Ze'ev

Ze'ev (Hebrew: זְאֵב / זאב‎ zeév) is a name of Hebrew origin which means wolf. The given name is a masculine form relatively common among Ashkenazi Jews. It is a Biblical name, adapted from a reference to Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth". It re-appeared in relatively recent times as a translation of the Yiddish name װאָלף "Volf" or "Wolf". The name "Wolf" (in German) was relatively common among Germans.

Ze'ev, Zev
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, arguably the most famous Ze'ev
Pronunciation[zeʔev]
GenderMale
Language(s)Hebrew
Origin
Word/nameTranslation of Yiddish װאלף "Volf"
MeaningWolf
Other names
Alternative spellingZeev, Zev, Zeeb, Zeb, Seff
Related namesWolf (name)

The Bible mentions a person directly named Ze'ev, one of the Midianite leaders defeated by the Judge Gideon (see Oreb and Zeeb). However, the identical modern name is not derived from this character, an ancient enemy whom later Jews had no reason to emulate.

The name Ze'ev or Zev may refer to:

People with the given name

Ze'ev

Zev or Z'ev

Zehev

People with the surname

Fictional characters
  • Ze'ev Kesley, fictional character in The Lunar Chronicles fantasy novels
gollark: Turbokrist is Java.
gollark: Evil idea: since Krist only lets the first private key work with an address, mine every possible address and slowly begin claiming them on the actual krist server.
gollark: Actually, your uwuing is visible on the discord bridge.
gollark: Why?
gollark: Just take a random one from https://i.osmarks.tk, he seems to like some of those.

See also
  • Zev (disambiguation)
  • Ben-Zeev, a surname
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