דניאל

Hebrew

Etymology

From דָּן (dan, “one who judges [of]”) +‎ ־י (-i, “me”) +‎ אֵל (el, “God”), literally “God is my judge”.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /da.niˈjel/

• Audio (Israel):

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• Rhymes: -el

Proper noun

דָּנִיֵּאל • (daniyél) m or f

1. a male or female given name, equivalent to English Daniel or Danielle
2. Daniel (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)
3. (biblical) Daniel (the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel)

References

• H1840 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible