainian pianist named Vitaly Margulis. Jewish father, at least.
Teresa Margolles is a conceptual artist from Mexico whose artistic history is both fascinating and gruesome and is centered on the process of decaying bodies and their often violent passing .
Her name is,in comparison, not very Spanish sounding. Not conclusive.
And finally, the band leader at my Bar mitzvah in Glasgow was Harry Margolis.
100% conclusively Jewish.
Margolis or Margulis are also, I believe, derived from magalit.
There was a famous 20th C. Ukrainian pianist named Vitaly Margulis. Jewish father, at least.
Teresa Margolles is a conceptual artist from Mexico whose artistic history is both fascinating and gruesome and is centered on the process of decaying bodies and their often violent passing .
Her name is,in comparison, not very Spanish sounding. Not conclusive.
And finally, the band leader at my Bar mitzvah in Glasgow was Harry Margolis.
100% conclusively Jewish.
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