English words from Aramaic
- BethesdaAny location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
- abbaFather; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
- TabithaA woman who was, according to the Bible, restored to life by Peter.
- KahanaA surname from Aramaic.
- GemaraPart of the Talmud, comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah.
- TalithaA female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
- gematriaA cabalistic method of interpreting Hebrew words, based on numerical values of letters.
- BethsaidaEither of the two villages, Bethesda Julias and Bethesda of Galilee, mentioned in the New Testament.
- drashAn exegesis.
- kereA reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text, with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points being inserted in the text (if the text is vocalized).
- ShragaA male given name.
- AggadahA homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud.
- asmachtaA reference to the Torah adduced by a Rabbi in creating a Rabbinical law.
- Avada KedavraTo use the Killing Curse from the Harry Potter series on (someone), causing immediate death.
- Bava Metzi'aA tractate (book) of the Talmud which deals with the laws of property.
- ketivThe traditional written form of a word in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh, especially as distinguished from a divergent pronunciation (a qere).
- MandaeismA monotheistic religion of the Iraqi region with a strongly dualistic and gnostic worldview, whose adherents (the Mandaeans) revere Adam and other Biblical figures, especially John the Baptist.
- mene mene tekel upharsinWords written by a mysterious hand on the wall of Belshazzar's palace, and interpreted by Daniel as predicting the doom of the king and his dynasty.
- nafka minaa practical difference
- pirsumei nisaThe mitzvah of publicizing the miracle of Purim or Hanukkah.
- qereIn the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a spoken reading that diverges from the written word (the ketiv); an indication of such a reading.
- resh cicadaMegatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.
- Resh GalutaThe exilarch of the Jews in Babylon.
- sudraA turban or headdress, similar to the keffiyeh, worn by Jewish men in the ancient Near East and still commonly worn today.
- sugyaA passage from the Gemara discussing a specific issue in the Mishna.
- tircha d'tziburaAn inconvenience to the congregation.
- Trei AsarThe latter part of Nevi’im, the second section of the Tanakh, consisting of the books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
- YonoA surname from Aramaic.