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Taking on a Hebrew name?
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On another forum I chose a name that I thought sounded Jewish/Hebrew. The name I chose was Pi-thu-el. I chose it because of a play on words. A supervisor I once had once told me I had a "proclivity to laxity," so I chose "p-to-l" as my name in this other forum, but I spelled it "Pi-Thu-El" (pronounced as "pee-tu-el"). Later, I was informed that "Pethuel" is a name found in the book of Joel. I have read the entire Tanakh, so I must have read that name before, but I didn't recall the name being there, and when I went to look up "Pithuel" I didn't find anything. (Note the 'i' instead of the 'e').
Is the fact that a name I chose for myself actually exists and is in the Bible coincidental?
I understand the name "Pethuel" means something like, "openminded to G-d". Can you confirm that, or tell me anything about the name or about the person in the Book of Joel that had that name?
Thanks.
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Taking on a Hebrew name? - by Sebastian- - 10-05-2008, 05:48 AM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 10-05-2008, 04:22 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Sebastian- - 10-05-2008, 09:24 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 10-06-2008, 07:55 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by sodergard - 05-03-2009, 02:33 AM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 05-03-2009, 01:53 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by sodergard - 05-05-2009, 07:13 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 05-08-2009, 12:08 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Mattityahu ben Noach - 11-11-2009, 03:38 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 11-12-2009, 05:01 AM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Mattityahu ben Noach - 12-22-2009, 04:21 AM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 11-24-2009, 04:54 AM
RE: Hebrew name? - by adraineva - 11-25-2009, 04:56 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 12-27-2009, 09:30 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Mattityahu ben Noach - 04-27-2010, 01:57 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 04-29-2010, 01:30 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by NickJT - 04-30-2010, 07:30 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 05-02-2010, 03:53 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by xseoer - 07-16-2010, 04:06 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by excited_for_life - 11-10-2011, 05:10 AM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 11-13-2011, 03:13 PM
RE: Hebrew name? - by Director Michael - 01-17-2020, 12:17 AM

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