Henok
ሄኖክ
The Tigrinya and Amharic spelling of the biblical Enoch, from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥanokh), "dedicated" or "initiated".
Meaning and origin
Henok entered Tigrinya and Amharic naming through the Book of Genesis, where Enoch is Noah's great-grandfather, and through the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo churches, which include the Book of Enoch in their…
How to pronounce Henok
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | HEH-nok /ˈhɛnok/ |
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