Meanings
plural Hillels
- A male given name from Hebrew.
1 more example
Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2019 - A surname.
- countableA Jewish student organization at a college or university.
Origin
- Hebrewהִלֵּל
- EnglishHillel
Borrowed from Hebrew הִלֵּל (Hillḗl).
More words from Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hebrew הִלֵּל
- הִלֵּל (Hillḗl)male given name
Italian Hillel
- Hillelmale given name
Portuguese Hilel
- Hilelmale given name
Cite this entry
Hillel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hillel
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