גבריאל

See also: גבֿריאל‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
ג־ב־ר‎
א־ל‎

גַּבְרִ י אֵל‎ (gavrí 'él, gaḇrī ʾēl, “my hero is God”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡavʁiˈɛl/

Proper noun

גַּבְרִיאֵל • (gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl) m

Gabriel (an archangel associated with carrying messages from God.)
A male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel.

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gabriḗl) (see there for further descendants)
→ Arabic: جِبْرَائِيل‎ (jibrāʾīl), جِبْرِيل‎ (jibrīl) (see there for further descendants)
→ Classical Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ‎ (Gebrael, Gabriel)
→ Yiddish: גבֿריאל‎ (gvrial)

References

H1403 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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