Hebrew
Glossary
Hebrew
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Definitions
and explanations are provided
for selected words that
appear in the text in Hebrew
(H), Aramaic
(A), Greek
(G), Chaldean
(C), Persian
(P),
or, English
(E).
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A
Abba
(H)
Abba YHWH
Abbas’ (H)
Fathers’ (Plural)
Acharit Hayamim
(H)
Latter-Days
Achashverosh (H)
Ahasuerus The Persian
King
Achor (H)
Trouble
Adon (H)
Master
Adon Adonim (H)
Master Of All Masters
Adonai (H)
Master
Aharon (H)
Aaron
Ahava (H)
Love
Ahavta Re’echa Camocha
(H)
Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
Ahvot (H)
Fathers
Akel-Dahma (H)
Field Of Blood
Akel-Kartza (A)
The Slanderer
Akrobustia (G)
The Previously Circumcised
Efrayimites, Or Those Who
Counted Their Covenant Circumcision
As Something To Be Tossed
Away And Not Treasured.
They Became Reckoned By
The Jews As Those Who Behaved
Like the Uncircumcised,
And Thus The Usage Of This
Special Term Of Designation.
Al Tirah (H)
Fear Not
Alef-Taf (H)
First And Last Letters Of
Hebrew Alphabet. Used To
Describe Father-YHWH and
YHWH-Yahshua
Aleph (H)
First Letter In The Hebrew
Alphabet
Aliyah (H)
Return To The Land Of Yisrael,
Or To Go Up In An Upward
Direction
Almah (H)
Virgin
Am (H)
Nation, Or People
Am Ha-Aretz (H)
Common, Or Unlearned People
Am Rav (H)
A Great, Or Huge Nation
Amein (H) (A)
So Let It Be, Or Truly It
Is
Amein, amein (H)
(A)
Truly, Truly, Or Verily,
Verily
Ami (H)
My People
Amorah (H)
Gomorrah
Anakim (H)
Giants
Aram (H)
The Arameans
Aretz (H)
Earth, Or Land Of Yisrael
Aron Ha-Eh-Dut (H)
Ark Of The Testimony, Or
Witness
Artahshashta (P)
Artaxerxes King Of Persia
Asham (H)
Sacrificial Guilt Offering
Asher (H)
Tribe Of Asher
Asherim (H)
Pagan Groves Of Worship
Ashshur (H)
Assyria
Ashurim (H)
Assyrians
Atah (H)
You
Atid Lavoh (H)
Millennium, Or Messianic
Age
Avadim (H)
Servants, Or Slaves
Avram (H)
Abraham
Ayden (H)
Eden
Azazel (H)
The Yom Kippur Scapegoat
B
B’nai
(H)
Children, Or Sons Of
B’nai Brit (H)
Children Of The Covenant
B’nai Elohim (H)
Children Of Elohim
B’nai Lewi (H)
Sons Of Levi
B’nai Yisrael (H)
Children Of Yisrael
Ba’al (H)
The lord, Or Any lord Other
Than YHWH
Ba’ali (H)
My Lord
Baalah (A) (H)
Husband
Bachor (H)
Male Firstborn
Bachorim (H)
Firstborn Plural
Bala (H)
Swallow, Or Consume
Bar (A)
Son
Bar Elohim (A)
Son Of Elohim
Bar Enosh (A)
Son Of Man
Bar Mitzvah (A)
(H)
A 13-Year-Old Male Child
Of The Covenant. A Passage
To Manhood.
Bara (H)
Created From Nothing
Barchu (H)
Blessed Are You
Barchu-Et (H)
Bless The
Barchu-Et-Shem-vuvh
(H)
Bless The Name Of YHWH
Bar-Navah (A)
Barnabas
Baruch Haba Beshem
(H)
Blessed Is He That Comes
In The Name Of…..
Baruch Shemo (H)
Bless His Name
Basar-Echad (H)
One Flesh
Bat (H)
Daughter
Bat Kol (H)
Heavenly Voice Of YHWH
Batiym (H)
Houses
Bavel (H)
Babylon, Or Confusion
Bayit (H)
House
Bechora (H)
Female Firstborn
Bechorot (H)
Firstlings
Beit (H)
House
Beit Achav (H)
House Of Ahab
Beit Dawid (H)
House Of Dawid
Beit Efrayim (H)
House Of Efrayim
Beit HaMikdash (H)
YHWH’s Temple On Mt. Moriah
Beit Lewi (H)
House Of Levi
Beit Tefillah (H)
House Of Prayer
Beit Yaakov (H)
House Of Jacob
Beit Yahudah (H)
House Of Judah
Beit Yisrael (H)
House Of Israel
Beit Yoseph (H)
House Of Joseph
Beliyaal (H)
s.a.tan, Or Literally “Without
Yah As El
Bema Seat (H)
Judgment Seat
Ben (H)
Son
Ben- Adam (H)
“Ben Adam” Spelled With
Upper Case “A” When Specifically
Referring To Yahshua The
Moshiach.
Ben Dawid (H)
Son Of Dawid
Ben Emunah (H) Son
In The Faith
ben-adam (H)
Son
Of Man Pronounced, “Ben
ad-ahm” Spelled With Lower
Case “a” When Referring
To Someone Other Than Yahshua.
Benyamin (H)
Benjamin
Berchati (H)
My Blessing
Beresheeth (H)
Beginning, Or In the Beginning,
Or Scroll Of Genesis
Besorah (H)
Gospel, Or Good News
Bet (H)
House, Or Second Letter
Of Hebrew Alphabet
Bet Din (H)
Torah Court Of Law, Or House
Of Judgment
Betachon (H)
Security, Or Safety
Beth Chesed (H)
House Of Mercy
Beth-Lechem (H)
Bethlehem, Or House Of Bread
Betulah (H &
A)
Young Woman, Or Maiden
Beulah (H)
Married
Be-Yachad (H)
As One, Or In Common
Bikkur (H)
The Firstfruit, Speaking
of Yahshua In The Renewed
Covenant
Bikkurim (H)
Firstfruits Offering, Speaking
Of Torah Keeping Disciples
In The Renewed Covenant
Bilashon (H)
In The Language
Binah (H)
Understanding
Birchat HaMinim
(H)
Ancient Curse On The Nazarenes
By Traditional Jews In The
Prayer Book
Boh (H)
Come; Pronounced Bohh
Bracha (H)
Blessing
Brachot (H)
Blessings (Plural)
Brit (H)
Covenant
Brit Am (H)
Covenant People, Or Covenant
Of The People
Brit Chadasha (H)
New, Or Renewed Covenant,
Or New Testament
Brit Halev (H)
Circumcision Of The Heart
Brit Milah (H)
Circumcision
C
Chag
(Singular), or
Chagim (Plural)
(H)
Feast Or Feasts Of Rejoicing;
Indicates One, Or More Of
The Three Ascension Feasts:
Unleavened Bread, Weeks
And Tabernacles
Chag HaSukkot,
or Chag Sukkot (H)
The Feast Of Tabernacles,
Or Feast Of Tabernacles
Chag Matzoth (H)
Feast Of Unleavened Bread
Chag Shavuot (H)
Feast Of Weeks
Chai (H)
Life, Or The Number 18 Depending
On The Context
Chamas (H)
Violence
Chametz (H)
Leaven
Chananyah (H)
Ananais
Channah (H)
Hannah
Chanoch (H)
Enoch
Chatsrot (H)
Twin Silver Trumpets
Chavah (H)
Eve
Chaver (H)
Friend, Or Sharer
Chaverim (H)
Friends, Or Companions
Chavurah (H)
Fellowship, Or Fellowship
Time
Chayim (H)
Life, Or Lives
Chayim Olam (H)
Eternal Life
Chen (H)
Favor
Chesed (H)
Kindness, Or Goodness
Chilul Hashem (H)
Desecration Of The Name
Of YHWH By Voiding It, Or
Misusing It
Chochmah (H)
Wisdom
Chodashim (H)
Months
Chol-Ha-Moed (H)
Days That Are Moadim But
Not Annual Shabbats, Or
Set-Apart Convocations
Chuk (H)
An Ordinance Of Torah Not
Fully Logical, Or Understood,
Yet Fully And Eternally
Binding
Chukim (H)
Statutes, Or Ordinances
(Plural Form Of “Chuk”)
Cochav (H)
Star
Cochavim (H)
Stars
Cubit (H)
About 18 inches, Or 1.5
Feet
Cup of Geulah (H)
Cup Of Redemption; The Third
Of Four Passover Cups. The
Master’s Cup Of Memorial
Blood
D
Da’at
(H)
Knowledge
Dahm (H)
Blood; Pronounced Dah-hm
Dameshek (H)
Damascus
Dan (H)
Tribe Of Dan
Daryawesh (P)
King Darius The Mede
Derachot (H)
Ways, Or Roads, Or Paths
Derech (H)
Way, Or Road, Or Path
Devar YHWH (H)
Word Of YHWH
Divre HaYamim (H)
Chronicles
Drash (H)
Allegoric Level Of Hebraic
Understanding
DSS (H)
Dead Sea Scrolls
E
Echad
(H)
One, Or Oneness, Or Unity,
Or Compound Unity
Ed (H)
Witness
Edah (H)
Congregation
Edot (H)
Congregations
Eema (H) Mother
Eemot (H)
Mothers (Plural)
Efrayim (H)
Efrayim; Collective Term
For The Ten Tribes After
721 BCE, Or The Single Tribe
Depending On The Context
Efrayimites (H)
A Group Of, Or From Efrayim
Egle (H)
Bull. The Tribal Banner
Of Efrayim Yisrael
Ekklesia (G)
Congregation, Or Synagogue
El (H)
Single Form Of “Elohim”
El-Azar (H)
Eliezer
El-Elohe-Yisrael
(H)
Elohim The El Of Yisrael
El-Elyon (H)
Most High
Eliezer, or El-Azar
(H)
Eliezer (Son Of Aaron The
High Priest)
Elisheva (H)
Elizabeth
Eliyhau (H)
Elijah
Eloah tvkt (A)
Elohim In Aramaic
Elohim (H)
Title For YHWH, Often Used
Either For YHWH, Or In Conjunction
With The
Personal Proper Name YHWH
El-Olam (H)
Master Of The Universe,
Or World
El-Roi (H)
El My Shepherd, Or El Who
Shepherds
El-Shaddai (H)
Most High El, Or El Over
All Shads, Or Demons
Emanu-El (H)
El With Us
Emet (H)
True, Or Truth, Or Truthful
Emot (H)
Mothers (Plural)
Emunah (H)
Faith, Or Trust, Or “The
Faith”
Ephah (H)
Unit Of Dry Measure Equal
To About One Bushel, Or
About 33 Liters,
Or A Dry Measure Of About
64 US Pints
Ephod (H)
Shoulder Garment Worn By
the High Priest
Eretz (H)
Land, Or Earth
Eretz Acherit (H)
Another Land, Or New World
Eretz Yisrael (H)
Land Of Yisrael
Erom (A)
Edom
Et (H)
The
Et Borecha (H)
Your Creators
Eu Sebio, or Eu
Saveo (G)
Shabbat-Guarding Piety
Eved (H)
Servant, Or Slave
Eytz Chayim (H)
Tree Of Life
Eytzim (H)
Trees (Plural)
Eytzim Chayim (H)
Trees Of Life
G
Gad
(H)
Tribe Of Gad
Gadar-Peretz (H)
Restorer Of The Breach
Galil (H)
Area Of Galilee, Or Sea
Of Galilee
Galut (H)
Exile, Or Diaspora
Galutyah (H)
Exiles Of Yah, Galatia
Gan (H)
Garden
Gan Ayden (H)
Paradise, Or Garden Of Eden
Gat Sh’manim (H)
Gethsemane
Gavriel (H)
Gabriel The Heavenly Messenger
Gei-Hinnom (H)
Hell, Or A Valley Of Garbage
Dumping Outside Ancient
Jerusalem
Gematria (H)
Numerical Value Of Hebrew
Letters Used To Discover
Secrets About YHWH
Ger (H)
Sojourner, Or Stranger,
Or Convert To A Form Of
Judaism
Gerim (H)
Plural For Strangers, Sojourners,
Or Converts To A Form Of
Judaism
Get (H)
Certificate Of Divorce
Geulah (H)
Redemption
Gilah (H)
Rejoice
Gilgal (H)
Roll Away
Gilgul (H)
Revolving
Goalecha (H)
Your Redeemer, Or Redeemers
Golyath (H)
Goliath The Giant
Gooff (H)
Physical Body
Gowra (A)
Guardian, Or Legal Guardian
Goy, or Goyim (H)
Nation (As Applied To Either
Yisrael, Or The Gentiles
Depending On Context).
Also An Individual Not Born
In Yisrael.
H
Ha
(H)
Definite Article: “The”
Ha Moshiach (H)
The Messiah
Ha navi, or the
navi (H)
The, Or A Prophet; Not Speaking
Of Yahshua
HaAdon (H)
The Master
Haftarah (H)
Weekly Portion From The
Prophets Read In The Shabbat
Service
Halacha (H)
Way, Or Way To Walk, Or
Conduct One’s Life
Halachot (H)
Plural Form Of Halacha,
Or Ways
Hallel (H)
Praise
Hallelu, or Hallelu-et
(H)
Praise To, Or Praise The……
HaMitikun (H)
The Restoration
HaNavi (H)
The Prophet; Speaking Only
Of Yahshua
Har (H)
Mountain, Mount, Or Hill
Har HaBayit (H)
Mountain Of the House (Temple)
Har HaZaytim (H)
Mount Of Olives
Har Kadosh (H)
Set-Apart Mountain
Har Senai (H)
Mount Sinai
Har Tzion (H)
Mt. Zion
Havdalah (H)
Closing Service For Shabbat
Night Or Separating The
Shabbat From The Rest Of
The Week
Heilel (H)
s.a.tan
Hekal (H)
Temple, Or Set-Apart
Place In Front Of The Holy
Of Holies
Hephzi-nah (H)
Delight In Her
Higayon (H)
Meditation, Or To Meditate
Hinai Ma Tov Uma
Nayim Shevet Aachim Gam
Yachad (H)
See, How Good And How Pleasant
It Is For Brothers To Dwell
Together In Unity
Hinayni
(H)
Here Am I, Or Here I Am
Hodu (H)
Give Thanks
Hoshiana (H)
Hosanna, Or Save Now
I
Ichavod
(H)
The Presence And Beauty
Of YHWH Has Departed
Ish (H)
Man
Isha (H)
Woman
Ivri (H)
A Hebrew Person Pronounced
Iyvree
Ivrim (H)
Hebrews (Plural) Pronounced
Iyvreem
Ivrit (H)
The Hebrew Language Pronounced
Iyvreet
Iyov (H)
Job
K
Kadesh
(A)
Liturgical Prayer Of Praise
In Matthew 6, Or The Traditional
Jewish Funeral Service
Kadosh (H)
Set-Apart
Kadosh HaKedoshim
(H)
Most Set-Apart Place, Or
The Holy of Holies
Kadosh Le –YHWH
(H)
Set-Apart To YHWH
Kadosh Shemecha
(H)
Set-Apart Is Your Name;
Hallowed Is Your Name
Kadosh-One (H)
Set-Apart-One Referring
To Yahshua-YHWH, Or Abba-YHWH
Kahal (H)
Congregation, Or Assembly
Kahal Gadol (H)
Large, Or Great Congregation,
Or Assembly
Kaiser (H)
Caesar
Kal Va Chomer (H)
Principle Of Hebraic Interpretation
That Seeks The Greater,
Or Weightier Issue, When
Two Commandments Seem To
Contradict
Kala (H)
Bride, Or Finished, As In
“It Is Done”
Kanaan (H)
Land Of Canaan
Kanaanite (H)
Canaanite
Karsavan (A)
Thrones
Kashrut (H)
Kosher Laws Of YHWH And
The Corresponding Lifestyle
Kata (G)
Hanging Facial Veil
Katuv (H)
A Scripture, As In A Single
Verse Of Scripture
Kavod (H)
Esteem, Honor
Ke (H)
For
Ke Etsem Ha Shamayim
(H)
Like The Body, Or Bone Of
Heaven
Ke Le-Olam-Chasdo
(H)
For His Kindness Is Everlasting
Ke Tov (H)
For He Is Good
Kedoshecha (H)
Your Set-Apart One
Keetvay HaKadosh
(H)
The Scriptures As A Whole
In Plural Form
Ken (H)
Yes, Or For Sure
Kepha (H)
Peter
Keporah (H)
Blood Atonement, Atonement,
Or Sin Covering
Kesay (H)
Throne, Or Seat Of Authority
Kesay Lavan (H)
White Throne
Ketarim (H)
Crowns
Keter (H)
Crown
Ketuvim (H)
Writings
Kevutz Galyut (H)
Ingathering Of The Exiles
Kfar (H)
City, Or Village
Kiddish (H)
Cup Of Blessing And Separation
Kiddushat HaShem
(H)
The Sanctification Of The
Name
Kidushim (H)
Saints
Kilayaim (H)
Torah Command Prohibiting
Mixing Of Seeds
Klalot (H)
Curses
Koach (H)
Strength, Or Power
Kochav (H)
Star
Kochavim (H)
Stars
Kodesh (H)
Set-Apart
Kodesh-Le (H)
Set-Apart To
Kohanim (H)
Priests From The Tribe Of
Levi
Kohanim Gedolim
(H)
High Priests
Kohanim HaGedolim
(H)
The High Priests (Plural)
Koheleth (H)
Preacher
Kohen (H)
Priest
Kohen HaGadol (H)
The High Priest
Kol (H)
Voice, Or All
Kol Bet Yisrael
(H)
All The House Of Israel
Kol Echad (H)
One Voice, Or One Mind
Kol Ha-Am (H)
All The People
Kol Shofar (H)
Voice Of The Shofar
Koresh (H)
Cyrus The Persian King
Kruvat (H)
An Offered Near Event, Or
Thing
Kush (H)
Ethiopia
Kushite (H)
Person Of Color, Or Ethiopian
L
Lashon
Hara (H)
Evil Speaking, Gossip, Or
Slander
