Sorry to be the party-pooping Hebrew nitpicker, but... uh...
Jonathan = Yonatan = YHVH-NTN = 'God Gave'
Gabriel = Gavri'eil = GBR-2L = 'God's strength'
The translation of Gabriel is more tentative... the root GBR means things
like 'strong', 'mighty', 'power', 'hero', stuff like that... so it could mean
something like "God's strength" or maybe "God is my strength" or something like
that. Actually, since _gever_ (from the same root) means "man" (adult male
human being), it could mean "man of God", but the more abstract 'strength'-type
translations seem to make more sense. "man of God" (_ish eloqim_) is a title
generally used for prophets.
-Stephen (Steg)
"...many moons, since first i saw you
many moons, since first we did the do..."
~ 311
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:35:55 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jonathan = Man of God
Gabriel = Gift of God
(although I try not to let it go to my head) ;-)
Jon
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