Glossary

*Locations*

Maritama

A Latin name of a city meaning "seashore" or "seacoast."

Mekura (מְכוּרָה)

A Hebrew name of a country where Tifara and her friends live in meaning "origin."

Adama (אֲדָמָה)

A Hebrew name of a super continent meaning "ground" or "land."

*Characters*

T

ifara (תִּפְאָרָה)

A protagonist's Hebrew name meaning "beauty" or "glory."

Meireia (מֵרֵעַ)

A protagonist's best friend's real name based off of Biblical Hebrew pronouncation of Mei-rei-ah, not Meh-ri-ah meaning "friend" or "companion." She prefers to be called May for short though.

Samuel

An English name version of a Biblical name Shemuel (שְׁמוּאֵל) meaning "Elohim's name." He prefers to be called Sam for short.

Dalila

A Latin name version of a Hebrew name Delilah (דִּלִילָה) meaning "delicate," "weak," or "languishing."

Ms. Rosenberg

A German, Swedish and Jewish surname for "rose mountain."

Mr. Kontos (Κοντός)

A Greek surname for "short."

Calpurnia

A feminine name of Calpurnius which devries from a Latin word calpar meaning "chalice" or "cup."

Joel

An English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish and Estonian version of a Hebrew name Yo'el (יוֹאֵל) meaning "Yahweh is God."

Abijah

An English version of a Biblical Hebrew name Abiyah (אֲבִיָּה) meaning "My father is Yahweh."

Saul

A Latin and Jewish version of a Biblical Hebrew name Sha'ool (שָׁאוּל) meaning "asked ((of Yah) for)" or "prayed for."

Zedekiah

An English version of the current constitutional monarch of Mekura. Its Biblical Hebrew name is Tsidqiyyahu (צִדְקִיָּה) that's pronounced Zid-ki-yah-hoo for "Yahweh's justice."

Elohim (אֱלהִים)

A Hebrew word meaning "God" or "god;" its a plural version of eloah (אֱלוֹהַּ) which is a plural form of el (אֵל) of the same meaning. It implies that Elohim the only superior God that's above all of humanity and all the gods created by humans on Earth.

Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ)

A shorter form of a Hebrew name Yehoshuah (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ) meaning "the Lord is salvation." It's Jesus Christ's Hebrew name.

Mr. Fallon

An Anglicized Irish form of an Irish surname Ó Fallamháin that means "descendant of Fallamháin" which devries from an Irish name Fallamháin meaning "leader."

Mrs. Kane

An Anglicized Irish form of an Irish surname Ó Catháin that means "descendant of Catháin" which devries from an Irish name Catháin devries from the Old Irish word cath for "battle."

Jecolia

An English name of a Biblical Hebrew name Yekholyahu (יְכָלְיָה) to mean "Yahweh prevails" or "Yahweh has power."

Abby

A shorter version of Abigail which is a Biblical Latin, Biblical Italian, Biblical German and English name. It devries from a Biblical Hebrew name Abigayil (אֲבִיגָיִל) to mean "my father is joy."

Ms. Acerbi

An Italian surname devries from an Italian word acerbo meaning "bitter," "harsh," or "severe."

David

A popular Latin name version of a Biblical Hebrew name Dawid which devries from a Hebrew word dod (דּוֹד) meaning "belove(d)," "love," or "uncle."

Jehoiakim

An English name of a former constitutional monarch, when Tifara and others around her age was born in, originated from a Biblical Hebrew name Yehoyakim (יְהוֹיָקִים) to mean "raised by Yahweh."

Mr. Baker

An English occupational surname which devries from a Middle English term bakere to mean "baker."

Yulogia (Eὐλογία)

A Greek name meaning "blessing," "gift," "fair speech," "adulation," "bounty," or "praise."

Todo

Name devried from Old Greek masculine name Theodoros (Θεόδωρος) meaning "Elohim's gift."

Ms. Willard

Surname originated from Germanic origin of Williheard meaning "bravely desired" or "hardy will."

Asad (اسد/أسد)

An Arabic or Urdu Masculine name meaning "lion."

*Others*

Hei (ה)

Name of the fifth Hebrew alphabetical letter and its numeric value is five.

Waw (ו)

The Biblical Hebrew name of the sixth Hebrew alphabetical letter which its numeric value is six. Vav is its Modern Hebrew name.

Zayin (ז‎)

Name of a seventh Hebrew alphabetical letter and its numeric value is seven.

Het (ח‎)

Name of an eighth Hebrew alphabetical letter and its numeric value is eight.

Dalet (ד)

Name of a fourth Hebrew alphabetical letter and its numeric value is four.