Shabtai

Shabtai (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַאי or שַׁבְּתַי) is a Jewish masculine given name derived from the Hebrew word Shabbat, and is traditionally given to boys born on that day. Alternative transliterations into English include Sabbatai, Sabbathai, Shabbatai, Shabbethai, and Shabsai.

It is the name of a Levite in the Tanakh, and the name in Hebrew for the planet Saturn. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Shabtai Ambron (fl. early 18th century), astronomer
Shabtai Bass (1641–1718), father of Jewish bibliography, and author
Moses Shabbethai Beer
Shabbethai Bass
Shabbethai ben Meïr ha-Kohen (1621–62), the "Shach", a noted talmudist and halakhist
Shabtai Daniel (1909–81), Israeli journalist and politician
Shabbethai Donnolo
Joseph Shabbethai Farhi
Shabsai Frankel (1909–2000), rabbi, businessman, philanthropist, and publisher of Torah books
Shabbatai HaKohen
Shabbethai Horowitz (c. 1590–1660), rabbi and talmudist
Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz (1565–1619), kabbalistic author
Shabtai Kalmanovich (1947–2009), KGB spy
Shabtai Konorti (1943–2002), Israeli actor
Shabtai Levy (1876–1956), Israeli mayor of Haifa
Shabsa Mashkautsan (1924–2022), Soviet soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union
Shabbethai Nawawi (fl. 17th century), rabbi
Shabbethai Panzieri
Shabbethai Premsla
Shabtai Rosenne (1917–2010), Israeli professor and diplomat
Shabtai Shavit (born 1941), Director General of the Mossad
Shabtai Shikhman (1915–87), Israeli politician
Shabtai Teveth (born 1925), Israeli journalist and academic
Shabtai Zvi (1626–76), Jewish Messiah claimant and founder of the Sabbatean movement
Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham (b. 1941), better known as "Bob Dylan."

Surname

Aharon Shabtai (born 1939), poet and translator
Benny Shabtai, Israeli American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
Ḥayyim Shabbethai (1557–1647), Chief Rabbi of Salonika
Yaakov Shabtai (1934–81), Israeli novelist, playwright, and translator
Kobi Shabtai, 19th Commissioner of the Israel Police

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Shabbetai". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.
↑ Wolf, Horace J. (1915). "Shabbethai". In Orr, James (ed.). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
↑ Sela, Shlomo (November 10, 2017). "Saturn and the Jews". Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Shabbetai". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

[2] Wolf, Horace J. (1915). "Shabbethai". In Orr, James (ed.). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

[3] Sela, Shlomo (November 10, 2017). "Saturn and the Jews". Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

Shabtai

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