Chani chan seems to be correct about the meaning: https://www.dict.com/hebrew-english/עודד https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/עודד And the Hebrew page for the wikitionary entry above provides three English translations: encourage, cheer, hearten.The modern Hebrew spelling includes a vav, so: עודד, like in the case of Oded Fehr עודד פהר. [noted -ed]