English words from Hebrew
- increase(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- passoverThe one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib or Nisan 14), during which the firstborn sons of the Israelites were passed over by God while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or yearly Sabbaths).
- namesakeAn entity that lends its name to another entity.
- animal soulAccording to Kabbalah, one of the two souls Jews possess, and the only one that gentiles have. It animates the living body and is the source of both animalistic desires and traits like kindness and compassion.
- Babylonian TalmudThe Talmud composed and compiled primarily from the teachings, discussions and disagreements of the Amoraim of the Babylonian exile.
- blood avengerone who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud
- Children of IsraelJewish people, collectively.
- counting of the OmerThe ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
- Day of AtonementYom Kippur.
- eye for an eyeCompensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.
- Iron DomeAn Israeli defense system against short-range rockets.
- Jerusalem DayAn Israeli national holiday on the 28th of Iyar commemorating the unification of Jerusalem in 1967.
- Jerusalem TalmudThe Talmud composed and compiled primarily from the teachings, discussions and disagreements of the Amoraim of the land of Israel.
- kitbag questionA question which causes a disadvantage to the asker and third parties simply by virtue of being asked.
- Lion of JudahA Jewish national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as a symbol of the tribe of Judah.
- Lord of HostsA Biblical title of the Abrahamic God.
- metadivineOf or pertaining to the realm of existence prior to or beyond that of the gods, especially in nonbiblical/pagan religions.
- new shekelThe Israeli currency in use since January 1, 1986, distinct from the shekel circulated between 1980 and 1985, and subdivided into 100 agorot.
- Salt SeaSynonym of Dead Sea.
- stiff-neckedHaving a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis
- valley of the shadow of deathThe world, a place where darkness and death are figurative valleys one must walk through as part of the human experience.