רחל
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא (raḥlā) (absolutive: רְחֵל (rəḥēl)), Arabic رَخِل (raḵil) (also رِخْل (riḵl)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁaˈχel/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʀɔˈħel/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /raːˈχil/ → /raːˈħil/
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Noun edit
רָחֵל • (rakhél) f (plural indefinite רְחֵלִים or רְחֵלוֹת)
Coordinate terms edit
- אַיִל (áyil)
Proper noun edit
רָחֵל • (rakhél) f
- Rachel (Biblical figure)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel
Descendants edit
- → German: Rahel
- → Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)
- → Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)
- → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)
- → Late Latin: Rachel
- → English: Rachel
- → Danish: Rakel
- → Greenlandic: Alaakkilli
- → Dutch: Rachel
- → Esperanto: Raĥel
- → Estonian: Raahel
- → Finnish: Raakel
- → French: Rachel
- → Galician: Raquel
- → German: Rachel
- → Hungarian: Ráchel
- → Icelandic: Rakel
- → Italian: Rachele
- → Lithuanian: Rachelė
- → Norman: Râché
- → Norwegian: Rakel
- → Polish: Rachela
- → Portuguese: Raquel
- → Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru)
- → Spanish: Raquel
- → Swedish: Rakel
- → Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ)
- → Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)
- → Hawaiian: Rāhela, Lāhela
- → Maori: Rāhera
- → Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl)
References edit
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél). Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).
Pronunciation edit
- (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /ˈrɔχl̩/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈruːχl̩/
- (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ˈruχl̩/
Audio (Litvish) (file) Audio (Poylish) (file)
Proper noun edit
רחל • (rokhl) f
- Rachel (Biblical character)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel