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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bava Metzi'aA tractate (book) of the Talmud which deals with the laws of property.
- 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
- resh cicadaMegatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.
- Resh GalutaThe exilarch of the Jews in Babylon.
- sugyaA passage from the Gemara discussing a specific issue in the Mishna.