Biblical Names

Jerusalem is the holiest city for all 3 major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
In Israel, many children are named after Jerusalem.

Here are a few examples:

Ariel (אֲרִיאֵל ) - Ariel is one of Jerusalem's appellations, as attested in the verse: "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt."(Isaiah 29, 1)

In Judaism it is a custom to choose the names of our children from the Hebrew Bible. Today we will meet Hebrew names that start with the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, the letter Alef.

The first name is Abraham (אַבְרָהָם) our father.

In Judaism it is a custom to choose the names of our children from the Old Testament.

Today we are going to meet names that start with the last letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, the letter tav.

In Judaism it is a custom to choose the names of our children from the Old Testament. Today we are going to meet names that start with the  fourth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, the letter Dalet.

The first name is Dathan as we read in numbers 16:12-

וַיִּשְׁלַח מֹשֶׁה, לִקְרֹא לְדָתָן וְלַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב; וַיֹּאמְרוּ, לֹא נַעֲלֶה

In Judaism it is a custom to choose the names of our children from the Bible. Today we are going to meet names that start with the third letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, the letter gimel.

The first name is Gad, Jacob's son as we read in Genesis 30:11-
"וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה, בגד (בָּא גָד); וַתִּקְרָא אֶת-שְׁמוֹ, גָּד"

"And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name Gad"