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. The

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is a masculine form used among

Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

. It is a

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name, adapted from a reference to

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

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as a "wolf that raveneth". It re-appeared in relatively recent times as a translation of the

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name װאָלף "Volf" or "Wolf". The name "Wolf" (in

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) was relatively common among

s. The Bible mentions a person directly named Ze'ev, one of the Midianite leaders defeated by the Judge

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(see

Oreb and Zeeb Oreb (Hebrew: עֹרֵב, ''Orev'') and Zeeb (Hebrew: זְאֵב, ''Z'ev'') were two Midianite princes mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Oreb ()Ze'ev (caricaturist) Yaakov Farkash ( he, יעקב פרקש; born 1923, died 15 October 2002), better known by the pen name Ze'ev (Hebrew: ), was an Israeli caricaturist and illustrator. Biography Early life and World War II Farkash was born in Budapest, Kingdom ...

(1923–2002), Israeli caricaturist *

Ze'ev Aleksandrowicz Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Aleksandrowicz (Hebrew: 'זאב אלכסנדרוביץ) (April 7, 1905 – January 5, 1992) was an Israeli photographer. He is mostly known for his work in Palestine and Japan, during the first half of the 1930s. Early life Ale ...

(1905–1992), Israeli photographer * Zeev Aram (born 1931), British furniture and interior designer * Ze'ev Almog (born 1935), Israeli admiral *

Ze'ev Ben-Haim Ze'ev Wolf Goldman, later known as Ze'ev Ben-Haim ( he, זאב בן-חיים) (28 December 1907 – 6 August 2013), was a leading Israeli linguist and a former president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. Biography Ben-Haim was born in M ...

(1907–2013), Israeli linguist *

Zeev Ben-Zvi Zeev Ben-Zvi ( he, זאב בן-צבי) (1904–1952) was an Israeli sculptor born in Ryki, Poland, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors. Biography Zeev Ben-Zvi studied at Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw. In 1923, he immigrated to Mandat ...

(1904–1952), Israeli sculptor * Ze'ev Bielski (born 1949), Israeli politician and diplomat * Ze'ev Boim (1943–2011), Israeli politician * Ze'ev Chafets (born 1947), American writer * Ze'ev Drori (born 1940), Israeli businessman * Ze'ev Elkin (born 1971), Israeli politician * Ze'ev Friedman (1944–1972), Israeli weightlifter * Ze'ev Haimovich (born 1983), Israeli football player * Ze'ev Herzog (born 1941), Israeli archaeologist *

Ze'ev Jabotinsky Ze'ev Jabotinsky ( he, זְאֵב זַ׳בּוֹטִינְסְקִי, ''Ze'ev Zhabotinski'';, ''Wolf Zhabotinski'' 17 October 1880 – 3 August 1940), born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky, was a Russian Jewish Revisionist Zionist leade ...

(1880–1940), Russian Jewish leader * Ze'ev Maghen (born 1964), Israeli historian *

Zeev Maoz Ze'ev Maoz (born 28 June 1951) is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Correlates of War Project at the University of California, Davis, as well as Distinguished Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. He is the Pre ...

(born 1945), American political scientist *

Zeev Nehari Zeev Nehari (born Willi Weissbach; 2 February 1915 – 1978) was a mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned w ...

(1915–1978), Israeli mathematician *

Ze'ev Raban Ze’ev Raban (22 September 1890 – 19 January 1970), born Wolf Rawicki (Ravitzki), was a leading painter, decorative artist, and industrial designer of the Bezalel school style, and was one of the founders of the Israeli art world. Biography ...

(1890–1970), Israeli artist * Zeev Rechter (1899–1960), Israeli architect *

Zeev Reiss Zeev Reiss, (April 2, 1917 - July 11, 1996was an Israeli micropaleontologist and geologist, whose career included positions in government service and academia. He studied biology and medical sciences at the Chernivtsi University, University of Cern� ...

(1917–1996), Israeli scientist *

Ze'ev Revach Ze'ev Nachum Revach ( he, זאב רווח; born 15 August 1940) is an Israeli comedian, film and theatre actor, and filmmaker. He has been one of the stars of the Israeli film genre known as Bourekas films. Israeli newspaper ''Haaretz'' describe ...

(born 1940), Israeli actor and comedian *

Zeev Rudnick Zeev Rudnick or Ze'ev Rudnick (born 1961 in Haifa, Israel) is a mathematician, specializing in number theory and in mathematical physics, notably quantum chaos. Rudnick is a professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences and the Cissie and Aaron ...

(born 1961), Israeli mathematician *

Ze'ev Safrai Ze'ev Safrai ( he, זאב ספראי; born 1948, Jerusalem) is an Israeli Professor in the Department for Israel Studies in Bar Ilan University, as well as an author, lecturer and researcher of Israel in the Second Temple era . His main project is ...

(born 1948), Israeli historian *

Ze'ev Schiff Ze'ev Schiff ( he, זאב שיף‎; 1 July 1932 - 19 June 2007) was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for ''Haaretz''. Schiff moved to Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1935. He studied Middle Eastern affairs and military hi ...

(1932–2007), Israeli journalist * Ze'ev Sherf (1904–1984), Israeli politician * Zeev Sternhell (1935-2020), Israeli historian *

Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes ( yi, , russian: рабби Зеев Волф Кицис; born – died between 1764-1775, Poland) was a noted Hasidic rabbi. He was the rabbi of the Tulchin (Тульчин) community in Vinnitsya. Later he moved to ...

(1685–1788), Polish rabbi *

Ze'ev Zrizi Ze'ev Zrizi, he, זאב זריזי (born 1916 – August 3, 2011) was the second mayor of the Israeli city of Beersheba. Zrizi was a member of the city council since 1949, representing Mapam. In 1961 after political changes within the city, the ...

(1916–2011), Israeli politician

Zev or Z'ev

Zev Aelony Zev Aelony (February 21, 1938 – November 1, 2009) was an American activist involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He was an organizer of the civil rights student group Students for Integration, a CORE Soul Force Member, a Freedom Rider, an ...

(1938–2009), American civil rights activist * Zev Asher (1963–2013), Canadian musician *

Zev Braun Zev Braun (October 19, 1928 – October 17, 2019) was an American motion picture producer. Though much of his work is in television (most notably as the executive producer of the ''Tour of Duty'' series) he was a successful filmmaker from th ...

(born 1928), American film producer * Zev Buffman (born 1930), American theater producer *

Zev Golan Zev Golan ( he, זאב גולן) is an Israeli historian, author, and Senior Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, where he was previously Director of the Public Policy Center. In the 1970s he was one of the world's foremost ...

, Israeli historian *

Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi (English name Warren Kenton, 8 January 1933 - 21 September 2020) was an author of books on the Toledano Tradition of Kabbalah, a teacher of the discipline, with a worldwide following, and a founding member of the Kabbala ...

(born 1933), English author born Warren Kenton * Zev Hirsch Bernstein (1847–1907), American writer *

Zev Kurzberg Zev may refer to: People and fictional characters *Ze'ev, also spelt ''Zev'', a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) *Zev, variant of the name of Jebe, a general of Genghis Khan *Z'EV (1951–2017), American musician *Z ...

, British & Israeli Military Official, Explorer & Philanthropist, (1972- to date) *

Zev Siegl Zev Siegl (December 28, 1942) is an American keynote speaker and presenter. He co-founded Starbucks, with Gordon Bowker and Jerry Baldwin, in 1971, and served as a director of the company during its first decade. Early life Zev Siegl was born on ...

(born 1955), American businessman * Zev Sufott (1927–2014), Israeli diplomat *

Zev Taublieb Zev Cooper Taublieb (born June 26, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder. College and amateur Taublieb played for the Cosmos West U18 Youth Academy prior to playing college soccer for the Valparaiso Crusaders between 2011 ...

(born 1993), American soccer player * Zev Vilnay (1900–1988), Israeli geographer *

Zev Wolfson Zev Wolfson (September 27, 1928 – August 13, 2012) was a Jewish businessman and philanthropist, who has been remembered as one of the most important figures in American Orthodoxy over the past century. Background Born to a Jewish family in Vil ...

(1928–2012), American businessman * Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948), American politician

Zehev

* Zehev Tadmor (born 1937), Israeli

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and president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

People with the surname

* Nissim Ze'ev (born 1951), Israeli politician *

Oren Zeev Oren Zeev is an Israeli-American venture capitalist and head of Zeev Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with early-round investments in technology companies. Zeev has had notable investments in Houzz, Audible, Chegg, TripActions, ...

(born 1964), technology investor

Fictional characters

* Ze'ev Kesley, fictional character in ''The Lunar Chronicles'' fantasy novels

Zev or Z'ev

Zehev

People with the surname

Fictional characters

See also