Bible names

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Sadly, the Bible seems to be ripe with puns & wordplay, some admitted, but many being secret inside jokes by the aristocracy. Often, a Biblical name has 2 sets of wordplay: An honest one that fits the story (but is still secret), and a second one that hints at spook jokes underneath (even more secret). As confirmation, each character’s story is verifiably composed of his puns, i.e. all topics that are written similar to the character’s name. That may be the reason many Biblical names are also popular aristocratic names.

Please read my disclaimer on religion, and the introduction to puns.

Adam

puns with “likeness” & “in disguise of”

Ahasuerus

puns with “perceived ruler” (as opposed to real one)

Angel

puns with “mockery”

Ashkenaz

puns with “nobleman” or “hidden person”

David

puns with “beloved”, “hurling”, and “concealed”

Delilah

puns with “weakening” by “tearing off” a veil

Elohim

means “rulers”

Esther

means “hidden” & “veil”

Eve

puns with “life”, “show”, and “snake”

Garden Eden

may be a pun with “hidden luxury”

Goliath

puns with with “revealing” — that’s why he’s the enemy!

Haman

puns with “the crowds” & “the masses”

Isaac

means “actor”, derived from “playing” & “mockery”

Israel

is a multi-pun meaning “veiled assistant”, “veiled ruler”, “godseed”

Jacob

means “heel”, but also “supplanting”, “insidious”, “deceitful”, “crooked”

Jew

means “leader” & “majesty”

Joseph

means “debt” & “forgery”

Levi

means “moneylender”, and puns with “mocking” & “playing”

Maria

is the female form “lady” as in “lord”, and puns with “imitation”

Mitsraim

means Egypt, but is spelled like “the slaves”

Mordecai

may pun with “legal master” & “feigning innocence”

Noah

means “leader” & “eminency”, but also “abandoning” the population and “putting it down”

Philistines

puns with “investigation” & “detection”

Samson

can be read as “masked power”, “veiled one”, “locks of disguise”

Satan

means “enemy”, and is a multi-pun of all words written S-T-N

Sepharad

means “separated”, “veiled”, “deceiver” and “moneychanger”

Simeon

puns with “playing” & “joking”

Vashti

puns with “exposed” & “disgraced”

Yahweh

means “I am”, but also puns with “hidden”, and other attributes of Yahweh