English words from Hebrew
- EphraimThe younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- alephThe first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
- AronThe ark, the cabinet in which the Torah is kept.
- JaffeA surname from Hebrew.
- TalmudA collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).
- HymanA male given name from Hebrew.
- kabbalahA body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.
- brimOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
- HillelA male given name from Hebrew.
- BaruchAny of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah.
- BarakThe commander of the army of Deborah in the Old Testament.
- EbenezerA chapel or meetinghouse.
- dafA large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
- RebekahThe sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
- TamarA daughter-in-law of Judah.
- kazana cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine
- ImmanuelA figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah in the Bible.
- HashemA substitute for the Tetragrammaton.
- elonSynonym of metol (“p-methylaminophenol sulfate”).
- AbnerA cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament.
- golemA humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic. The most famous was made by Rabbi Loew in the 16th century to defend the Jews of Prague from a pogrom.
- IshmaelAn outcast.
- OrenA male given name from Hebrew, probably from the Bible (1 Chronicles 2:25).
- BacaA surname.
- MeirAn outer suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9342).
- DovA male given name of Hebrew usage.
- DelilahA beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
- lilithA type of female Mesopotamian demon, typically seen as coming to men in dreams and as endangering women during pregnancy or childbirth.
- arieA male given name from Hebrew.
- PurimA Jewish festival, celebrated on the fourteenth day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.
- boasA surname from Hebrew.
- HagarThe Egyptian concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael.
- HalpernA surname from Hebrew.
- bibiA grandmother.
- IlanA male given name from Hebrew.
- namesakeAn entity that lends its name to another entity.
- GolanA city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.
- EnosA grandson of Adam.
- ShimonA male given name from Hebrew.
- JemimaAn elastic-sided boot.
- LikudA leading rightist political party in Israel.
- YosefA male given name from Hebrew.
- ElamAn ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa.
- NetanyahuA surname from Hebrew, most notably borne by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- sederThe ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.
- 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.
- menorahA holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
- YehudaA male given name from Hebrew.
- KnessetThe Israeli parliament, located in Jerusalem.
- HezekiahA king of Judah.
- yadA pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.
- rashia single piece of Rashi's commentary on the Hebrew Bible or Talmud
- ChabadA branch of Orthodox Chassidic Judaism founded in 1755 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
- SchatzA surname.
- datireligious rather than secular; observing Jewish customs
- AvrahamA male given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Abraham.
- OnanThe second son of Judah.
- AshkenaziOf or relating to Jews of German origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Yiddish, and they historically dominated Jewish life in Europe north of the Mediterranean, in contrast to the Sephardim.
- AbsalomThe third son of David, king of Israel.
- aradA nomadic herder.
- MizrahiOf, or relating to Jews of Middle Eastern origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals.
- MordecaiOne of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He adopted and raised his cousin Esther and foiled a plot to assassinate the king.
- magaThespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood.
- EliezerAny of a number of men in the Hebrew Bible, including a son of Moses.
- JaminA male given name.
- MossadThe national intelligence agency of Israel.
- ElohimGod; {{n-g|the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures
- kibbutzA community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.
- midrashA Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
- KenanA surname from Hebrew.
- NegevA desert region in southern Israel.
- PesachThe Jewish festival of Passover.
- ZoharA Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century AD. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.
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- PisgahA glimpse of a distant sight; an overview of a situation; a position that affords a view.
- JabezA male given name from Hebrew.
- HadassahA female given name from Hebrew.
- darshanHierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
- KorenA surname from Hebrew.
- azaA nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
- AdinaA female given name from Hebrew.
- PincusA surname from Hebrew.
- aliyahThe calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
- OphirA city or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its gold.
- stamTo confound.
- LemuelA king mentioned in the Proverbs.
- tanninTannic acid or any of its derivatives.
- RozenA surname.
- 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.
- ShoshanaA female given name from Hebrew.
- sabraA native-born Israeli.
- EtanA male given name from Hebrew.
- AdarThe enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination.
- 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
- MishnahThe oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
- seferA book, especially a religious book.