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To: Red Badger

A lot of Biblical characters seem to have multiple names:

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/627663/jewish/What-Was-Moshes-Real-Name.htm


43 posted on 07/29/2025 3:04:09 PM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: jjotto
Everyone had multiple names at that time and even now. Especially royals.

Full legal name, name as used by family, nickname by friends, nickname by enemies, name as used by people who speak other languages....

Edward the VIII was called David by his family before ascending the throne. His brother George the VI was called Bertie, a nickname for Albert. And that is just recent examples.

48 posted on 07/29/2025 5:22:06 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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