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Rafael

Pronunciation: rah-fiy-EHL (key)

Origin of the name Rafael:

A cognate of the Hebrew Refael, a derivative of refāēl (God has healed). The name is borne in the Bible by an archangel and messenger of God mentioned in the apocryphal books of Enoch and Tobit.

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