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Shoshana Feinstein
Shoshana (''Shoshánna(h)'', ) is a Hebrew feminine given name, first name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible and, via (), it developed into such European and Christian names as Susanna (other), Susanna, Susan (given name), Susan, Susanne (given name), Susanne, Susana (given name), Susana, Susannah (given name), Susannah, Suzanne (given name), Suzanne, Susie (other), Susie, Suzie (other), Suzie, Sanna (name), Sanna and Zuzana. In Ethiopia ( gez, ሶስና, ) it became Sosie, Sosina, Sosena, while in North Africa it yielded Sawsen and Sawsan. The original Hebrew form Shoshana, from which all these are derived, is still commonly used by Jews and in contemporary Israel, often shortened to or . In Biblical times referred to a lily (from Lilium family); in modern Hebrew it refers to a rose. Notable people with the name include: * Soshana Afroyim (1927–2015), Austrian painter who adopted the name (with a variant spelling) during her stay in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a dead language that has been revived. It is also one of only two Northwest Semitic languages still in use, with the other being Aramaic. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as ''Lashon Hakodesh'' (, ) since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
