Hadassah
English translation: Myrtle or Esther
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| na | Hadassah |
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Hadassah Explanation: Myrtle does translate what "hadas" mean (as a plant). The heh at the end of the word provides the feminine conotation. However, while hadas could be translated to myrtle, Hadassah serves as a name (be it a person's name, the hospital's name which is located in Jerusalem, or the name of the Jewish Women's Organization) and therefore should remain as is. Good Luck! Reference: http://www.babylon.com |
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Myrtle or Esther Explanation: The additional "Heh" on the end of the Hadas makes it feminine,this plant can be either masculine or feminine. It is used as a female name, look in The Book of Esther, chapter 2 verse 7. Hadassah is the hebrew name of the persian named Esther, (Astara or the like)so it has been around for quite some time. |
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Myrtle Explanation: The heh at the end of Hadassah _suggests_ it is feminine - this is only a rule-of-thumb in Hebrew, not an absolute indication. Whether a particular noun in Hebrew is masculine or feminine can cause a headache even to fluent speakers - why should a table be masculine and not feminine? Why is a way feminine? Hadas happens to be masculine. It so happens that a feminine name was coined from it. It can be 'worse' in English; think about daisy: the flower has no gender, but as far as I know, only girls are called Daisy :-) Yoni |
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