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It's my understanding that in modern Israeli Hebrew, 1) #Gever and #Gveret aren't actually equivalent: Gveret is a title but Gever isn't, it just means "man," and the titles used instead are Mar (=Mr) or Adon (=Mr, Lord); but also 2) people default to first names in most contexts and don't really use title+surname as a common form of address.
The JWHIA folks do everything intentionally, so what's up? some hypotheses:
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#FirstChristianOmer = Advent (the 1st waiting period of the Christian liturgical year; as opposed to Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, the Second Christian Omer)
#Gever /'gever (Hebrew), 'gɛvɛɚ (Jewish English)/ = 1. man (i.e. adult male, not "humankind"); 2. strongman; 3. hero. From the Semitic root G-V-R (generates words related to strength, grow, victory, confirm)
The same word with feminine inflection is Gveret, which can be used as a title (i.e. Ms).
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