| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Aaron (Aharon)
אַהֲרֹן (אהרון) | Aaron, the hight priest, was Moses’s brother. |  |
Aba (Abba)
אַבָּא | Father. | |
Abiathar (Evyatar)
אֶבְיָתָר | Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was one of King David's priests. | |
Abijah (Aviya, Aviyah, Abiah)
אֲבִיָּה | The name is composed of the word אבי (avi, “my father”) and the letters יה (the name of God). |  |
Abishai (Avishai, Avshai)
אֲבִישַׁי (אַבְשַׁי) | Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, David's sister, was one of King David's heros. | |
Abner (Avner)
אַבְנֵר | Abner son of Ner was King Saul's captain of host. | |
Abraham (Avraham)
אַבְרָהָם | According the bible, the name Abraham is constructed of the words אב (av, “father”) and המון (hamon, “many”), since Abraham was the father of many peoples. | |
Absalom (Avshalom)
אַבְשָׁלוֹם | Absalom was one of King David's sons. | |
Adam
אָדָם | Person, man, human being. The root of the names is אדמ, just like the root of the word “ground” or “earth”. According to the Biblical account, God used earth to create man. | |
Adi
עֲדִי | Jewel, ornament. | |
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