English words from Aramaic
- KahanaA surname from Aramaic.
- 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.
- 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.
- ketivThe traditional written form of a word in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh, especially as distinguished from a divergent pronunciation (a qere).
- 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.
- sudraA turban or headdress, similar to the keffiyeh, worn by Jewish men in the ancient Near East and still commonly worn today.
- 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.