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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 5/3/2026 5:14 PM
Family Surname:

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Can I please get a translation of the Hebrew to English. Thank you!

Response

5/3/2026 5:54 PM

Here lies

LEAH daughter of

Reb Shraga Feivish

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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The Hebrew name Leah is pronounced LAY-ah.

Reb is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

Shraga and Feivish are both Yiddish names. Apparently, the names Shraga and Feivish often appear together as a double name, both having some connection to 'light'.
I have seen the secular name Philip paired with the religious name Feivish, but there are no rules for 'matching' names, so this is simply an educated suggestion.

5/5/2026 6:59 PM

Shraga is actually an Aramaic word/name meaning "light"
it is often paired with Feivel or Feivush, which is a Yiddish way of referring to Phoebus, the Greek god of light.

If one wanted a more Hebrew related name, it might be Uri or Meir.

This pairing is of the Hebrew/Aramaic with a Yiddish name, as we have seen with Dov Ber (meaning bear in either language); Ze'ev Wolf (meaning wolf); Aryeh Leib (meaning lion), etc.

ViewMate Posting VM 114383

Submitted by Jimmy Mintzes

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Submitted by Jimmy Mintzes