English words from Hebrew
- BilhahA handmaid of Rachel and mother of Dan and Naphtali.
- tamidThe twice-daily sacrifice of two male lambs by the priesthood.
- nigunA type of Ashkenazi Jewish worship song.
- AmiyaA female given name.
- shabbatonA shabbat-long or weekend-long educational gathering.
- derechThe path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism.
- kallahA meeting of yeshiva students for discussion and studying.
- tumtumOne whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a hermaphrodite, possibly intersex.
- HezronThe father of Ram and the son of Perez (biblical figure).
- AmonaA former Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, abandoned in 2017.
- KetuvimA subdivision of the Hebrew Testament (Tanakh), known in English as "The Writings." It includes, in order, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the five megillahs, Daniel, Ezra–Nehemiah and Chronicles. These scriptures are viewed as less authoritative than the Torah.
- MeravA female given name
- masortiIn a traditional Jewish manner.
- YishuvThe community of Jews living in Palestine before 1948.
- HaskalahThe Jewish Enlightenment, an Enlightenment movement among European Jewry.
- maggidA teacher of the Torah in Eastern Europe.
- ZeruiahA figure in the Hebrew Bible, a sister of King David.
- AbiahA female given name from Hebrew.
- shechinahthe presence of God.
- chavurahA small group of like-minded Jews who assemble for prayer, learning, etc.
- MaharalJudah Loew ben Bezalel, a Jewish mystic, philosopher and Talmudic scholar, and a leading rabbi in the cities of Mikulov in Moravia and Prague in Bohemia (both in present-day Czech Republic).
- NahshonThe father of Salmon and the son of Amminadab (biblical figure).
- abacomancyDivination using dust, dirt, silt, sand, ashes, or smoke. Patterns in the medium under various circumstances are interpreted to envision future events.
- AbdielA male given name from Hebrew.
- AbiezerThe prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12).
- AbijamAn alternative form of Abijah, the king after Rehoboam (biblical character)
- abnetThe girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
- AcharonA rabbi-scholar of the modern period, starting from the 16th century.
- AdivA male given name.
- AdullamAn ancient ruin on a hilltop overlooking the Valley of Elah, straddling the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank.
- agunahA Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.
- A"HEnglish rendering of a common Hebrew posthumous honorific.
- AkedahThe Binding of Isaac.
- akumAn idolater, a heathen, a nonbeliever
- alamothsoprano or, possibly, virgin
- aleph-bethThe Hebrew alphabet.
- am ha'aretzAn ignoramus.
- AmminadabThe father of Nahshon and the son of Ram (biblical figure).
- amudThe lectern on the bima.
- Am Yisrael ChaiA slogan used to express confidence in the continuity of the Jewish people.
- AnusimA Jew who violates Jewish law or is an apostate due to coercion, such as state persecution, often living as crypto-Jews.
- apikorosA Jewish skeptic or apostate.
- argamanA particular purple dye or color.
- Aron KodeshThe ark, the cabinet in which the Torah is kept.
- AshmedaiSynonym of Asmodeus.
- av beit dinThe vice-president of a Jewish Sanhedrin or rabbinical court (beit din).
- averahA sin.
- AvigailA female given name from Hebrew, variant of Abigail.
- avodah zarahidolatry
- AzharotDidactic liturgical poems on, or versifications of, the 613 commandments in rabbinical enumeration.
- baal chesedA highly generous or righteous person.
- Baal-gadA city noted for Baal-worship, located at the most northern or northwestern point to which Joshua's victories extended.
- baal keriahbaal korei
- bachurA yeshiva student
- bat mitzvahA Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl.
- bechorabirthright of the firstborn son.
- bechorimFirstborn sons.
- bedikahA ritual inspection or examination.
- bedikat chametzThe search for chametz throughout the household prior to Passover.
- Beit HamikdashThe Temple in Jerusalem
- beit olamA cemetery
- Beit ShemeshA city in Israel.
- bekhorA firstborn child.
- BendavidA surname from Hebrew.
- BenzionA male given name from Hebrew.
- berakhahA formula of blessing or thanksgiving.
- besamimA spice mixture used for its scent on Havdalah.
- beth dinA rabbinical court which regulates certain parts of Jewish law.
- beth hamidrashA Jewish house of study where the study of the Torah is undertaken.
- b'ezrat HashemExpressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.
- B"Ha common phrase used primarily by Jews when hoping for good fortune and God’s support for a better tomorrow
- BiluA Jewish movement for the agricultural settlement of the Land of Israel.
- BinyaminaA district, a former village in Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, Haifa district, Israel.
- Binyamina-Giv'at AdaA town, a local council of Haifa district, Israel.
- binyan pa'althe G-stem of a verbal construction/pattern of a root in Hebrew
- bitachonFaith, trust, especially in God.
- biur chametzThe process of destroying (as by burning) the chametz in one's possession before Passover.
- bli nederA qualification of an undertaking to do something, such that the commitment does not include the strength of a vow.
- Bnei BrakA city in Israel.
- B'nei YisraelThe Jewish people collectively.
- bochurA (male) student at a yeshiva.
- bourekasIsraeli snacks related to the burek, made from either phyllo dough or puff pastry, with various fillings.
- bracha levatalaa blessing said in vain
- brit milahThe Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.
- camphireCamphor.
- CaphtorA locality mentioned in the Bible, inhabited by the Caphtorites or Caphtorim, a division of the ancient Egyptians.
- caravillaA small prefabricated home.
- CasluhimAn ancient Egyptian people mentioned in the Bible and related literature.
- ChabadnikA member of the Hasidic group Chabad.
- chag sameachA greeting used on Jewish holidays.
- chalav stamMilk or other dairy product that is assumed to be kosher despite not being supervised by a mashgiach.
- chalav yisraelmilk or dairy product produced under rabbinic supervision.
- chalutzA member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
- chatanThe bridegroom.
- chatzotThe time exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise; midnight.
- chaverA friend or comrade; a chavrusa.
- chavrusaA partner with whom one studies Talmud and other topics in Judaism; by extension, any study partner.
- chayavresponsible, culpable, obligated, typically in either the fulfillment of a mitzvah or in receiving punishment from a beit din
- chazeretA symbolic bitter herb eaten at Passover, typically Romaine lettuce, used in the korech sandwich.
- chazzanutJewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.