[Avodah] names

Zev Sero via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Mon Nov 16 08:49:09 PST 2015


On 11/15/2015 09:10 AM, Eli Turkel via Avodah wrote:
> 2) Give names of people in Tanach named after some ancestor

I think Nachor was the first person to be named after his zeide.

David's daughter Tamar was descended from Yehuda's wife Tamar.
Reuel seems to have been the name of both Yitro and his father.


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