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Ethan means strong and optimistic, solid and enduring, or permanent. The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible ( 89 title, 1 Chr. 2:6 and 2:8, 1 Chr. 6:42 and 6:44, and 1 Chr. 15:17 and 15:19). TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM According to classical Jew ish teachings in the Midrash , the name ''Eitan HaEzrachi'' in Ps. 89 refers to the Hebrew patriarch Abraham : ...Abraham, the first Jew, as he pioneered a new path in the recognition and consciousness of G-d. Abraham is called in the Midrash "Eitan Haezrachi"; "Haezrachi" can also be read as "the one who plants seeds in the future." Every action of Abraham not only paved the way for all Jews in the future but, because of the awesome intensity and intention of his every deed, his qualities of faith, self-nullification and love were etched indelibly on all subsequent Jewish souls... SEE ALSO |
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