In Hebrew, her given name means "wave" and her surname means "riverbanks". Prior to her birth, her parents had Hebraized their surname from "Greenstein" to "Gadot". Her father is Michael Gadot, an engineer, and her mother is Irit (née Weiss), a physical education teacher. Gadot has a younger sister named Dana.
Gadot was born in Petah Tikva, Israel to Jewish parents and grew up in Rosh HaAyin, Israel. Her family changed their last name from Greenstein to Gadot, a common practice in Israel.
Gal is a gender-neutral name. Derived from the Hebrew noun gal, the moniker means “God shall redeem” or “the wave of God,” which in turn can be simply understood as “wave.” This moniker came into international limelight after Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot portrayed Wonder Woman in reel life.
Gadot married Israeli real estate developer Jaron "Yaron" Varsano in 2008. They have four daughters, born in 2011, 2017, 2021, and 2024. The two formed their own film and television production company, Pilot Wave, in 2019.
There are a number of English-speaking Greek actresses and anything closer to home would have been more appropriate. Gal Gadot is Israeli, an Ashkenazi Jew, meaning her origins are likely European. In an interview, she herself explains she has Austrian, German, Polish, and Czech ancestry.
According to the country's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) classification system (2021 data), approximately 73.8 percent of the population is Jewish, 18 percent Muslim, 1.9 percent Christian, and 1.6 percent Druze.
The actress and her husband, Jaron Varsano, wed in 2008 and have since welcomed four daughters: Alma in 2011, Maya in 2017, Daniella in 2021 and Ori in 2024. And though Gadot has played an Amazonian warrior princess in the Wonder Woman films, becoming a mother is what made her feel the most powerful.
After having earned $32 million in 2020, she was named one of the top five highest-paid actresses. In 2019, she started her own production company called Pilot Wave. Her net worth is $30 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Also abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, יהוה, that is usually transcribed as YHWH. Hebrew script is an abjad, so that the letters in the name are normally consonants, usually expanded as Yahweh in English.
One's Hebrew name is used for all synagogue ceremonies, such as being called to the Torah for an alliyah, and every religious milestone is marked with one's official name.
Modern scholarship understands that Jesus would have most likely understood some Hebrew but argue that Aramaic was the language during Jesus' time in the Galilee, and would have been the language spoken in His ministry and to His disciples.
Its preface states: "the distinctive Hebrew name for God (usually transliterated Jehovah or Yahweh) is in this translation represented by 'The Lord'." A footnote to Exodus 3:14 states: "I am sounds like the Hebrew name Yahweh traditionally transliterated as Jehovah." The New International Version (1978, revised 2011).
Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia.
We love you so much!!!” According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gal married Jaron Varsano in 2008. Since then, the couple has expanded their family by welcoming daughters Alma in 2011, Maya in 2017 and Daniella in 2021. “I love giving birth,” Gal once said. “I would do it once a week if I could.
Although Gadot didn't end up taking on a role in Barbie, she was sure to show her support by attending the film's Los Angeles premiere in July, where she wore a brown leather asymmetrical minidress paired with a tiny white handbag and clear-strapped heels.
Gadot was pregnant with her eldest daughter, Alma, when she was 25 years old. "I always wanted to be a young mother," she told InStyle in her 2022 interview. Though the actor largely keeps her family life private, Alma did make a brief appearance in “Wonder Woman 1984” as a little girl who throws a snowball at Gadot.
