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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 4/29/2026 4:01 PM
Family Surname: Potish

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Can someone translate the Hebrew names for all the people with Potish in their last name on this picture?

Response

4/29/2026 5:58 PM

All comments and translations of names that I made in my response to your first post (VM114323) also apply here.
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Isaac:
YITZCHAK son of Yaakov Levi the Levite Potish.
Yaakov (yah-ah-COVE) is Hebrew for Jacob.
Isaac's father had a double name: Yaakov Levi. Both Isaac and his father were Levites.
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Mrs. Ida:
The woman CHAYA GITTEL Potish daughter of Asher Tzvi the Levite.
Chaya [CHAH-yah] is related to the word 'chai', and means 'she lives'. Gittel is a Yiddish name that means 'the good one'.
Asher [AH-sher] was the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Tzvi is Hebrew for deer. The Yiddish word for deer is Hirsh/Hersh. For this reason, some men with Tzvi as part of their religious name have a secular name that sort of sounds like Hirsh or Hersh, such as Herbert, Harry, etc.
Ida's father was a Levite.
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Roger Allan:
Reuven son of Yitzchak the Levite.
Reuven [reh-OO-vayn] is Hebrew for Reuben. Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Ruth:
REEVA ASNA daughter of Ze'ev.
Ze'ev [zeh-AYV] is Hebrew for wolf. Some men with this religious name have a secular name of Wolf, Wolfgang, William, etc.

ViewMate Posting VM 114324

Submitted by Rachel Stauffer

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ViewMate Posting VM 114324

Submitted by Rachel Stauffer