| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Eden
עֵדֶן | Pleasure. |   |
Edna
עֶדְנָה | Pleasure, delight. | |
Ehud
אֵהוּד | Ehud, son of Gera, was one of the judges of Israel, who killed Eglon, the king of Moab. | |
Eilat (Elath)
אֵילַת | A city by the Red Sea: "And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab" (Deuteronomy 2, 8). | |
Eilona (Elona)
אֵילוֹנָה | The name is derived of the name Eilon (Elon). | |
Einat (Ei'nat)
עֵינַת | The name maybe derived of the word עַיִן (ayin, "eye" or "spring"). | |
Eitam (Etham)
אֵיתָם | The name "Eitam" (אֵיתָם) may derive of the place name "Etham" (אֵתָם). This was the second camping place of the children of Israel on their exodus from Egypt: "And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness" (Exodus 13, 20). | |
Elah (Ela)
אֵלָה | A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Pistachia tree. | |
Elam (Eilam)
עֵילָם | Aram is the name of a country in the Mesopotamia region. | |
Eldad
אֶלְדָּד | The name of a person of the time when the Israelites wandered in the desert. | |
Elead (Elad, El’ad)
אֶלְעָד | The name may be composed of the words אל (el, God) and עד (ad, “eternity”). | |
Eleazar (Elazar, El'azar)
אֶלְעָזָר | The meaning of the name "Elazar" is "God (אֵל, el) helped (עָזַר, azar)". | |
Elhanan (Elchanan)
אֶלְחָנָן | Two of King David's heros are called Elhanan. | |
Eli (1)
אֵלִי | My God. "Eli" is the shortened version of the name "Eliyahu" ("Elijah"). | |
Eli (2)
עֵלִי | Eli is the name of a high priest in Shiloh. | |
Eliab (Eliav, Eli'av)
אֱלִיאָב | The name is composed of the words אלי (eli, "my God") and אב (av, "father"). | |
Eliada (Elyada)
אֶלְיָדָע | The meaning of the name is "God (אֵל) knew (יָדַע)". | |
Elichai (Elihai)
אֶלְחַי | The name is composed of the words אל (el, "God") and חי (chai, "alive"). | |
Elichai (Elihai)
אֱלִיחַי | The name is composed of the words אלי (eli, "my God") and חי (chai, "alive"). | |
Eliel (Eli'el)
אֱלִיאֵל | The name is composed of the words אלי (eli, "my God") and אל (el, "God"). | |
Eliezer (Eli’ezer)
אֵלִיעֶזֶר | The name is composed of the words אלי (eli, "my God") and עזר (ezer, "help"). | |
Elijah (Eliyahu)
אֵלִיָּהוּ | The name is composed of the word אלי (eli, “my God”) and the letters יהו (the name of God). | |
Elimelech
אֱלִימֶלֶךְ | The name is composed of the words אלי (eli, "my God") and מלך (melech, "king"). | |
Elior (Eli'or)
אליאור | The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is light (אור, or)". | |
Eliora (Eli'ora)
אליאורה | The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is light (אורה, ora)". | |
Eliraz
אֱלִירָז | The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is a mystery or a secret (רז, raz)". | |
Elisha
אֱלִישָׁע | Elisha the son of Shaphat was one of the prophets of Israel. | |
Elisheba (Elisheva)
אֱלִישֶׁבַע | The name is composed of אלי (eli, “my God”) and שבע (sheva, “seven” – a number that may express the notion of “many”). Another explanation for שבע may relate it to the verb להישבע (lehishava, “to take an oath”). | |
Eliya
אֱלִיָּה | The name is composed of the word אלי (eli, “my God”) and the letters יה (the name of God). | |
Elizur (Elitzur, Elitsur)
אֱלִיצוּר | The meaning of the name is "my God (אלי, eli) is a rock (צוּר, Tzur)". | |
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