רפאל
See also: רפֿאל
Hebrew
Etymology
רָפָא (rāp̄ā, “he (has) cured”) + אֵל (ʾēl, “God”), literally “God has cured”.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁafaˈ(ʔ)el/
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Proper noun
רָפָאֵל • (rafa'el) m
- Raphael (archangel)
- a male given name
Derived terms
- (nickname) רפי (rafi)
Descendants
- → Arabic: رَفَائِيل (rafāʔīl)
- → Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)
- → English: Raphael
- → Finnish: Rafael
- → French: Raphaël
- → German: Raphael
- → Greek: Ραφαήλ (Rafaḯl), Ραφαήλος (Rafaḯlos)
- → Italian: Raffaele
- → Persian: رافائل (râfâ'el)
- → Polish: Rafał
- → Russian: Рафаи́л (Rafaíl)
- → Spanish: Rafael
- → Yiddish: רפֿאל (refoyl)
Yiddish
Proper noun
רפאל • (refoyl) m
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of רפֿאל (refoyl).