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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Arvadite


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Arvadite Arvadite Arvad Arvad

Arvad is a Phoenician city built on an island north of Tyre.
The name Arvad is probably derived from the word rud (rud 2129) meaning wander, restlessly, roam. Most of the occurrences of this word in Scripture have to do with the mere conclusion that the speaker is restless and wandering.

However, there is a problem with the difference in syllables between the name Arvad and the word rud. The letter waw serves in the name Arvad as a consonant and in the word rud as a vowel, and that makes it, in all honesty, an entirely different letter. (The same situation can be found with the double syllabic name David that is supposedly derived from single syllabic the word dud.)

The name Arvad is most likely a foreign word with no meaning in Hebrew.



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