Almog is a kibbutz near the Dead Sea.
Almog (Hebrew: אַלְמוֹג) is also a Hebrew word meaning "coral".[1] It is the name of:
- Almog Cohen (footballer) (born 1988), Israeli footballer
- Almog Sarusi-Israeli civilian taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 from the Nova Festival. His body was recovered by the IDF on September 1, 2024.
Notable people with the family name Almog include:
- Aharon Almog (de)
- Doron Almog (born 1951), Major General in the Israel Defense Forces, Chair of the Jewish Agency
- Ruth Almog (born 1936), Israeli novelist
- Ze'ev Almog (born 1935), Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy
- Oz Almog (born 1956), Israeli-Austrian artist
Almogi
editAlmogi (Hebrew: אלמוגי) is a variant:
- Yosef Aharon Almogi, ne Karlenboym (1910–1991), Poland-born Israeli politician
References
edit- ^ Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. KTAV Publishing House. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. Retrieved 6 April 2019.