English words from Biblical Hebrew
- coreThe central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
- SarahThe wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
- LebanonA country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".
- SalemThe biblical place ruled by Melchizedek; mostly identified with Jerusalem.
- corExpression of surprise.
- arielA kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia.
- EzraThe fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
- EthanA male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
- JudahThe fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.
- ElishaA prophet, a disciple and successor of Elijah.
- HiramA king of Tyre. (biblical character)
- HabakkukA prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
- taborA small drum.
- JosiahA king of Judah.
- ShilohA biblical city, the location of the Ark of the Covenant.
- BeulahA female given name from Hebrew.
- korA surname.
- HeberA male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew].
- GershonThe eldest of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites.
- selaThe capital of Edom, near Mount Hor; also known as Joktheel and Petra.
- MagogThe second of the seven sons of Japheth.
- jehuA coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
- AmalekThe nation said to be descended from him, living mostly in the Negev and some later migrating to Israel.
- ephodA priestly vestment, without sleeves, worn girdled at the waist.
- AsahelA male given name.
- EkronOne of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, located in central Israel.
- BezalelThe chief artisan of the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant.
- PhinehasAny of a number of figures of the Old Testament, including a son of Eli and a grandson of Aaron.
- nahorMesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).
- tophetA Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.
- AzalA place near the western extremity of the valley near Jerusalem.
- NeginothA direction for the musical accompaniment of a psalm that has been interpreted as "stringed instruments".
- tohu-bohuChaos, disorder, confusion.
- YahawashiBlack Hebrew Israelite communities' rendering of Jesus