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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hayim,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, male first names of Greek origin with
the first syllable Theo- exist in a number of European languages. You mention ‘Bog-‘
for Russian and ‘Gott-“ for German. In German and English there are
number of these first names which are probably rare today like “Gottfried/Godfrey”
(God-peace), Traugott (Trust-God),<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fürchtegott (Fear-Gott) or old-fashioned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Beracha,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fritz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fritz,<br>
<br>
Of course most or all Jewish languages (live or extinct, they are about two
dozen) have name Barukh or Mevorakh. Many Semitic languages have equivalents of
Hebrew Barukh or Arabic Muba(r)rak. Nevertheless most of Biblical names are
theophorical by nature (pay attantion for initial Yo- or Yeho- or suffix-like
-el, -ahu).<br>
It seems to me that in some European languages the semantic equivalents are of
slightly different etimology: a type of "given by God" [Theodor(e),
Fe(o)dor, Bogdan] or "loved by God" [like Gottlieb].<br>
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I hope, this helps,<br>
<br>
Hayim Sheynin <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Fritz Goerling <<a
href="mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org">Fritz_Goerling@<wbr>sil.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p style='background:white'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I'd be interested in knowing in which languages the
male first name "The blessed one" exists, either from a Semitic
origin like Baruch, Barak, Barack </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='background:white'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>or Latin origin like Benedict, Benedikt, Benedetto,
Benito, Benoît or in Slavic, Asian, African or whatever languages that do not
have a form of the name borrowed and transliterated from the Semitic root BRK
or Latin Benedictus.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='background:white'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fritz Goerling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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