אבנר

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
א־ב (ʾ-b)
נ־ו־ר (n-w-r)

From אָב (av, “father”) +‎ נור (nur, “light”) or אָב (av, “father”) +‎ נר (ner, “a candle”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

אַבְנֵר • (avnér) m

1. a male given name, Avner or Abner
2. (biblical) Abner (a cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament)

References

• H74 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• אבנר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he