אבישלום

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
א־ב (ʾ-b)
שׁ־ל־ם (sh-l-m)

From אֲבִי ('aví, “Singular construct form of אָב ('av)”, literally “father of”) +‎ שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”), thus father of peace.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aviʃaˈlom/

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Proper noun

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם • (avishalóm) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Avshalom or Absalom
   1. (biblical) Absalom (the third son of David, king of Israel)

Alternative forms

• אַבְשָׁלוֹם (avshalóm)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: Աբիսողոմ (Abisołom)
  • Armenian: Աբիսողոմ (Abisoġom)
• → Koine Greek: Ἀβεσσαλώμ (Abessalṓm)
  • → Latin: Abessālōm, Abessālōn, Absālōm, Absālōmus
    • → Old Irish: Abisolón
  • → Russian: Авессало́м (Avessalóm)

References

• H53 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible