Elisheva

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Name: Elisheva

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Asia

Language: Jewish

Thematic: Biblical

Meaning: My God is my oath (The one by whom I swear is my God); My God is my sustenance (My God sustains me); My God is abundance.

Comments: In Hebrew Eli means 'My God', while sheva can mean either 'oath', 'sustenance' or 'abundance'. Elisheva (or Elisheba) was the wife of Aaron and the sister-in-law of Moses (Exodus 6:23). Eliseva is a variaton of Elisheva.