Elisheva
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Elisheva is also the name of one of the Minor characters in the Book of Genesis.
Elisheva or Elisheba (אֱלִישֶׁבַע in Hebrew) was the wife of Aaron, the forefather of The Kohanim, the Jewish priests, in The Bible. She is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs in Tiberias.
In Hebrew, Eli means "my God." Sheva can mean either "oath" or "sustenance." ("Sheva" also means seven in Hebrew). The name Elisheva means either "My God is my oath" (I swear by my God) or "My God is my sustenance."
The names Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Isabel, and Isabella, and their Arabic equivalent Al-Isabeth, are derived from Elisheva. See Elizabeth for more names derived from Elizabeth.
