Yechiel

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Gender Male Meaning May God live		Word/name Hebrew
Related names Jehiel יְחִיאֵל (Yekhiyyel/Yeħiyyêl) (Hebrew)

Yechiel (Hebrew: יְחִיאֵל‎‎) is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "May God live" or "God shall live".

Several people in the Bible have this name, including the second of Jehoshaphat's six sons, one of the Levites of the family of Heman who assisted Hezekiah in his work of reformation, the father of an Obadiah, and one of the sons of Elam.

Alternative spellings of Yechiel include Jehiel, Yehiel, Yechi'el, and Yiddish variants include Ichel, Ychel, and Echiel. The name may refer to:

People

Yehiel Bar (born 1975), Israeli politician

Jehiel Brooks (1797–1886), American soldier and politician

Yehiel De-Nur (1909–2001), Israeli writer

Yehiel Dresner (1922–1947), Israeli paramilitary fighter

Yechiel Eckstein (born 1951), American rabbi

Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach (1925–2008), Israeli rabbi

Jehiel R. Elyachar (1898–1989), American engineer

Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), Lithuanian rabbi

Yehiel Lasri (born 1957), Israeli politician and mayor

Yechiel Leiter (born 1959), Israeli political scientist and civic leader

Yechiel Lerer (1910–1943), Polish poet

Yehiel Rabinowitz (born 1939), French artist

Yechiel Shemi (1922–2003), Israeli sculptor

Yehiel Tzagai (born 1983), Israeli football player

References

Yechiel Wikipedia

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