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Glossaries of Hebraic Terminology
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Glossaries of Hebraic Terminology



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A Glossary of Hebraic Terms

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Glossary of Judaic Terms

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Glossary of Hebraic Terms

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Hebrew Glossary by Devorah

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Dear Ryan,

Thanks a lot for these. As you said, this one (your favorite) is also the best one.

I went ahead and copied and pasted it here. I hope that's OK, I didn't see any kind of copyright on it.

Thanks again!

Shlama, Albion


Transliterated Hebrew uses our alphabet and typical phonics to provide Hebrew pronunciation to non-Hebrew reading people.
Abba
An affectionate way to say father
dear father or daddy
Acharit HaYamim
The end of the days
The end times when the Olam Hazeh comes to a close and the Olam Haba is about to begin.
Adam
The first man
generically "man" or "human"
Adar
Sixth month of Hebrew civil calendar: February-March.
Adonai
My Lord, Lord of all
Spoken by Jewish people instead of God's personal name YHVH ("Jehovah or Yahweh").
Adonai EloheiTzva'ot
Lord God of Hosts
Adonai Eloheinu
Lord our God
Adonai Elohim
The Lord God
Afikoman(al. Afikomen)
Half of the central matzah broken off and put away at the beginning of the meal
Greek word meaning that which comes after or "dessert".
It is represented in a broken piece of matzah wrapped in linen and buried (hidden).
This piece of the ceremonial matzah is the final thing eaten at the Passover seder meal.
Aggadah(al. Agada, Agadah) pl. Agadot
Stories
Parables
Alef
The first letter of the Hebrew Alef-Beyt (alphabet)
Al Netilat Yadayim
The blessing over the washing of hands before the meal.
Aliyah pl. Aliyot
Literally: going up.
To "have an aliyah" refers to the honor of being called up to the bimah to recite or chant the blessings over the Torah.
To "make aliyah" or "go on aliyah" means to immigrate to Israel.
Amen
It is true, so be it, may it become true.
Amidah
Standing prayer, quietly murmured, that is part of each daily service in the synagogue, alternatively called the Tefillah or the Shemoneh Esre.
Apocrypha
A Greek adjective in the neuter plural (from apokruphos, ???hidden, concealed???) denotes strictly ???things concealed.???
Old Testament Apocrypha, specifically the fourteen books written after the Old Testament canon was closed and which, being the least remote from the canonical books, laid strongest claim to canonicity.
The body of Jewish literature written between the second century B.C. and the second century A.D., not included in the canon of the Hebrew Bible.
Aravah pl. Aravot
Willow branch taken as one of the four species on the Feast of Tabernacles. Arba'ah Minim (al. the Four Species) - Palm, myrtle, willow and citron; another name for the lulav and etrog together, used on Sukkot.
Ariel
Lion of God
Fireplace on God's altar
Aron haKodesh
Literally: the Holy Ark.
The special cabinet in which the Torah scrolls are kept in the synagogue
The Holy Ark is called Heichal in Sephardic synagogues.
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
The ten days of penitence.
Ashkenazi pl. Ashkenazim
Referring to Jews of Central and Eastern European origin.
Athid Lavo
The coming age.
Atzeret
Conclusion
Used for concluding observance of festival.
Word derived from "gathering" or "detention," original meanings.
Shemini Atzeret is concluding day of Sukkoth.
Atzeret is Talmudic term for Shavuot, conclusion of Omer count.
A festive gathering for the conclusion of a festive season, a concluding feast.
Av
Eleventh month of Jewish year.
Avinu
our father
Avinu Malkenu
Literally: our Father, our King.
A prayer of supplication recited on Yom Kippur.
A prayer said on the Days of Penitence and fast days.
Aviv
Also called Abib.
Nisan was known as Aviv/Abib prior to Babylonian captivity
Ayin
16th letter of the Hebrew alef-beit (alphabet)
Azarah pl. Azarot
The Temple Courtyard.
Ezrat Nashim - the outer Courtyard in the Sanctuary.
Azazel
scapegoat
Goat sent into the wilderness signifying removal of the nation's sins
Bar / Bat (al. Bas) Mitzvah
Literally: son / daughter of the commandment.
Ceremony marking a youngster's reaching the age of religious majority, traditionally thirteen for boys and twelve for girls; in many congregations, thirteen for girls as well.
Baruch
Bless, blessed
Beit HaMikdash (al. Bayt, Bet)
House of Sanctity; synagogue.
The sanctuary or Temple in Jerusalem.
Beit Lechem
Bethlehem
House of bread
Birthplace of Yeshua and King David.
Betzah
Roasted egg, a symbol for the second sacrifice of Passover.
Beyt (Beit, Beth)
The second letter of the Hebrew Alef-Beyt (alphabet)
Bikkurim (al. Bikurim)
The Offering of the First Fruit.
Barley harvest
First fruit
Bimah
The raised platform in the synagogue from which the Torah is read and from which worship services are usually conducted.
The platform is called tevah in Sephardic synagogues.
Reader's stand in synagogue.
Binyamin (Benjamin)
One of Jacob's (Ya'akov) 12 sons
One of the 12 Tribes of Israel
The Name means "son of the right hand"
Birkat haChodesh
The blessing of the New Moon.
Birkat haMazon
Benediction over food; grace after meals.
B'rakhah, B'rakhot
Blessing(s), Benediction(s)
B'rit
Covenant, Contract
B'rit Hadashah
Renewed Covenant, New Testament
B'rit Chadasha/Hadashah
Gospel
Mattityahu (Matthew)
Mark
Luke
Yochanan (John)
Acts
Epistles (Letters)
Romans
1st/2nd Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1st/2nd Thessalonians
1st/2nd Timothy
Titus
Phelemon
Ibrim (Hebrews)
Ya'akov (James)
Kefa Alef/Beit (1st/2nd Peter)
Yochanan Alef/Beit/Gimel (1st/2nd/3rd John)
Y'hudah (Jude)
Revelation
C.E.
Common Era (same as A.D.).
Challah
Egg bread
Used for Shabbat blessing
Chametz
Leavening
Yeast, baking powder, mixes with a leavening agent, bread and bread crumbs.
Literally sour
Chanukkah
Hanukah, Hanukkah, Chanukah
dedication
name of the winter holiday commemorating the Maccabean victory over the Syrians in 165 BCE.
Chanukiah
an eight- branched menorah
Cohen or cohenim
Priest or priests
Cohen HaGadol
The High Priest
Derech(Der-REK)
Way, Path, Journey.
Custom
Diaspora
Dispersion of the Jewish people from Israel
Dispersion of the houses of Judah and Ephraim from Israel
Eloheinu (al.Elohinu or Elohenu)
Our God
Elohim
God
gods, judges
El Shaddai
God Almighty
Eretz Yisra'el
The Land of Israel
Etrog
A fruit, usually a citron
Used during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
Gulgolta
Hill called the Skull on which Yeshua was crucified
Sometimes refered to as Calgary
Some believe this to be Mt.Moriah, the site of Avraham/Abraham's 'sacrifice' of Yitz'chak/Isaac
Hadas
A myrtle branch
Used during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
Haftarah or Hatarah
Weekly readings from the Nevi'im (Prophets)
Readings selected by sages durring the time when Torah reading was forbidden
Nevi'im reading selected to remind one of the Torah reading
Haggadah/Haggadot
Hebrew for "the telling"
Named from the Lord's command "tell your son/show your son" in Shemot/Exodus 13:8
Book which relates the Passover story through readings, songs, prayers, foods, in the traditional prescribed order (Seder) around the meal
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Hag Hakatzir
The Feast of Weeks
the official beginning of the summer heavest season (wheat crop specifically)
Shavuot
Hag HaMatzot
The feast of unleavened bread
Hallel
Refers to the passages contained in Tehilliim/Psalms 113-118
Ha satan
The adversary
The evil one
Satan
The devil
HaShem
The Name
Respectfully refers to the Name of God - YHVH
YHVH - the Tetragramaton - "Yud, Hey, Vey, Hey"
Havdalah
Separation
The ceremony at the end of Shabbat marking the beginning of the next week.
Hoshana Rabbah
The last Great Day of the Feast of Tabernacles
The day of the water drawing ceremony.
Hosheanah
Save now
Hosanna
K'tuvim
Writings
Books of the Bible known as the Writings
Tehillim (Psalms)
Mishlei (Proverbs)
Iyov (Job)
The Five Megillot (Scrolls)
Shir-HaShirim (Song of Songs)
Rut (Ruth)
Eikhah (Lamentations)
Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
Ester (Esther)
Dani'el (Daniel)
'Ezra (Ezra)
Nechemyah (Nehemiah)
Divrei-HaYamim Alef/Beit (1st/2nd Chronicles)
Lulav
A palm branch
Used during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
Mattityahu
Matthew
The Book of Matthew.
Matzah or Matzot
A flat bread made without adding leavening(yeast or baking powder..., a substance that makes the bread rise)
Called the 'bread of affliction'
Mashiach
Messiah, Christ.
Anointed, an anointed one
Megillah or Megillot
Scroll or book
Typically refers to the Book of Esther
Five scrolls: Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther
Melech
King
Menorah or Menorot
Seven- or eight-branched candelabrum; people commonly refer to an eight- branched Chanukkiah as a menorah...the Lamp of the Sanctuary.
Mishkan
The Tabernacle
Mishpakhah
Family
Mitzrayim
Hebraic equivilent of "Egypt."
Spiritually, a picture of the world and the world's system
Mitzvah or Mitzvot
Command or commandment.
Principle for living, good deed.
Instructions
Nevi'im
Prophets
Books of the Bible known as Prophets
Former Prophets (Historical)
Y'hoshua (Joshua)
Shof'tim (Judges)
Sh'mu'el Alef/Beit (1st/2nd Samuel)
M'lakhim Alef/Beit (1st/2nd Kings)
Latter Prophets (Predicitive)
Yesha'yahu (Isaiah)
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah)
Yechezk'el (Ezekiel)
The Minor Prophets (The Twelve)
Hoshea (Hosea)
Yo'el (Joel)
'Amos (Amos)
'Ovadyah (Obadiah)
Yonah (Jonah)
Mikhah (Micah)
Nachum (Nahum)
Havakuk (Habakkuk)
Tz'fanyah (Zephaniah)
Hagai (Haggai)
Z'kharyah (Zechariah)
Mal'akhi (Malachi)
Olam Haba
The world to come.
The age to come.
Olam Hazeh
The present age
Pascal Lamb
The lamb selected for the Pesach/Passover sacrifice
Pharaoh
King of Egypt
Considered a god by Egyptians
P'rushim or Parush
Pharisees
Religious leaders
Parokhet
Curtain separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of the Beit HaMikdash
Pesach
Passover
Memorializes the night when the Hebrews were protected by the blood of lambs
Memorializes the night when God's people were redeemed by the blood of The Lamb
One of 3 pilgrim festivals to Jerusalem
Pilgrim Festival/Feast
Three times a year, the Israelites, according to the instructions of the Torah, went in joyous celebration to Jerusalem.
Three feasts/festivals observed during this time are Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
Shalosh Regalim
Purim
Lots
The observed day usually in March commemerating the deliverance of God's people
The beginning of the Passover season; a time of teshuvah
Rosh Chodesh
New Moon
New Month
The head of the month
The beginning of the month
Rosh Hashannah
Head (Start) of the Civil Year
Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)
Ruach HaKodesh
The Holy Spirit
Seder (SAY-der)
Hebrew word meaning "set order"
Generally refers to the order of observing the Pesach
Sefirah
Hebrew word for counting .
S'firat HaOmer
Counting the Omer
Period of 50 days from Yom HaBikkurim until Shavuot
Link to Blessings
Shabbat
Sabbath.
Rest, cease.
God's appointed day of rest, a holy convocation.
The seventh day of the week.
Known today as Saturday.
Shabbat Chazon (Kah - ZON)
The Shabbat of Vision or Prophecy
Occurs before the fast of Tisha B'Av
Read Yesha'Yahu (Isaiah) 1:1-27, last of the "three readings of affliction"
Shabbat HaGadol (Hah - gah - DOL)
The GREAT SHABBAT
Preceeds Pesach
The selection of the lambs
Yeshua's triumphant ride into Jerusalem
Shabbat HaHodesh (Hah - khoo - DESH)
The fourth Shabbat of the Purim sequence
Preceedes the new year
Shabbat Nachamu (Nah - kah - MU)
Shabbat of Comfort
Shabbat after Tisha B'Av
First Shabbat of readings of comfort from YeshaYahu (Isaiah)
Shabbat Parah (Pah - RAH)
The third Shabbat of the Purim sequence
The ordinance of the Red Heifer (B'Midbar/Numbers 19:1-22)
Purification before the feasts of Pesach/Hag HaMatzot
Shabbat Shekalim (Shek - a - LIM)
The Shabbat for the offering of the Temple Coin
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar (The first of the month of Adar)
Shabbat Shuva (Shu - VAH)
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashana/Yom Teruah and Sukkot
Shabbat of Returning
Shabbat Zachor (Zah - KHOR)
The first Shabbat of the Purim sequence
Shalosh Regalim (Sha - LOSH Re - GA - lim)
Pilgrim festival
Three times a year, the Israelites, according to the instructions of the Torah, went in joyous celebration to Jerusalem.
Three feasts/festivals observed during this time are Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
Shammash or Shamash (Sha - MASH)
servant
term for the ninth candle used to light the other candles in the Chanukiah ... the beadle in the Synagogue.
Shavuot (sl.Shavuah) (Sha - vu - OT)
Literally weeks
The feast of Weeks
Pentecost (50 days)
The 50th day from Yom Habikkurim.
Memorializes the giving of the 10 commandments.
Memorializes the giving of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) in Acts 2.
One of 3 pilgrim festivals.
Shemini Atzeret (Shi - may - NEE At - zair - ET)
The Eighth Day assembly of Sukkot.
Shofar (Sho - FAR)
A rams horn trumpet.
Used as warning, call to arms, and in celebration.
Simchat Torah (Sim - KAAT Toe - RAH)
The day of rejoicing the Torah
S'lihot (See - Lee - HOT)
Liturical prayers of teshuvah
Sukkot (Soo - KOAT)
The Feast of Tabernacles
Booth, temporary dwelling
One of 3 pilgrim feasts
Synagogue
A place constructed/fully dedicated for gathering and studying
After the destruction of the Temple, synagogues became a place of corporate worship.
Tahor
Rittually pure
Able to enter the Beit HaMikdash or Mishkan
Talmid, fem. Talmidah, pl. Talmidim
Disciple, student
Tam'ei
Rittually unpure
Not able to enter the Beit HaMikdash or Mishkan
T'fillin
Two black leather boxes containing scrolls of Scripture passages
Exodus 13:1-16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21
Sometimes during prayers, one box is affixed to one's hand and arm and the other to one's forehead as a physical effort to obey the passage in Deuteronomy 6:8
Also called phylacteries
Tehillim
Psalms
Teshuvah
Return
Turning toward God
Repentance
Tisha B'Av
9th of the month of Av
Day of fasting for the destruction of the temple
Tishrei
First month of the Hebrew civil calendar: September-October.
Tohorat Mishpakhah
Family Purity
Torah
Teaching or instruction but usually translated 'law'. The Instruction of God.
In a narrow sense the Five Books of Moshe(Moses), the Pentateuch - B'resheet, Sh'mot, Vayikra, B'midbar, D'varim (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), called the Written Torah.
The above plus the Prophets(Nevi'im) and Writings(K'tuvim) is together called the Tanakh (TNK)/Tenach or the Hebrew Bible.
In a broad sense the whole Written Word of God is the Torah, to include what is called the "Old Testament" (Tanakh) as well as the New Testament (B'rit Chadashah).
note: additional material called the "Oral Torah" is considered in varying degrees as authoritative in Judaism.
Uncapitalized can be understood as principle.
Tu' B'Shvat
New Year for Trees
Yahweh
YHVH or YHWH
Tetragrammatron (the four Hebrew letters usually transliterated YHWH or YHVH that form a biblical proper name of God)
God the Father
Yahrzeit
Memorial / Commemeration of a death
Observed on the yearly aniversary of the death
Yerushalayim (yeh - ru - sha - LAH - yeem)
Jerusalem
The city of our God
Capital of Eretz Yisra'el - the Land of Israel
Yeshua
Jesus - brought over into Greek as "Iesous" and into English as "Jesus"
It means God saves - which is "Yah is my salvation"
Variant of "Y'hoshua" (Joshua)
Yahshua
Y'shua
Yom Habikkurim
The Day of First Fruits
Barley harvest
The day from which we start counting the Omer 50 days to Shavuot (Pentecost)
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement
The Great Fast
Yom Teruah
The Day of the Awakening Blast
The Feast of Trumpets
Yud
The 10th and smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet (aleph-bet).
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