Word origins

• getTo obtain; to acquire.
• lotA large quantity or number; a great deal.
• bathA tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
• danA title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
• cottonA soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
• grossRemarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
• ranYarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
• avhave
• JessicaA female given name from Hebrew.
• JoelA male given name from Hebrew.
• cabA compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
• ruthSorrow for the misery of another person; compassion, mercy, pity.
• DannyA diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
• RebeccaOne who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite.
• hamThe region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
• cohenA Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
• uriA canton of Switzerland.
• yaleA mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goatlike four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.
• HyattA surname.
• JudithA female given name from Hebrew.
• HannahA Wren serving with the Royal Marines.
• ziffA beard.
• JudeThe second last book of the New Testament of the Bible.
• zionzayin, Hebrew letter ז.
• NaomiThe mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.
• JonahA person who brings a ship bad luck.
• cainThe son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.
• LeahThe elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
• HannaA female given name from Hebrew, variant of Hannah.
• tanyaA diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) and Tetyana (from Ukrainian).
• MiriamThe sister of Moses and Aaron and the daughter of Amram and Jochebed.
• MicahA book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
• ElijahAn Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.
• maraA nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
• EdnaA female given name from Hebrew.
• RubenA male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.
• NehemiahA governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
• ZacharyA male given name from Hebrew.
• shivaA weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
• micaAny of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
• uzInitials of Ukrainian Railways or Ukrzaliznytsia.
• ReubenA grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.
• ZechariahA king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.
• GoshenA land of light and plenty.
• DinaA female given name from Hebrew.
• NahumA book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
• ObadiahA book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
• HaggaiA book of the Old Testament of the Bible and the Tanakh.
• ZephaniahA book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
• MichalA daughter of Saul and wife of David in the Old Testament.
• lodA city in Israel.
• EphraimThe younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
• brimOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
• BarakThe commander of the army of Deborah in the Old Testament.
• EbenezerA chapel or meetinghouse.
• TamarA daughter-in-law of Judah.
• ImmanuelA figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah in the Bible.
• HashemA substitute for the Tetragrammaton.
• AbnerA cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament.
• IshmaelAn outcast.
• boasA surname from Hebrew.
• HalpernA surname from Hebrew.
• EnosA grandson of Adam.
• ShimonA male given name from Hebrew.
• JemimaAn elastic-sided boot.
• ebenA male given name.
• AmmonAn ancient nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
• HezekiahA king of Judah.
• rashia single piece of Rashi's commentary on the Hebrew Bible or Talmud
• SchatzA surname.
• AbsalomThe third son of David, king of Israel.
• aradA nomadic herder.
• JaminA male given name.
• JabezA male given name from Hebrew.
• KorenA surname from Hebrew.
• AdinaA female given name from Hebrew.
• aliyahThe calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
• stamTo confound.
• LemuelA king mentioned in the Proverbs.
• ZachariahA male given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Zechariah and Zachary.
• saraiEither of two cities which served as the capital of the Golden Horde.
• TomerA surname.
• kabA guided bomb (GBU), in a Soviet or post-Soviet (especially Russian or Ukrainian) military context.
• ZEVA male given name from Hebrew found in the Jewish demographic
• vavThe sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
• AsaphA biblical figure associated with music.
• oferAn outfielder.
• yairAn enclosure for catching salmon as the tide ebbs.
• rishonA hypothetical fundamental particle in an early preon model.
• noyTo annoy; to harm or injure.
• YaelA female given name from Hebrew.
• dayanA rabbinic judge.
• challahA traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
• ReuvenA male given name from Hebrew.
• ShulaA diminutive of the female given name Shulamith, from Hebrew.
• minyanThe minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service.
• shoahA mass murder.
• KassinA surname from Hebrew.
• YoavA male given name from Hebrew.
• RambamMaimonides, a 12th-century Jewish philosopher.