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Meaning and etymology of the name Talitha
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Talitha 
Talitha is not really a name but an appellative. When Jesus finds the unnamed daughter of Jairus deceased, He takes her by the hand and says, "Talitha kum" (Mark 5:41). Mark immediately explains that this means "Little girl, I say to you, arise." In Acts 9:36, the apostle Peter raises Dorcas, from the dead by saying, "Tabitha arise," and Tabitha is the Aramaic version of the Greek name Dorcas.
There's quite a bit to this word talitha. Marcus Jastrow's Dictionary of the Targumim, the talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature reports that the Aramiac word  (talitha), meaning young girl, comes from the word  (talya), meaning young in general, which in turn comes from  (talay), meaning (1) tender, young, young man, or (2) lamb. A related word is  (talyuta), meaning childhood or youth.
But there is a secondary strand of words that bear a striking resemblance to the prior:
(talya), denoting a piece of cloth used as a blanket;
(talay I), meaning to hang on or over;
(talay II), meaning to lift up;
(talay III), meaning hanging or covering;
The word  (tallith) means cover, sheet or cloak, and became the name of the Tallith, the cloak of honor, the scholar's or officer's distinction.
The word talitha means Little Girl, but when this word is spoken by Jesus Christ as He raises someone from the dead, it may mean a lot more than that.
Names derived of the Hebrew cognate verb qum are
Adonikam,
Ahikam,
Azrikam,
Eliakim,
Jakim,
Jehoiakim,
Jekameam,
Jekamiah,
Joiakim,
Jokim,
Jokmeam,
Kamon,
Kemuel,
and
Koa, and perhaps Achim.
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