יוחנן

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוחנן

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joħanɑn/

Proper noun

יוחנן • (transliteration needed)

1. (biblical) John
2. a male given name

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܝܽܘܚܢܳܢ
• → Arabic: يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)

Hebrew

Etymology

From the Hebrew phrase יהוה (YHWH) חנון (Khanon); literally (roughly), “God is gracious”.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, often) IPA^(key): /ˈjo.χa.nan/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, more properly) IPA^(key): /jo.χaˈnan/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jojˈχɔ.nɔn/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jo.ħaˈnan/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jø.ħɔˈnɔn/, [je.ħɔˈnɔn]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jo.ħɔˈnɔn/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /joː.ħaːˈnaːn/

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Proper noun

יוֹחָנָן • (yokhanán) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
   • Tanach, Jeremiah 41:11, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיִּשְׁמַע יוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וְכָל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָה׃

     vayishma yokhanan ben-kareakh v'khol-sarei hakhayalim asher ito et kol-hara'a asher asa yishma'el ben-n'tanya.

     But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, […]

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) (see there for further descendants)
• → Aramaic: יוחנן (yoḥanan)
  • Classical Syriac: ܝܽܘܚܢܳܢ
  • → Arabic: يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)