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| Name | Ariel (Ari’el) - אֲרִיאֵל |
| Gender |   |
| Time of appearance | The Biblical Era |
| Meaning | The name is composed of the words ארי (ari, “lion”) and אל (el, “God”) |
| History | Ariel was the name of a man contemporary with Ezra. This is also one of Jerusalem’s appellations, as attested in the verse: “Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt.” Isaiah 29, 1. |
| Citation | “Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.” Ezra 8, 16 |
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