Britannica
Sources used in this answer
What did St. Jerome include in the Book of Interpretation of Hebrew Names?
Created from Britannica articles
using AI.
AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.
St. Jerome
Saint Jerome, oil on canvas by JosĆ© de Ribera (Jusepe de Ribera, Lo Spagnoletto), c. 1638ā40; in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
In his work Liber interpretationis Hebraicorum nominum ("Book of Interpretation of Hebrew Names"), St. Jerome compiled an alphabetical list of Hebrew proper names found in the Bible. This reference work is notable for including what are described as quite fanciful etymologies or origins for these names.1