Tikvah
/tikˈva/noun
A Hebrew word meaning “hope,” and also used as a personal name.
Did you know?In Biblical Hebrew, tikvah can also mean a literal “cord” or “line,” which is why hope was imagined as something you cling to, not just feel.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
תִּקְוָה (tiqvāh)
“hope; expectation; cord, line”
Late Biblical / Post-Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
תִּקְוָה (tiqvāh)
“hope, especially as a figure of expectation and trust”
Modern Hebrew
Hebrew
תקווה (tikvah)
“hope”
Modern English
English
Tikvah
“A Hebrew name and transliterated word meaning hope”
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