יוחנן
Aramaic Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
יוחנן • (transliteration needed)
- (biblical) John
- a male given name
Descendants Edit
- → Arabic: يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)
Hebrew Edit
Etymology Edit
From the Hebrew phrase יהוה (YHVH) חנון (Khanon); literally (roughly), “God is gracious”.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew, often) IPA(key): /ˈjo.χa.nan/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew, more properly) IPA(key): /jo.χaˈnan/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /joj.χɔ.nɔn/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /jo.ħaˈnan/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /jø.ħɔˈnɔn/, [je.ħɔˈnɔn]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /jo.ħɔˈnɔn/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /joː.ħaːˈnaːn/
Proper noun Edit
יוֹחָנָן • (yokhanán) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
- Jeremiah 41:11, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַיִּשְׁמַע יוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וְכָל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָה׃
- vayishma yokhanan ben-kareakh v'khol-sarei hakhayalim asher ito et kol-hara'a asher asa yishma'el ben-n'tanya.
- But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, […]
- Jeremiah 41:11, with translation of the King James Version: