רפאל

See also: רפֿאל‎

Hebrew

Roots
ר־פ־א‎ (r-p-ʾ)
א־ל‎ (ʾ-l)

Etymology

רָפָא‎ (rāp̄ā, “he (has) cured”) +‎ אֵל‎ (ʾēl, “God”), literally “God has cured”.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁafaˈ(ʔ)el/

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).

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