Word origins

• BathshebaIn the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.
• joramA male given name from Hebrew.
• MelchizedekA very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.
• YitzchakA male given name from Hebrew.
• MarguliesA surname from Hebrew.
• NachmanA surname.
• ObedThe son of Ruth and Boaz, father of Jesse and grandfather of David, grandson of Naomi.
• seahA former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about 7.7 L or 7 quarts.
• MidianA biblical location in northwest Arabia.
• nazirThe custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
• RammA surname.
• zillahA district or local division, as of a province, in India.
• KalebA male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.
• AdlaiThe father of one of King David's officials (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:29).
• BrannA surname.
• JehoshaphatExpressing astonishment; jumping Jehoshaphat.
• adaha group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial matters); congregation; assembly; prayer meeting
• RivkaA female given name from Hebrew.
• JabalThe son of Lamech and Ada.
• hederAn elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.
• SharonaA female given name from Hebrew.
• sukkahA temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot).
• ElulThe twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei.
• RahabA prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
• siddurA prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
• ZedekiahA biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.
• TammuzThe tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Sivan and before Av.
• ReuelA male given name from Hebrew.
• AhazA king of Judah mentioned in the book of Kings.
• shekinahA visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
• lamedThe twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
• TzviA male given name from Hebrew.
• HahiraA city in Georgia, United States.
• teshuvaThe Jewish concept of penitence.
• SookieA female given name of Hebraic origin.
• JaelA female given name from Hebrew.
• ohelA structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person.
• parsaA Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
• tzaddikA very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader.
• AmaziahA male given name from Hebrew.
• etrogThe yellow citron (Citrus medica) used in Sukkot ritual.
• KeziaThe second of the three daughters of Job.
• EliphaletA male given name.
• asherahA wooden pole or tree set up to represent the goddess Asherah.
• MayimA diminutive of the female given name Maryam.
• IradA grandson of Cain.
• hallelA hymn of praise chanted during the Passover supper, consisting of Psalms cxiii to cxviii.
• JehoramA male given name from Hebrew, of chiefly biblical usage.
• nabala long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music of Korea
• JadonA male given name from Hebrew, of modern usage of Biblical origin. Taken into regular use the 1990s, apparently seen as a variant of the more popular Jayden.
• algumA tree or wood mentioned in the Bible, possibly juniper or red sandalwood.
• AmidahA prayer primarily consisting of nineteen blessings recited in a whisper while standing facing the site of the Temple in Jerusalem.
• ManoahThe father of the biblical strongman Samson.
• MicaiahA prophet in the court of King Ahab and possibly a disciple of Elijah in the Old Testament of the Bible in 1 Kings 22.
• haftarahA selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah.
• nazariteA Jew bound by a vow to leave the hair uncut, to abstain from alcohol, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion.
• BethuelThe father of Rebekah and Laban; nephew of Abraham
• genizahA depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
• daithAn ear piercing in the inner cartilage just above the earhole.
• parashahA section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
• gimelThe third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
• NaamahA descendant of Cain, daughter of Lamech and Zillah.
• PhilistiaAn ancient pentapolis in south-western Levant, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza.
• AriahA male given name from Hebrew.
• AbishagThe illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
• Adar SheniVeadar.
• AkkubAny of several minor characters in the Hebrew Bible.
• AnaiahOne of the elders who stood with Ezra the Scribe. (biblical character)
• antigoyismPrejudice against non-Jews; the belief that Jews are superior to non-Jews.
• apple of SodomA gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 18–19 in the Bible), the apples of which would turn to ash and smoke once picked.
• ArrabaA city in Northern district, Israel.
• Baal-Shem-TovIsrael ben Eliezer, founder of the modern Hassidic movement of Judaism.
• BaracaAn international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes for young men, founded in the late 19th century.
• BelteshazzarBabylonian name of the biblical prophet Daniel (cf. Daniel 1:7)
• Chamisha Chumshei TorahThe Pentateuch collectively.
• chittimA type of wood mentioned in the Bible, from which the Ark of the Covenant was constructed.
• ColelA Hebrew root only found in the term rule of Colel.
• Dan RiverA river in North Carolina and Virginia, United States.
• David HaMelechKing David, the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon.
• God AlmightyAn exclamation of surprise or astonishment.
• HY"DEnglish rendering of a common Hebrew posthumous honorific, usually applied to those who died as a result of antisemitism.
• I amIndicates solidarity or a support of a shared conviction with the person or object upon which a perceived injustice is being inflicted.
• ItalkianSynonym of Judeo-Italian.
• ittyonSynonym of bradyon.
• JahbulonA symbolic or ceremonial name for God associated by some writers with certain Masonic rites or passwords.
• JerimothA male given name of several Biblical characters.
• JochebedThe mother of Moses.
• kaphThe eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
• Kiryat ArbaA settlement in the West Bank, Palestine.
• KnaanicAn extinct West Slavic Jewish language.
• kol hakavodgood job, well done, bravo
• Kriat ShemaThe recitation of the Shema.
• ktiv maleIn Hebrew writing, the rules for writing without vowel pointers (niqqud).
• KuzariThe Book of the Kuzari, otherwise known as The Book of Refutation and Proof in Support of the Abased Religion, a philosophical treatise by Judah Halevi.
• Lag B'OmerThe 33rd day of the Omer, celebrated as a holiday
• land o' GoshenUsed by Christians for swearing without being overtly vulgar or blasphemous.
• LapidotA moshav in Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council council area, Northern District, Israel.
• lashon haraAny form of communication — verbal, written, body language — that can result in emotional, financial, or physical harm to another person
• ma'abaraA type of refugee camp in Israel during the early 1950s, used mostly by new immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
• maftirThe person who reads the Haftarah.