Hillel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הִלֵּל (Hillḗl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪˈlɛl/, /ˈhɪ.ləl/
  • Hyphenation: Hil‧lel

Proper noun

Hillel (plural Hillels)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎[1], number Summer 2019:
      Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
  2. A surname.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew הִלֵּל (Hillḗl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.lel/
  • Rhymes: -ilel

Proper noun

Hillel

  1. a male given name from Hebrew
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