Avital Dew , the symbolic meaning of the name.
Language Hebrew Origin Meaning my father is [the] dew ,dewy
Hebrew name
Avital (Hebrew :אֲבִיטַל ’Ăḇîṭāl ) is aHebrew given name ofOld Testament origin. Traditionally a female given name, its modern usage isunisex .
Avital is also used as asurname .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
"Abital" translates todewy (as in,morning dew )[ 4] ormy father is [the] dew (Ab-i means "my father";-i is possessive pronoun for "my").[ 5] [better source needed ]
The name refers todew , the phenomenon of water droplets that occur on exposed objects in the morning or evening due tocondensation .
William Dwight Whitney 'sCentury Dictionary of 1889 defines "avital" as "pertaining to a grandfather; ancestral", giving its root as the Latinavus, lit. ' grandfather ' .[ 6] It is used thus in 1889 by Hubert Lewis'sThe Ancient Laws of Wales .[ 7]
Mount Avital as seen fromMount Bental The surname could potentially be aplace name for theAvital moshav inIsrael , named in 1953.[ 8]
Alternatively,Mount Avital/Tall Abu an Nada (Hebrew : הר אביטל,Har Avital ,Arabic : تل أبو الندى,Tall Abu an Nada ) is a mountain that is part of adormant volcano in theGolan Heights .[ 9] [ 10] It does not appear to have any correlation with the Avital moshav, being over an hour's drive away.[ 11]
The name was popularized byminor biblical character Abital , who is mentioned inthe book of Samuel as one of KingDavid 's wives (II Samuel 3:4 ).
Abital gave birth to David's fifth son,Shephatiah , another minor biblical character.[ 12] [ 13]
Chess playerAvital Boruchovsky As given name (female)[ edit ] As given name (male)[ edit ] Colette Avital , Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politicianMili Avital , an Israeli actress, writer, and director.Shay Avital , Major General (Ret.) in the IDF and former head of the Special Operations Forces Command.Omer Avital , an Israeli-American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader.Avi Avital , an Israeli mandolinist.Tsion Avital , an Israeli philosopher of art and culture.Eden Avital , an Israeli footballer.Colette Avital , a Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politician.Doron Avital , an Israeli politician.Shmuel Avital , an Israeli politician.^ Hubbard, Rob (9 March 2016)."Avi Avital and his mandolin bring the world to Minneapolis" .Twin Cities . Retrieved24 August 2020 . ^ Davis, Barry."Avital's bass flow" .The Jerusalem Post . Jpost Inc. Retrieved24 August 2020 . ^ "Tamir Avital - Men's Water Polo" .University of California Golden Bears Athletics . Cal Athletics. Retrieved24 August 2020 .^ Hanks, Patrick ; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006).A Dictionary of First Names . Oxford paperback reference.Oxford University Press . p. 42.ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 . Retrieved2018-11-17 .^ "Abital" . Retrieved2013-06-27 .^ The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. A - Cono . T. Fisher Unwin, the Century Company. 1889.^ Lewis, Hubert (1889).The Ancient Laws of Wales: Viewed Especially in Regard to the Light They Throw Upon the Origin of Some English Institutions . E. Stock. pp. 417, 418, 437, and 438. ^ Bitan, Hanna:1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel , Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 1,ISBN 965-220-423-4 ^ South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976 ^ Golan Heights and vicinity 1994 ^ "Mount Avital to Avital" .Mount Avital to Avital . Retrieved2022-04-18 .^ 2 Samuel 3:4 ^ "Abital (fl. 1000 BCE)" .Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia . Gale Research Inc. Archived fromthe original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved6 January 2013 .(subscription required) Name list
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