Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
meaning "May God live" or "God shall live".
Several people in the Bible have this name. See Jehiel (biblical figure).
Alternative spellings of Yechiel include Jehiel, Yehiel, Yechi'el, and Yiddish variants include Ichel, Ychel, Echiel, Cheil, and Chil may refer to:
People
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Yehiel Bar
Yehiel "Hilik" Bar ( he, יחיאל "חיליק" בר; born September 4, 1975) is a Member of Knesset for the Israel Labor Party, Secretary General of the Labor Party, and is the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Bar previously served as a member o ...
Yechiel Michel Epstein
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein ( he, יחיאל מיכל הלוי אפשטיין)
(24 January 1829 – 25 March 1908), often called "the ''Aruch haShulchan''" after his magnum opus, Aruch HaShulchan, was a Rabbi and ''Posek'' (authority in Jew ...
(1829–1908), Lithuanian rabbi
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Yehiel Lasri
Yehiel Lasri ( he, יחיאל לסרי; born 21 August 1957) is an Israeli physician and politician who serves as mayor of Ashdod.Yechiel Leiter (born 1959), Israeli political scientist and civic leader
* Yechiel Lerer (1910–1943), Polish poet
* Yehiel Rabinowitz (born 1939), French artist
* Yechiel Shemi (1922–2003), Israeli sculptor
* Yehiel Tzagai (born 1983), Israeli football player