The Hebrew Name of Israel's Prime Minister
It has been few years since Israel’s heated elections ended. The general public both those who distrusted and those who supported the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have come together to meet new challenges.
Just for the record, I voted for another candidate. I believed that Israel was in need of a different direction then the one promoted by Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet. Yet I accepted the results of these democratic elections and committed to continue to build a stronger and better Israel for all of its citizens and residents in the hope that one day we will be able to live in peace with our neighbors.
Today in order to honor the office of prime minister I would like to discuss the Hebrew meaning of the name – Benjamin Netanyahu.
Benjamin (בנימין) is grammatically speaking a compound word. That means that it consists of several words. Ben means "son" (בן) and yamin (ימין) means "right". So the basic meaning of the name Benjamin is a son of the right.
Netanyahu (נתניהו) is also a compound word. Natan (נתן) means “he gave”. Yahu (יהו) is a shortened version of YHWH (instead of יהוה only יהו), the covenant name of the God of Israel. So the translation of the current prime minister’s last name means something like “YHWH gave”. In fact, of the cities in central Israel is called Natanya (it is connected to the same root word for giving).
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