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Nice, pleasant, lovely, desired

Today’s name is nech•mad, which means nice. It is derived from the root, CHA.MA.D, which means ‘to desire,’ ‘to like,’ but also ‘to covet.’ You can use the word just as you use the English word ‘nice.’ If you want to say ‘very nice’ about something or someone, just...

Fool, stupid

Today’s name, e•veel (or evil, please listen to the recording), a fool, is biblical and it appears both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. Yesterday, we discussed the name ‘naval,’ a villain, and pointed out the ample occurrences where it was wrongly...

Villain, wicked, vile person

Today’s name, naval, a villain, is biblical, and it appears both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. Naval is also a name in the Bible. As the story concerning each character unfolds, we learn how closely connected is the HEBREW name to the narrative. It...

A good-for-nothing person

Today’s name, reyka, fool, is biblical, but it appears only in the New Testament. It seems by the biblical text that it was a very derogatory name because Jesus warns people not to say it: “But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a...

Wonderful, terrific, gorgeous

Today’s word is me•sha•ge•a, fascinating, terrific, gorgeous, etc. The strange thing is the closeness of that word to the expression that describes excitement and extreme happiness. Is it possible that this is just another example of the closeness of extreme opposites...