חתול

he-noun

חָתוּל • (khatúl) m (plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים, singular construct חֲתוּל־, feminine counterpart חֲתוּלָה)

חָתוּל (canonical)
khatúl (romanization)
חֲתוּלִים (indefinite plural)
חֲתוּל־ (construct singular)
חֲתוּלָה (feminine)
חָתוּל (indefinite masculine singular)
חֲתוּלִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲתוּלֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחָתוּל (definite masculine singular)
חֲתוּלְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּל־ (construct masculine singular)
חֲתוּלוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלִים (indefinite masculine plural)
חתוליי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲתוּלַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲתוּלֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֲתוּלִים (definite masculine plural)
חֲתוּלֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חתולייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלֵי־ (construct masculine plural)
חֲתוּלָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלָה (feminine indefinite singular)
חֲתוּלָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲתוּלָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֲתוּלָה (definite feminine singular)
חֲתוּלָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלַת־ (construct feminine singular)
חֲתוּלָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלוֹת (feminine indefinite plural)
חתולותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲתוּלוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲתוּלוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֲתוּלוֹת (definite feminine plural)
חֲתוּלוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חתולותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲתוּלוֹת־ (construct feminine plural)
חֲתוּלוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲתוּלוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲתוּלוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ח־ת־ל (kh-t-l)
Of indeterminate origin, possibly a Wanderwort. First attested in the Hebrew of the Babylonian Talmud. Related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חתולא, a plural form of which appears in the Targum Jonathan version of Isaiah 13:22, rendering the Hebrew אִיִּים (“jackals”) as חֲתוּלִין (“cats”). Compare also Arabic قط (qiṭṭ), Latin cattus.


חתול

חִתּוּל • (khitúl) m

חִתּוּל (canonical)
khitúl (romanization)

חיתול חיתול#Hebrew


כלב

כֶּלֶב • (kɛ́lɛḇ, kélev) m (plural indefinite כְּלָבִים, singular construct כֶּלֶב־, plural construct כַּלְבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּלְבָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

כֶּלֶב (canonical)
kɛ́lɛḇ (romanization)
kélev (romanization)
כְּלָבִים (indefinite plural)
כֶּלֶב־ (construct singular)
כַּלְבֵי־ (construct plural)
כַּלְבָּה (feminine)
כֶּלֶב (indefinite masculine singular)
כַּלְבִּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כַּלְבֵּנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַכֶּלֶב (definite masculine singular)
כַּלְבְּךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבֵּךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבְּכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבְּכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
כֶּלֶב־ (construct masculine singular)
כַּלְבּוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבָּהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבָּם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
כַּלְבָּן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
כְּלָבִים (indefinite masculine plural)
כלביי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כְּלָבַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כְּלָבֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַכְּלָבִים (definite masculine plural)
כְּלָבֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
כלבייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כְּלָבַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבֵי־ (construct masculine plural)
כְּלָבָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
כְּלָבֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
כַּלְבֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
כַּלְבָּה (feminine indefinite singular)
כַּלְבָּתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כַּלְבָּתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַכַּלְבָּה (definite feminine singular)
כַּלְבָּתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבָּתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבַּתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבַּתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבַּת־ (construct feminine singular)
כַּלְבָּתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבָּתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבָּתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
כַּלְבָּתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
כְּלָבוֹת (feminine indefinite plural)
כלבותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כַּלְבוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כַּלְבוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַכְּלָבוֹת (definite feminine plural)
כַּלְבוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
כלבותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כַּלְבוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
כַּלְבוֹת־ (construct feminine plural)
כַּלְבוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
כַּלְבוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
כַּלְבוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

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Canis lupus familiaris#Translingual


מילה

מילה / מִלָּה • (milá) f (plural indefinite מילים / מִלִּים, singular construct מילת / מִלַּת־, plural construct מילות / מִלּוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

מִלָּה (canonical)
milá (romanization)
מילים (indefinite plural)
מִלִּים (indefinite plural)
מילת (construct singular)
מִלַּת־ (construct singular)
מילות (construct plural)
מִלּוֹת־ (construct plural)
מילה (indefinite singular)
מִלָּה (indefinite singular)
מילתי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מִלָּתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מילתנו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
מִלָּתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
המילה (definite singular)
הַמִּלָּה (definite singular)
מילתך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִלָּתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מילתך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִלָּתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מילתכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִלַּתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מילתכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִלַּתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מילת־ (construct singular)
מִלַּת־ (construct singular)
מילתו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִלָּתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מילתה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִלָּתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מילתם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִלָּתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מילתן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִלָּתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
מילים (indefinite plural)
מִלִּים (indefinite plural)
מיליי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מִלַּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מילינו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
מִלֵּינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
המילים (definite plural)
הַמִּלִּים (definite plural)
מיליך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִלֶּיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מילייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִלַּיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מיליכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִלֵּיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מיליכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִלֵּיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מילי־ (construct plural)
מִלֵּי־ (construct plural)
מיליו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִלָּיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מיליה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִלֶּיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מיליהם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִלֵּיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מיליהן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִלֵּיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

מילים\מִלִּים

Root
 מ־ל־ל (m-l-l)
Compare Aramaic מִלְּתָא.

cog

Aramaic מִלְּתָא


צרצר

he-noun

צְרָצַר • (tsratsár) m (plural indefinite צִרְצָרִים, singular construct צִרְצַר־, plural construct צִרְצְרֵי־)

צְרָצַר (canonical)
tsratsár (romanization)
צִרְצָרִים (indefinite plural)
צִרְצַר־ (construct singular)
צִרְצְרֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 צ־ר־צ־ר (ts-r-ts-r)
Cognate with Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar), صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur) and صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr) with similar meaning. Presumably onomatopoeic, from the sound the insect makes.


ארבה

אַרְבֶּה • (arbé) m

אַרְבֶּה (canonical)
arbé (romanization)

Root
 ר־ב־ה (r-b-h)
From Proto-Semitic *ʾirbay- (“locust”).


כרוב

כְּרוּב • (kruv) m (plural indefinite כְּרוּבִים)

כְּרוּב (canonical)
kruv (romanization)
כְּרוּבִים (indefinite plural)

→ Arabic: كَرُوبِيّ (karūbiyy)

→ Amharic: ኪሩብ (kirub)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: χερούβ (kheroúb)
→ Old Church Slavonic: херовимъ (xerovimŭ)
→ Latin: cherub
→ Catalan: querubí
→ Dutch: cherub
→ German: Cherub
→ English: cherub
→ French: chérubin
→ Galician: querubín
→ Italian: cherubino
→ Polish: cherub
→ Portuguese: querubim
→ Spanish: querubín
→ Old East Slavic: хероувимъ (xeruvimŭ)
Russian: херувим (xeruvim)

→ Classical Syriac: ܟܪܘܒܐ

From a Proto-Semitic source akin to Akkadian 𒅗𒊒𒁍 (“to bless”), 𒅗𒊑𒁍 (“one who blesses”).


גירית

he-noun

גִּירִית • (girit) f

גִּירִית (canonical)
girit (romanization)


זאב ערבות

זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת

זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת • (zəʔeḇ ʕărɔḇōṯ, ze'év aravót) m

זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת (canonical)
zəʔeḇ ʕărɔḇōṯ (romanization)
ze'év aravót (romanization)


ראשן

רֹאשָׁן • (roshán) m (plural indefinite רֹאשָׁנִים)

רֹאשָׁן (canonical)
roshán (romanization)
רֹאשָׁנִים (indefinite plural)


צפרדע

צְפַרְדְּעִים

צְפַרְדְּעֵי

צְפַרְדֵּעַ • (tz'fardéa) f (plural indefinite צְפַרְדְּעִים, singular construct צְפַרְדֵּעַ־, plural construct צְפַרְדְּעֵי־)

צְפַרְדֵּעַ (canonical)
tz'fardéa (romanization)
צְפַרְדְּעִים (indefinite plural)
צְפַרְדֵּעַ־ (construct singular)
צְפַרְדְּעֵי־ (construct plural)

Related to Aramaic עֻרְדְּעָנָא (ʿurdəʿānā), Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܕܥܐ (ʾurdəʿā), Arabic ضِفْدَع (ḍifdaʕ).

cog

עֻרְדְּעָנָא

Aramaic עֻרְדְּעָנָא (ʿurdəʿānā)


כלב ים

he-noun

כֶּלֶב יָם • (kélev-yam) m

כֶּלֶב יָם (canonical)
kélev-yam (romanization)

Calque of German Seehund.
In the Revival literature era there were authors appending the meaning "shark" to it, in analogy to Arabic كَلْب الْبَحْر (kalb al-baḥr) or French chien-de-mer, but the "seal" sense eventually prevailed.

ncog

كَلْب الْبَحْر


זאב

he-noun

זְאֵב • (zəʔeḇ, ze'év) m (plural indefinite זְאֵבִים, feminine counterpart זְאֵבָה)

זְאֵב (canonical)
zəʔeḇ (romanization)
ze'év (romanization)
זְאֵבִים (indefinite plural)
זְאֵבָה (feminine)

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb-, with metathesis.


רחל

→ German: Rahel

→ Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)

→ Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)

→ Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)

→ Late Latin: Rachel

→ English: Rachel

→ Chinese: 拉結／拉结 (Lājiē)

→ Yiddish: רייטשעל (reytshel)

→ Danish: Rakel

→ Greenlandic: Alaakkilli

→ Dutch: Rachel

→ Esperanto: Raĥel

→ Estonian: Raahel

→ Finnish: Raakel

→ French: Rachel

→ Galician: Raquel

→ German: Rachel

→ Hungarian: Ráchel

→ Icelandic: Rakel

→ Italian: Rachele

→ Lithuanian: Rachelė

→ Norman: Râché

→ Norwegian: Rakel

→ Polish: Rachela

→ Portuguese: Raquel

→ Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru)

→ Spanish: Raquel

→ Swedish: Rakel

→ Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ)

→ Hawaiian: Rāhela, Lāhela

→ Maori: Rāhera

→ Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl)

Root
 ר־ח־ל (r-kh-l)
 0 terms
From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא (raḥlā) (absolutive: רְחֵל (rəḥēl)), Arabic رَخِل (raḵil) (also رِخْل (riḵl)).

a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel


חתול נמרי

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חָתוּל נְמֵרִי

חָתוּל נְמֵרִי • (khatúl n'merí) m

חָתוּל נְמֵרִי (canonical)
khatúl n'merí (romanization)

From חָתוּל (khatúl, “cat”) + נָמֵר (namér, “leopard”) + ־ִי (-í).


אלון

he-proper noun

אַלּוֹן • (alón) m

Root
 א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)
Cognate with Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, “oak; acorn”), Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā, “tree”), Classical Syriac ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). Doublet of אִילָן (ʾīlān, “tree”) which is borrowed from Aramaic. Borrowed into Semitic from Sumerian 𒄑𒀠𒆷𒈝 (allanum, “oak; acorn, acorn-shaped”). Compare also אֵלָה (ʾelā, “terebinth”) and the plurale tantum אֵילִים (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).


אבטיח

he-noun

אֲבַטִּיחִים

אֲבַטִּיחַ • ('avaṭṭíaḥ) m (plural indefinite אֲבַטִּיחִים)

אֲבַטִּיחַ (canonical)
'avaṭṭíaḥ (romanization)
אֲבַטִּיחִים (indefinite plural)

Root
 ב־ט־ח (b-ṭ-kh)
Cognate with Aramaic אֲבַטִּיחָא and Arabic بَطِيخ (baṭīḵ), mentioned once, in the plural form, in the Hebrew Bible, Numbers 11:5 "זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם; אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים". In the King James Version, אבטיחים is translated into "melons" rather than "watermelons": "We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks".

cog

Aramaic אֲבַטִּיחָא

lang

זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִיר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִים׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0411#יא_ה|11:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;

zakhárnu 'et-hadagá 'asher-nokhál b'mitsráyim khinám 'ét hakishu'ím v'ét ha'avatikhím v'et-hekhatsír v'et-hab'tsalím v'et-hashumím.
zāḵárnū ʾeṯ-haddāḡā ʾăšer-nōḵal bəmiṣráyim ḥinnām ʾēṯ haqqiššūʾīm wəʾēṯ hāʾăḇaṭṭīḥīm wəʾeṯ-heḥāṣīr wəʾeṯ-habbəṣālīm wəʾeṯ-haššūmīm.

(biblical) some species of fruit similar to the modern watermelon or melon

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual

watermelon (fruit of the species Citrullus lanatus)

watermelon (plant of the species Citrullus lanatus)


ראש

he-noun

רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (plural indefinite רָאשִׁים, singular construct רֹאשׁ־, plural construct רָאשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart ראשה)

רֹאשׁ (canonical)
rosh (romanization)
רָאשִׁים (indefinite plural)
רֹאשׁ־ (construct singular)
רָאשֵׁי־ (construct plural)
ראשה (feminine)
רֹאשׁ (indefinite singular)
רֹאשִׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רֹאשֵׁנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָרֹאשׁ (definite singular)
רֹאשְׁךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
רֹאשֵׁךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רֹאשְׁכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
רֹאשְׁכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
רֹאשׁ־ (construct singular)
רֹאשׁוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
רֹאשָׁהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
רֹאשָׁם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
רֹאשָׁן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
רָאשִׁים (indefinite plural)
ראשיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רָאשַׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רָאשֵׁינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָרָאשִׁים (definite plural)
רָאשֶׁיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ראשייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רָאשַׁיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רָאשֵׁיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
רָאשֵׁיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
רָאשֵׁי־ (construct plural)
רָאשָׁיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
רָאשֶׁיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
רָאשֵׁיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
רָאשֵׁיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum) and Arabic رَأْس (raʔs).

רֹאשׁ עִירִיָּה

rōš ʿīriyyā́

The more succulent, aroma-rich part of a plant, brush or tree bark. http://bibleglot.com/quote/Song.4.14/


אלף

אֶלֶף • (élef) m (plural indefinite אֲלָפִים, singular construct אֶלֶף־, plural construct אַלְפֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

אֶלֶף (canonical)
élef (romanization)
אֲלָפִים (indefinite plural)
אֶלֶף־ (construct singular)
אַלְפֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 א־ל־ף (ʾ-l-p)
From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“thousand; cattle”). Cognate with Arabic ألف (ʔalf).

inh

בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרָב־תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר׃

Tanach, Proverbs [[s:he:T2814#יד_ד|14:04]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

b'én alafím evús bar v'rav tvu'ót b'khóakh shor.

(chiefly in the plural) head of cattle, animal living in company


דלעת

he-noun

דְּלַעַת • (dəlaʿáṯ) f (plural indefinite דְּלוּעִים or דְּלוּעִין, singular construct דְּלַעַת־)

דְּלַעַת (canonical)
dəlaʿáṯ (romanization)
דְּלוּעִים (indefinite plural)
דְּלוּעִין (indefinite plural)
דְּלַעַת־ (construct singular)

Compare Arabic دَلَّاع (dallāʕ, “watermelon”).


מלון

מִלּוֹן • (milón) m

מִלּוֹן (canonical)
milón (romanization)

Root
 מ־ל־ל (m-l-l)
מִלָּה (milá, “word”) + ־וֹן (-on)

מילון מילון#Hebrew


אהל

אָהַל (canonical)
ahál (romanization)
אָהַלְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
אָהַלְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
אָהַלְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
אָהַלְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
אֲהַלְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
אֲהַלְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
אָהַל (masculine past singular third-person)
אָהֲלָה (feminine past singular third-person)
אָהֲלוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
אוֹהֵל (masculine present singular)
אוֹהֶלֶת (feminine present singular)
אוֹהֲלִים (masculine plural present)
אוֹהֲלוֹת (feminine plural present)
אֶאֱהַל (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נֶאֱהַל (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תֶּאֱהַל (future masculine second-person singular)
תֶּאֶהֲלִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תֶּאֶהֲלוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תֶּאֱהַלְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יֶאֱהַל (future masculine singular third-person)
תֶּאֱהַל (feminine future singular third-person)
יֶאֶהֲלוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תֶּאֱהַלְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
אֱהַל (imperative masculine singular)
אֶהֱלִי (feminine imperative singular)
אֶהֱלוּ (imperative masculine plural)
אֱהַלְנָה (feminine imperative plural)

Root
 א־ה־ל (ʾ-h-l)
From the root א־ה־ל ('-h-l).


אהל

אָהָל • (ahál) m (plural indefinite אֲהָלִים, no construct forms)

אָהָל (canonical)
ahál (romanization)
אֲהָלִים (indefinite plural)

→ Ancient Greek: ἀλόη (alóē) (see there for further descendants)

(obsolete, Talmudic) a plant that was used for laundry


שרץ

שֶׁרֶץ • (shérets) m (plural indefinite שְׁרָצִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

שֶׁרֶץ (canonical)
shérets (romanization)
שְׁרָצִים (indefinite plural)


שושנה

he-proper noun

שׁוֹשַׁנָּה • (shoshána) f

שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (canonical)
shoshána (romanization)

→ English: Shoshana

→ French: Chochana

→ Ancient Greek: Σουσάννα (Sousánna) (see there for further descendants)

Root
 שׁ־שׁ־ן (sh-sh-n)
Ultimately from Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn); compare Coptic ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">zšn</i>

a female given name, Shoshana, equivalent to English Susan


עז

he-noun

עֹז • (óz) m

Root
 ע־ז־ז (ʿ-z-z)
Compare Ugaritic 𐎓𐎇 (ʿz /ʿazzu/), Arabic عِزّ (ʕizz).


אדר

אֶדֶר • ('éder) m (plural indefinite אֲדָרִים, singular construct אֶדֶר־, plural construct אַדְרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

אֶדֶר (canonical)
'éder (romanization)
אֲדָרִים (indefinite plural)
אֶדֶר־ (construct singular)
אַדְרֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 א־ד־ר (ʾ-d-r)
From Aramaic אדרא . Compare Classical Syriac ܐܕܪܐ (ʾāḏrā).

he:אדר (פירושונים)


נשר

נֶשֶׁר • (nésher) m (plural indefinite נְשָׁרִים, plural construct נִשְׁרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

נֶשֶׁר (canonical)
nésher (romanization)
נְשָׁרִים (indefinite plural)
נִשְׁרֵי־ (construct plural)
נֶשֶׁר (indefinite singular)
נִשְׁרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנֶּשֶׁר (definite singular)
נִשְׁרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נֶשֶׁר־ (construct singular)
נִשְׁרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נִשְׁרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
נְשָׁרִים (indefinite plural)
נשריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נְשָׁרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נְשָׁרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּשָׁרִים (definite plural)
נְשָׁרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נשרייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נְשָׁרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁרֵי־ (construct plural)
נְשָׁרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נְשָׁרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נִשְׁרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 נ־שׁ־ר (n-sh-r)
From Proto-West Semitic *našr-.


אלה

אֵלָה • (elá) f

Root
 א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)
Compare אֵלֹון (elōn, “great tree”), אַלּוֹן (allōn, “great tree; oak”), and the plurale tantum אֵילִים (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).

A terebinth, a tree of the genus Pistacia.


נטע

a male or female given name, Netta or Neta


תאנה

תְּאֵנָה • (te'ená) f (plural indefinite תְּאֵנִים, singular construct תְּאֵנַת־, plural construct תְּאֵנֵי־) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

תְּאֵנָה (canonical)
te'ená (romanization)
תְּאֵנִים (indefinite plural)
תְּאֵנַת־ (construct singular)
תְּאֵנֵי־ (construct plural)
תְּאֵנָה (indefinite singular)
תְּאֵנָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תְּאֵנָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַתְּאֵנָה (definite singular)
תְּאֵנָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
תְּאֵנָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תְּאֵנַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
תְּאֵנַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
תְּאֵנַת־ (construct singular)
תְּאֵנָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
תְּאֵנָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
תְּאֵנָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
תְּאֵנָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
תְּאֵנִים (indefinite plural)
תאניי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תְּאֵנַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תְּאֵנֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַתְּאֵנִים (definite plural)
תְּאֵנֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
תאנייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תְּאֵנַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תְּאֵנֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
תְּאֵנֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
תְּאֵנֵי־ (construct plural)
תְּאֵנָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
תְּאֵנֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
תְּאֵנֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
תְּאֵנֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ת־א־ן (t-ʾ-n)
From Proto-Semitic *tiʔin-. Cognate to Arabic تين (tīn).

הַתְּאֵנָה֙ חָֽנְטָ֣ה פַגֶּ֔יהָ וְהַגְּפָנִ֥ים ׀ סְמָדַ֖ר נָ֣תְנוּ רֵ֑יחַ ק֥וּמִי לכי [לָ֛ךְ] רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃

Tanach, Song of Songs [[s:he:T3002#ב_יג|2:13]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

The fig tree has produced its green figs, and the grapevines tender grapes give out their fragrance; arise my beloved, my fair one, and go forth.

Ha-teená ḥanṭá fagéha, v-ha-gfaním smadár nátnu ré-akh; qúmi lakh ra'yatí yafatí u-lkhí lakh.

אָסֹ֥ף אֲסִיפֵ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה אֵין֩ עֲנָבִ֨ים בַּגֶּ֜פֶן וְאֵ֧ין תְּאֵנִ֣ים בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ נָבֵ֔ל וָאֶתֵּ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם יַעַבְרֽוּם׃

Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1108#ח_יג|8:13]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

I will utterly consume them, saith the LORD; there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is faded; and I gave them that which they transgress.

Asóf asifém n'um Adonai; ein anavím ba-géfen, v-ein t'einím ba-teená, v-he'alé navél va-etéin lahém ya'avrúm.

מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁהָלַךְ רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֵצֶל רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל לִכְפַר עָזִיז, וְהֶרְאָהוּ גֶפֶן מֻדְלֶה עַל מִקְצָת תְּאֵנָה

There was a matter where Rabbi Yehoshua went to Rabbi Yishmael in Kfar Aziz, and was shown a grape vine suspended on part of a fig tree.

Ma'aséh she-halákh Rabbí Yehoshuá' étsel Rabbí Yishma'él li-Khfar Azíz, v-har'éhu géfen mudlé al miqtsát teená.


עכבר

עַכְבָּר • (akhbár) m (plural indefinite עַכְבָּרִים, singular construct עַכְבַּר־, plural construct עַכְבְּרֵי־)

עַכְבָּר (canonical)
akhbár (romanization)
עַכְבָּרִים (indefinite plural)
עַכְבַּר־ (construct singular)
עַכְבְּרֵי־ (construct plural)

From Proto-Semitic *ʿakbar- (“mouse”). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.


תפוח

תַּפּוּחַ • (tapúakh) m (plural indefinite תַּפּוּחִים, singular construct תַּפּוּחַ־)

תַּפּוּחַ (canonical)
tapúakh (romanization)
תַּפּוּחִים (indefinite plural)
תַּפּוּחַ־ (construct singular)
תַּפּוּחַ (indefinite singular)
תַּפּוּחִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תַּפּוּחֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַתַּפּוּחַ (definite singular)
תַּפּוּחֲךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּחֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּחֲכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּחֲכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּחַ־ (construct singular)
תַּפּוּחוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּחָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּחָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
תַּפּוּחָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
תַּפּוּחִים (indefinite plural)
תפוחיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תַּפּוּחַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תַּפּוּחֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַתַּפּוּחִים (definite plural)
תַּפּוּחֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
תפוחייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּחַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּחֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּחֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּחֵי־ (construct plural)
תַּפּוּחָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּחֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּחֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
תַּפּוּחֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ת־פ־ח (t-p-kh)
Related to Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ); the word is not attested in Aramaic. Sometimes claimed to be from the roots נ־פ־ח (n-p-ḥ, “to scent”) or ת־פ־ח (t-p-ḥ, “be round”).

כְּתַפּוּחַ בַּעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר כֵּן דּוֹדִי בֵּין הַבָּנִים

Tanach, Song of Songs [[s:he:T3002#ב_ג|2:3]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood,
So is my beloved among the sons.

kətappúaḥ ba'atsḗ hayyá'ar ken dodí bēn habbaním


כריש

כָּרִישׁ • (karísh) m (plural indefinite כְּרִישִׁים, feminine counterpart כְּרִישָׁה) [pattern: קָטִיל]

כָּרִישׁ (canonical)
karísh (romanization)
כְּרִישִׁים (indefinite plural)
כְּרִישָׁה (feminine)

Root
 כ־ר־שׁ (k-r-sh)
From Aramaic כַּרְשָׁא (karšā), cognate with Arabic قِرْش (qirš).

(slang, borrowed) deserving appreciation


אבוקדו

אָבוֹקָדוֹאִים

אָבוֹקָדוֹ • (avokádo) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹקָדוֹאִים or אָבוֹקָדוֹת)

אָבוֹקָדוֹ (canonical)
avokádo (romanization)
אָבוֹקָדוֹאִים (indefinite plural)
אָבוֹקָדוֹת (indefinite plural)

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ahuacatl.


ציפור

ציפור / צִפּוֹר • (tsipór) f (plural indefinite ציפורים / צִפֳּרִים or ציפורים / צִפּוֹרִים)

צִפּוֹר (canonical)
tsipór (romanization)
ציפורים (indefinite plural)
צִפֳּרִים (indefinite plural)
צִפּוֹרִים (indefinite plural)
ציפור (indefinite singular)
צִפּוֹר (indefinite singular)
ציפורי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
צִפּוֹרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ציפורנו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
צִפּוֹרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הציפור (definite singular)
הַצִּפּוֹר (definite singular)
ציפורך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפּוֹרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפורך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפּוֹרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפורכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפּוֹרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפורכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפּוֹרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפור־ (construct singular)
צִפּוֹר־ (construct singular)
ציפורו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפּוֹרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפורה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפּוֹרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפורם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפּוֹרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפורן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפּוֹרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפורים (indefinite plural)
צִפֳּרִים (indefinite plural)
ציפוריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
צִפֳּרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ציפורינו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
צִפֳּרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הציפורים (definite plural)
הַצִּפֳּרִים (definite plural)
ציפוריך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפֳּרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפורייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפֳּרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפוריכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפֳּרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפוריכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפֳּרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפורי־ (construct plural)
צִפֳּרֵי־ (construct plural)
ציפוריו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפֳּרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפוריה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפֳּרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפוריהם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפֳּרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפוריהן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפֳּרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפור (indefinite singular)
צִפּוֹר (indefinite singular)
ציפורי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
צִפּוֹרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ציפורנו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
צִפּוֹרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הציפור (definite singular)
הַצִּפּוֹר (definite singular)
ציפורך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפּוֹרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפורך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפּוֹרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפורכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפּוֹרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפורכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפּוֹרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפור־ (construct singular)
צִפּוֹר־ (construct singular)
ציפורו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפּוֹרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפורה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפּוֹרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפורם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפּוֹרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפורן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפּוֹרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפורים (indefinite plural)
צִפּוֹרִים (indefinite plural)
ציפוריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
צִפּוֹרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ציפורינו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
צִפּוֹרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הציפורים (definite plural)
הַצִּפּוֹרִים (definite plural)
ציפוריך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפּוֹרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפורייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
צִפּוֹרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ציפוריכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפּוֹרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפוריכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
צִפּוֹרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ציפורי־ (construct plural)
צִפּוֹרֵי־ (construct plural)
ציפוריו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפּוֹרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפוריה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
צִפּוֹרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ציפוריהם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפּוֹרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ציפוריהן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
צִפּוֹרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

ציפור/צִפּוֹר

ציפורים/צִפֳּרִים

ציפור/צִפּוֹר

ציפורים/צִפּוֹרִים

Root
 צ־פ־ר (ts-p-r)
Compare Aramaic צִפְּרָא (ṣippərā), Arabic عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎔𐎗 (ṣpr).

cog

Arabic عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr)


דלק

דָּלַק (canonical)
dalák (romanization)
דָּלַקְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
דָּלַקְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
דָּלַקְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
דָּלַקְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
דְּלַקְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
דְּלַקְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
דָּלַק (masculine past singular third-person)
דָּלְקָה (feminine past singular third-person)
דָּלְקוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
דּוֹלֵק (masculine present singular)
דּוֹלֶקֶת (feminine present singular)
דּוֹלְקִים (masculine plural present)
דּוֹלְקוֹת (feminine plural present)
אדלוק (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶדְלֹק (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נדלוק (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נִדְלֹק (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תדלוק (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּדְלֹק (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּדְלְקִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּדְלְקוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תדלוקנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תִּדְלֹקְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
ידלוק (future masculine singular third-person)
יִדְלֹק (future masculine singular third-person)
תדלוק (feminine future singular third-person)
תִּדְלֹק (feminine future singular third-person)
יִדְלְקוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תדלוקנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תִּדְלֹקְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
דלוק (imperative masculine singular)
דְּלֹק (imperative masculine singular)
דִּלְקִי (feminine imperative singular)
דִּלְקוּ (imperative masculine plural)
דלוקנה (feminine imperative plural)
דְּלֹקְנָה (feminine imperative plural)


יונה

he-noun

יוֹנָה • (yoná) f (plural indefinite יוֹנִים, singular construct יוֹנַת־, plural construct יוֹנֵי־)

יוֹנָה (canonical)
yoná (romanization)
יוֹנִים (indefinite plural)
יוֹנַת־ (construct singular)
יוֹנֵי־ (construct plural)
יוֹנָה (indefinite singular)
יוֹנָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יוֹנָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַיּוֹנָה (definite singular)
יוֹנָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
יוֹנָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יוֹנַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
יוֹנַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
יוֹנַת־ (construct singular)
יוֹנָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
יוֹנָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
יוֹנָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
יוֹנָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
יוֹנִים (indefinite plural)
יוניי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יוֹנַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יוֹנֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַיּוֹנִים (definite plural)
יוֹנֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
יונייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יוֹנַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יוֹנֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
יוֹנֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
יוֹנֵי־ (construct plural)
יוֹנָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
יוֹנֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
יוֹנֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
יוֹנֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 י־ו־ן (y-w-n)
From Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.

אביתר בנאי, אבא
יונתי בחגווי הסלע
השמיעיני את קולך

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


יונה

desctree

→ Classical Syriac: ܝܰܘܢܳܐ
→ Malayalam: യോനാ (yōnā)

(biblical) Jonah (a minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish)

(biblical) Jonah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)

a male or female given name, Yona or Yonah, equivalent to English Jonah


תנין

he-noun

תַּנִּין • (tanin) m (plural indefinite תַּנִינִים)

תַּנִּין (canonical)
tanin (romanization)
תַּנִינִים (indefinite plural)

Root
 ת־נ־ן (t-n-n)
With Aramaic תַּנִּינָא / ܬܱܢܺܝܢܳܐ (tannīnā, “sea serpent, monster”) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn) from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒉡 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”)

cog

Aramaic תַּנִּינָא

der

Tannin or Tunannu, a sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Leviathan


רימון

he-noun

רימון / רִמּוֹן • (rimón) m (plural indefinite רמונים / רִמּוֹנִים)

רִמּוֹן (canonical)
rimón (romanization)
רמונים (indefinite plural)
רִמּוֹנִים (indefinite plural)

Compare Arabic رُمَّانٌ (rummān) and Classical Syriac ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānā), ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā).

grenade (a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket)


שור

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

(astrology) Taurus (the zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology))


סוס

סוּס • (sus) m (dual indefinite סוסיים / סוּסַיִם, plural indefinite סוּסִים, plural construct סוּסֵי־, feminine counterpart סוּסָה)

סוּס (canonical)
sus (romanization)
סוסיים (dual indefinite)
סוּסַיִם (dual indefinite)
סוּסִים (indefinite plural)
סוּסֵי־ (construct plural)
סוּסָה (feminine)
סוּס (indefinite masculine singular)
סוּסִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סוּסֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסּוּס (definite masculine singular)
סוּסְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּס־ (construct masculine singular)
סוּסוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסָה (feminine indefinite singular)
סוּסָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סוּסָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסּוּסָה (definite feminine singular)
סוּסָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסַת־ (construct feminine singular)
סוּסָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסוֹת (feminine indefinite plural)
סוסותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סוּסוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סוּסוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסּוּסוֹת (definite feminine plural)
סוּסוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוסותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסוֹת־ (construct feminine plural)
סוּסוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוסיים (dual indefinite masculine)
סוּסַיִם (dual indefinite masculine)
סוסיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סוּסַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סוּסֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הסוסיים (definite dual masculine)
הַסּוּסַיִם (definite dual masculine)
סוּסֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוסייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סוּסֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סוּסֵי־ (construct dual masculine)
סוּסָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סוּסֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סוּסִים (indefinite masculine plural)
הַסּוּסִים (definite masculine plural)
סוּסֵי־ (construct masculine plural)

he-decl

סוסיים\סוּסַיִם

→ Yiddish:

→ German: Zosse

Root
 ס־ו־ס (s-w-s)
Compare Aramaic סוּסְיָא (sūsəyā), Phoenician 𐤎𐤎 (ss /sys/), Akkadian 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sīsûm), Classical Syriac ܣܘܣܝܐ (sūsyā) and Ugaritic 𐎒𐎒𐎆 (ssw).

a strong or muscular man; stud, stallion


בננה

he-noun

בָּנָנָה • (banána) f (plural indefinite בָּנָנוֹת, singular construct בָּנָנַת־)

בָּנָנָה (canonical)
banána (romanization)
בָּנָנוֹת (indefinite plural)
בָּנָנַת־ (construct singular)
בָּנָנָה (indefinite singular)
בָּנָנָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בָּנָנָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַבָּנָנָה (definite singular)
בָּנָנָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
בָּנָנָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בָּנָנַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
בָּנָנַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
בָּנָנַת־ (construct singular)
בָּנָנָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
בָּנָנָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
בָּנָנָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
בָּנָנָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
בָּנָנוֹת (indefinite plural)
בננותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בָּנָנוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בָּנָנוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַבָּנָנוֹת (definite plural)
בָּנָנוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
בננותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בָּנָנוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בָּנָנוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
בָּנָנוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
בָּנָנוֹת־ (construct plural)
בָּנָנוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
בָּנָנוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
בָּנָנוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
בָּנָנוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Ultimately from Wolof banaana, via various European languages.
The sense girl (usually in the plural בָּנָנוֹת (bananot, “girls”) is presumably influenced by the phonetic similarity with בָּנוֹת f pl (banót, “girls”).


פרפר

פַּרְפָּרִים

פַּרְפַּר • (parpar) m (plural indefinite פַּרְפָּרִים, singular construct פַּרְפַּר־)

פַּרְפַּר (canonical)
parpar (romanization)
פַּרְפָּרִים (indefinite plural)
פַּרְפַּר־ (construct singular)


תפוז

תַּפּוּז • (tapúz) m (plural indefinite תַּפּוּזִים, plural construct תַּפּוּזֵי־)

תַּפּוּז (canonical)
tapúz (romanization)
תַּפּוּזִים (indefinite plural)
תַּפּוּזֵי־ (construct plural)
תַּפּוּז (indefinite singular)
תַּפּוּזִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תַּפּוּזֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַתַּפּוּז (definite singular)
תַּפּוּזְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּזֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּזְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּזְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּז־ (construct singular)
תַּפּוּזוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּזָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּזָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
תַּפּוּזָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
תַּפּוּזִים (indefinite plural)
תפוזיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תַּפּוּזַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
תַּפּוּזֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַתַּפּוּזִים (definite plural)
תַּפּוּזֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
תפוזייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּזַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
תַּפּוּזֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּזֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
תַּפּוּזֵי־ (construct plural)
תַּפּוּזָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּזֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
תַּפּוּזֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
תַּפּוּזֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Blend of תַּפּוּחַ (tapúakh, “apple”) + זָהָב (zahav, “gold”). Coined by lexicographer Isaac Avinery.


שסק

he-noun

שֶׁסֶק • (shések) m (plural indefinite שְׁסָקִים, plural construct שִׁסְקֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

שֶׁסֶק (canonical)
shések (romanization)
שְׁסָקִים (indefinite plural)
שִׁסְקֵי־ (construct plural)


מנגו

מַנְגּוֹ • (mangó) m

מַנְגּוֹ (canonical)
mangó (romanization)

Borrowed from English mango, ultimately from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

der

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)


ערבה

he-noun

עֲרָבָה • ('aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת)

עֲרָבָה (canonical)
'aravá (romanization)
עֲרָבוֹת (indefinite plural)

Root
 ע־ר־ב (ʿ-r-b)
Related to Arabic عَرَبَة (ʕaraba, “strong river”) and perhaps to عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”).


לטאה

לְטָאָה • (leta'á) f (plural indefinite לְטָאוֹת, singular construct לְטָאַת־, plural construct לְטָאוֹת־)

לְטָאָה (canonical)
leta'á (romanization)
לְטָאוֹת (indefinite plural)
לְטָאַת־ (construct singular)
לְטָאוֹת־ (construct plural)
לְטָאָה (indefinite singular)
לְטָאָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
לְטָאָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַלְּטָאָה (definite singular)
לְטָאָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
לְטָאָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
לְטָאַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
לְטָאַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
לְטָאַת־ (construct singular)
לְטָאָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
לְטָאָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
לְטָאָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
לְטָאָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
לְטָאוֹת (indefinite plural)
לטאותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
לְטָאוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
לְטָאוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַלְּטָאוֹת (definite plural)
לְטָאוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
לטאותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
לְטָאוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
לְטָאוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
לְטָאוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
לְטָאוֹת־ (construct plural)
לְטָאוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
לְטָאוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
לְטָאוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
לְטָאוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)


איל

אַיִל • (áyil) m (plural indefinite אֵילִים, singular construct אֵיל־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

אַיִל (canonical)
áyil (romanization)
אֵילִים (indefinite plural)
אֵיל־ (construct singular)

וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־הָאַיִל הַשֵּׁנִי אֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים וַיִּסְמְכוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הָאָיִל׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0308#ח_כב|8:22]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

va-yaqrév et ha-áyil ha-shení éyl ha-milluím va-yismkhú aharón u-vanáv et y'deihém 'al rosh ha-áyil.

(zoology, agriculture) ram (a male sheep, typically uncastrated)


תוכי

תוכי / תֻּכִּי • (túki) m (plural indefinite תוכים / תֻּכִּים or תֻּכִּיִּים, singular construct תוכי / תֻּכִּי־, plural construct תוכי / תֻּכֵּי־ or תֻּכִּיֵּי־)

תֻּכִּי (canonical)
túki (romanization)
תוכים (indefinite plural)
תֻּכִּים (indefinite plural)
תֻּכִּיִּים (indefinite plural)
תוכי (construct singular)
תֻּכִּי־ (construct singular)
תוכי (construct plural)
תֻּכֵּי־ (construct plural)
תֻּכִּיֵּי־ (construct plural)

Unknown. If meaning "peacock", then it shares an origin with Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs), sometimes claimed to be from Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “tail (of a peacock)”).

cog

(Biblical Hebrew, hapax, in the plural) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


לאמה

he-noun

לאמה / לָמָּה • (lama) f


תרנגול

תַּרְנְגוֹלִים

תַּרְנְגֹלֶת

תַּרְנְגוֹל • (tarn'gól) m (plural indefinite תַּרְנְגוֹלִים, feminine counterpart תרנגולת / תַּרְנְגֹלֶת)

תַּרְנְגוֹל (canonical)
tarn'gól (romanization)
תַּרְנְגוֹלִים (indefinite plural)
תרנגולת (feminine)
תַּרְנְגֹלֶת (feminine)

From Akkadian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (tarlugallum, “rooster”), from Sumerian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (dar-lugal^(mušen) /darlugal/, “rooster”, literally “bird or fowl of the king”). The first element uncertainly connected to Proto-Semitic *ṭayr- (“bird”) or Proto-Semitic *dVrr, Proto-Afroasiatic *dir(h)w- (“bird, hen, dove, fowl, chicken, rooster”).

noncog

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מֻתָּר לִמְכּוֹר לוֹ תַּרְנְגוֹל לָבָן בֵּין הַתַּרְנְגוֹלִין.

Rabbi Yehuda says, it is permitted to sell him a white chicken among other chickens.

Rabbí Yehudá omér, muttár limkór lo tarn'gól laván bein ha-tarn'golín.

דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מִתַּרְנְגוֹל — שֶׁמְּפַיֵּיס וְאַחַר כָּךְ בּוֹעֵל.

a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 100b:

Proper conduct from the chicken — for it persuades and afterwards it mates.

Dérekh éretz mi-tarn'gól — she-m'fayyés v-aḥár kakh bo'él.

chicken (animal), either male or of unspecified gender


עלוקה

he-noun

עֲלוּקָה • (ʿălūqâ) f (plural indefinite עֲלוּקוֹת, singular construct עֲלוּקַת־)

עֲלוּקָה (canonical)
ʿălūqâ (romanization)
עֲלוּקוֹת (indefinite plural)
עֲלוּקַת־ (construct singular)

לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת הַב הַב

Tanach, Proverbs [[s:he:T2830#ל_טו|30:15]], with translation of the American Standard Version:

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give.

laʿălūqâ štê ḇānôt háḇ háḇ

לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת הַב הַב

Tanach, Proverbs [[s:he:T2830#ל_טו|30:15]], with translation of the King James Version:

The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.

laʿălūqâ štê ḇānôt háḇ háḇ


נמר

נָמֵר • (namér) m (plural indefinite נְמֵרִים, singular construct נְמֵר־, plural construct נִמְרֵי־, feminine counterpart נְמֵרָה)

נָמֵר (canonical)
namér (romanization)
נְמֵרִים (indefinite plural)
נְמֵר־ (construct singular)
נִמְרֵי־ (construct plural)
נְמֵרָה (feminine)

Root
 נ־מ־ר (n-m-r)
From Proto-Semitic *namir-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mary-. Cognate with Arabic نَمِر (namir) and Aramaic נִמְרָא (nimrā).

וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם׃

Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1011#יא_ו|11:6]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.


נמלה

נְמָלָה • (nemalá) f (plural indefinite נְמָלִים, singular construct נְמָלַת־, plural construct נִמְלֵי־)

נְמָלָה (canonical)
nemalá (romanization)
נְמָלִים (indefinite plural)
נְמָלַת־ (construct singular)
נִמְלֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 נ־מ־ל (n-m-l)
Compare Arabic نَمْل (naml), Maltese nemla


קוף

קוֹף • (kof) m (plural indefinite קוֹפִים)

קוֹף (canonical)
kof (romanization)
קוֹפִים (indefinite plural)

Likely a borrowing from a language spoken east of Canaan, related to Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /kabīg/, “monkey”) and perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, “ape, monkey”). Monkeys have never been native to Canaan.


אפרוח

he-noun

אֶפְרוֹחַ • ('efróakh) m

אֶפְרוֹחַ (canonical)
'efróakh (romanization)

כִּי יִקָּרֵא קַן־צִפּוֹר לְפָנֶיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּכָל־עֵץ אוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ בֵיצִים וְהָאֵם רֹבֶצֶת עַל־הָאֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִים לֹא־תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל־הַבָּנִים׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0522#כב_ו|22:6]], with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

If you come across a bird's nest on any tree or on the ground, and it contains baby birds or eggs, then, if the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with her young.

ki yiqqaré qan tsipór l'fanékha ba-dérekh b-khol 'éts o 'al ha-áretz efroḥím o veitzím v-ha-em rovétzet 'al ha-efroḥim o 'al ha-beitzím lo tiqqáḥ ha-em 'al ha-baním.

כּוֹפִין אֶת הַסַּל לִפְנֵי הָאֶפְרוֹחִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעֲלוּ וְיֵרְדוּ.

One can flip over a basket before the chicks, so they can climb up and down.

Kofín et ha-sal lifnéi ha-efroḥim k'déi she-ya'alú v-yardú


דוב

Root
 ד־ב־ב (d-b-b)
From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”). Cognate with Arabic دُبٌّ (dubbun, “bear”).


זוחל

זוֹחֵל • (zoħél) m (plural indefinite זוֹחֲלִים)

זוֹחֵל (canonical)
zoħél (romanization)
זוֹחֲלִים (indefinite plural)


זבוב

זְבוּב • (zvuv) m (plural indefinite זְבוּבִים, singular construct זְבוּב־, plural construct זְבוּבֵי־)

זְבוּב (canonical)
zvuv (romanization)
זְבוּבִים (indefinite plural)
זְבוּב־ (construct singular)
זְבוּבֵי־ (construct plural)

From Proto-Semitic *ḏVb(V)b. Cognate with Akkadian 𒉏 (zubbum) and Arabic ذُبَاب (ḏubāb).


נחש

נָחָשׁ • (nakhásh) m (plural indefinite נְחָשִׁים, singular construct נְחַשׁ־, plural construct נַחֲשֵׁי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

נָחָשׁ (canonical)
nakhásh (romanization)
נְחָשִׁים (indefinite plural)
נְחַשׁ־ (construct singular)
נַחֲשֵׁי־ (construct plural)

→ Hawaiian: naheka (learned)

From Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (“lion”). Compare Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš, “snake”), Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆕𒋡𒊑 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “snake, chameleon”, literally “lion of the ground”) and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎈𐎌 (nḥš, “snake”).

cog

snake (a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue)


ביצה

he-noun

בֵּיצָה • (bētzá) f (plural indefinite בֵּיצִים, singular construct בֵּיצַת־, plural construct בֵּיצֵי־)

בֵּיצָה (canonical)
bētzá (romanization)
בֵּיצִים (indefinite plural)
בֵּיצַת־ (construct singular)
בֵּיצֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 ב־ו־ץ (b-w-ts)
Cognate with Arabic بَيْض (bayḍ) and Classical Syriac ܒܝܥܬܐ (bēʿṯā).

יש לו ביצים גדולות שהוא אוהב להראות לכולם.

He has big testicles that he loves to show to everyone.

(slang, in the plural, vulgar) testicles, balls (referring to anatomy, bravery or general self-assuredness)


פרח

פֶּרַח • (pérakh) m (plural indefinite פְּרָחִים, singular construct פֶּרַח־, plural construct פִּרְחֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

פֶּרַח (canonical)
pérakh (romanization)
פְּרָחִים (indefinite plural)
פֶּרַח־ (construct singular)
פִּרְחֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 פ־ר־ח (p-r-kh)
Cognate with Arabic فَرْخ (farḵ, “chick, sprout”), Maltese ferħ (“chick”), Aramaic פְּרַח, ܦܪܰܚ (pəraḥ, “to fly”), Ge'ez ፈርኅ (färḫ, “chick”), ፈርኀ (färḫä, “to sprout, to germinate”).


זנב

זָנָב • (zanáv) m (plural indefinite זְנָבוֹת, singular construct זְנַב־, plural construct זַנְבוֹת־) [pattern: קָטָל]

זָנָב (canonical)
zanáv (romanization)
זְנָבוֹת (indefinite plural)
זְנַב־ (construct singular)
זַנְבוֹת־ (construct plural)
זָנָב (indefinite singular)
זְנָבִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
זְנָבֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַזָּנָב (definite singular)
זְנָבְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
זְנָבֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
זְנַבְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
זְנַבְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
זְנַב־ (construct singular)
זְנָבוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
זְנָבָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
זְנָבָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
זְנָבָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
זְנָבוֹת (indefinite plural)
זנבותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
זַנְבוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
זַנְבוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַזְּנָבוֹת (definite plural)
זַנְבוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
זנבותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
זַנְבוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
זַנְבוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
זַנְבוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
זַנְבוֹת־ (construct plural)
זַנְבוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
זַנְבוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
זַנְבוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
זַנְבוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ז־נ־ב (z-n-b)
From Proto-Semitic *ḏanab-.


ורד

he-adj

וָרֹד • (varód)

Root
 ו־ר־ד (w-r-d)
Compare Arabic وَرْدَة (warda). Ultimately a Middle Iranian loanword, cognate to Persian گل (gol), and more distantly Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) and Latin rosa (English rose).

ורוד ורוד#Hebrew


אי

he-noun

אִי • (í) m (plural indefinite אִיִּים, plural construct אִיֵּי־)

אִי (canonical)
í (romanization)
אִיִּים (indefinite plural)
אִיֵּי־ (construct plural)

Compare Egyptian jw (“dog”) and Arabic اِبْن آوَى (ibn ʔāwā).

cog

Arabic اِبْن آوَى (ibn ʔāwā)

וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמנוֹתָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג

Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1013#יג_כב|13:22]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And jackals shall howl in their castles, And wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces

və'aná iyyím bəalmənotáv vətanním bəhēchəlḗ 'óneg


עקרב

he-noun

עַקְרָב • ('akráv) m (plural indefinite עַקְרַבִּים, singular construct עַקְרַב־, plural construct עַקְרַבֵּי־)

עַקְרָב (canonical)
'akráv (romanization)
עַקְרַבִּים (indefinite plural)
עַקְרַב־ (construct singular)
עַקְרַבֵּי־ (construct plural)
עַקְרָב (indefinite singular)
עַקְרַבִּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עַקְרַבֵּנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעַקְרָב (definite singular)
עַקְרַבְּךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַקְרַבֵּךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַקְרַבְּכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַקְרַבְּכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַקְרַב־ (construct singular)
עַקְרַבּוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַקְרַבָּהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַקְרַבָּם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עַקְרַבָּן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
עַקְרַבִּים (indefinite plural)
עקרביי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עַקְרַבַּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עַקְרַבֵּינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעַקְרַבִּים (definite plural)
עַקְרַבֶּיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עקרבייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַקְרַבַּיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַקְרַבֵּיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַקְרַבֵּיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַקְרַבֵּי־ (construct plural)
עַקְרַבָּיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַקְרַבֶּיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַקְרַבֵּיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עַקְרַבֵּיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Compare Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab) and Classical Syriac ܥܩܪܒܐ (ʿeqarbā).


דבורה

he-proper noun

דְּבוֹרָה • (dvorá) f

דְּבוֹרָה (canonical)
dvorá (romanization)

From Proto-Semitic *dVbr- (“bee”). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā), Amharic ዲቧራ (dibʷara), Arabic دَبُّور (dabbūr), زُنْبُور (zunbūr), Classical Mandaic ࡆࡉࡌࡁࡅࡓࡀ (zimbura), Aramaic דְּבוֹרְתָא, זִיבּוֹרָא.

cog

Aramaic דְּבוֹרְתָא

a female given name, Dvora, Debora, or Deborah


שזיף

he-noun

שְׁזִיף • (sh'zíf) m (plural indefinite שְׁזִיפִים, plural construct שְׁזִיפֵי־) [pattern: קְטִיל]

שְׁזִיף (canonical)
sh'zíf (romanization)
שְׁזִיפִים (indefinite plural)
שְׁזִיפֵי־ (construct plural)
שְׁזִיף (indefinite singular)
שְׁזִיפִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
שְׁזִיפֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַשְּׁזִיף (definite singular)
שְׁזִיפְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
שְׁזִיפֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
שְׁזִיפְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
שְׁזִיפְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
שְׁזִיף־ (construct singular)
שְׁזִיפוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
שְׁזִיפָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
שְׁזִיפָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
שְׁזִיפָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
שְׁזִיפִים (indefinite plural)
שזיפיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
שְׁזִיפַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
שְׁזִיפֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַשְּׁזִיפִים (definite plural)
שְׁזִיפֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
שזיפייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
שְׁזִיפַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
שְׁזִיפֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
שְׁזִיפֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
שְׁזִיפֵי־ (construct plural)
שְׁזִיפָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
שְׁזִיפֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
שְׁזִיפֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
שְׁזִיפֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 שׁ־ז־ף (sh-z-p)
Unknown. Perhaps related to שָׁזוּף (shazúf, “tanned, sunburnt”) because of the appearance of the fruit.


גמל

גַּמָּל • (gamál) m (plural indefinite גַּמָּלִים, singular construct גַּמַּל־, plural construct גַּמָּלֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

גַּמָּל (canonical)
gamál (romanization)
גַּמָּלִים (indefinite plural)
גַּמַּל־ (construct singular)
גַּמָּלֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 ג־מ־ל (g-m-l)
From Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal, “camel”), جَمَّال (jammāl, “camel driver”).


קרפד

קַרְפָּד • (karpád) m (feminine counterpart קַרְפָּדָה)

קַרְפָּד (canonical)
karpád (romanization)
קַרְפָּדָה (feminine)


קרפדה

קַרְפָּדָה • (karpadá) f (masculine counterpart קַרְפָּד)

קַרְפָּדָה (canonical)
karpadá (romanization)
קַרְפָּד (masculine)

From Aramaic קֻרְפְּדַאי (qurp'dai, “unknown creeping animal”), a phono-semantic matching of French crapaud (“toad”).


חמור

he-noun

חֲמוֹר • (khamór) m (plural indefinite חֲמוֹרִים, feminine counterpart אָתוֹן)

חֲמוֹר (canonical)
khamór (romanization)
חֲמוֹרִים (indefinite plural)
אָתוֹן (feminine)
חֲמוֹר (indefinite singular)
חֲמוֹרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲמוֹרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֲמוֹר (definite singular)
חֲמוֹרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲמוֹרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲמוֹרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲמוֹרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲמוֹר־ (construct singular)
חֲמוֹרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲמוֹרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲמוֹרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲמוֹרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲמוֹרִים (indefinite plural)
חמוריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲמוֹרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֲמוֹרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֲמוֹרִים (definite plural)
חֲמוֹרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חמורייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲמוֹרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֲמוֹרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲמוֹרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֲמוֹרֵי־ (construct plural)
חֲמוֹרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲמוֹרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֲמוֹרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֲמוֹרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ח־מ־ר (kh-m-r)
From Proto-Semitic *ḥimār- (“donkey”). Cognate with Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).


ענבה

עֲנָבָה • (`anavá) f (plural indefinite עֲנָבִים)

עֲנָבָה (canonical)
עֲנָבִים (indefinite plural)


פרי

פְּרִי • (pri) m (plural indefinite פֵּרוֹת, singular construct פְּרִי־, plural construct פֵּרוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

פְּרִי (canonical)
pri (romanization)
פֵּרוֹת (indefinite plural)
פְּרִי־ (construct singular)
פֵּרוֹת־ (construct plural)
פְּרִי (indefinite singular)
פִּרְיִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
פִּרְיֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַפְּרִי (definite singular)
פִּרְיְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
פִּרְיֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
פִּרְיְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
פִּרְיְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
פְּרִי־ (construct singular)
פִּרְיוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
פִּרְיָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
פִּרְיָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
פִּרְיָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
פֵּרוֹת (indefinite plural)
פרותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
פְּרוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
פְּרוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַפֵּרוֹת (definite plural)
פְּרוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
פרותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
פְּרוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
פְּרוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
פְּרוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
פְּרוֹת־ (construct plural)
פְּרוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
פְּרוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
פְּרוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
פְּרוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 פ־ר־ה (p-r-h)
From Proto-Semitic *piry-. Cognate with Ge'ez ፍሬ (fəre) and Ugaritic 𐎔𐎗 (pr /pirû/).


אווז

אַוָּז \ אֲוָז

אַוָּזִים \ אֲוָזִים

אַוַּז \ אֲוַז

אַוָּזֵי \ אֲוָזֵי

אַוָּזָה \ אֲוָזָה

אווז / אַוָּז \ אֲוָז • (aváz) m (plural indefinite אווזים / אַוָּזִים \ אֲוָזִים, singular construct אווז / אַוַּז \ אֲוַז־, plural construct אווזי / אַוָּזֵי \ אֲוָזֵי־, feminine counterpart אווזה / אַוָּזָה \ אֲוָזָה) [pattern: קַטָּל]

אַוָּז \ אֲוָז (canonical)
aváz (romanization)
אווזים (indefinite plural)
אַוָּזִים \ אֲוָזִים (indefinite plural)
אווז (construct singular)
אַוַּז \ אֲוַז־ (construct singular)
אווזי (construct plural)
אַוָּזֵי \ אֲוָזֵי־ (construct plural)
אווזה (feminine)
אַוָּזָה \ אֲוָזָה (feminine)

Compare Aramaic אווזא, Classical Syriac ܘܲܙܵܐ (wazzā), Arabic إِوَزّ (ʔiwazz).

רִבִּי בָּא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל אַװָז עִם אַװַז מִדְבָּר כִּלְאַיִם זֶה בְזֶה.

a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4:

R. Ba in the name of R. Shmuel said: A goose and a desert goose are different species.

Ríbi Ba v-shém ríbi Shmuél: aváz 'im aváz midbár kiláyim zeh v-zeh.


תירס

תִּירָס • (tirás; colloquially - tíras) m

תִּירָס (canonical)
tirás (romanization)
- tíras (colloquial)

After a son of Japheth (תִירָס: Tiras, or more exactingly: Thirass) listed in Genesis 10 NIV who was sometimes identified with the Turkish people, who have been traditionally considered as the main source of distribution of maize in Europe.


טיגריס

טִיגְרִיס • (tígris) m

טִיגְרִיס (canonical)
tígris (romanization)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from an Indo-Iranian language. First attested in the Babylonian Talmud before 500 CE.


כוס

כּוֹס • (kos) m

Root
 כ־ו־ס (k-w-s)
From Proto-Semitic *kôs (“owl”), which has been cited as a possible source for the name of the Greek island Κῶς (Kôs).


ג׳וק

ג׳וּק • (júk) m


קורא

קוֹרֵא • (koré) m

desert partridge; sand partridge (Ammoperdix)


פיל

פִּיל • (píl) m (plural indefinite פִּילִים, singular construct פִּילֵי־)

פִּיל (canonical)
píl (romanization)
פִּילִים (indefinite plural)
פִּילֵי־ (construct singular)

Uncertain, but usually regarded as a non-Semitic Afroasiatic loanword, see Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).
Other Semitic cognates include Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Arabic فِيل (fīl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).


זנגביל

head

זַנְגְּבִיל • (zangvíl) m

זַנְגְּבִיל (canonical)
zangvíl (romanization)

Medieval borrowing from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), and earlier still from Aramaic זַנְגְּבִילָא (zangḇīlā, zangəḇīlā) which is apart from various Babylonian Talmud Mishna Tractates notably found in the Targum Song of Songs 3:9 however the compilator of the TgSong is theoretized to be a native Arabic speaker instead of a native Aramaic speaker and the continuity to later uses is questionable. Compare the rare Hebrew גִּנְבָּר (ginbār), from rare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גִּינְבְּרָא (ginbərā) from Ancient Greek γιγγίβερις (gingíberis).

bor

זַנְגְּבִילָא

cog

גִּינְבְּרָא


יתוש

he-noun

יַתּוּשׁ • (yatúsh) m (plural indefinite יַתּוּשִׁים, singular construct יַתּוּשׁ־, plural construct יַתּוּשֵׁי־)

יַתּוּשׁ (canonical)
yatúsh (romanization)
יַתּוּשִׁים (indefinite plural)
יַתּוּשׁ־ (construct singular)
יַתּוּשֵׁי־ (construct plural)

mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)


סלתנית

סַלְתָּנִיּוֹת

סַלְתָּנִית or סֻלְתָּנִית • (saltanít or sultanít) f (plural indefinite סַלְתָּנִיּוֹת, singular construct סַלְתָּנִית־)

סַלְתָּנִית (canonical)
סֻלְתָּנִית (canonical)
saltanít (romanization)
sultanít (romanization)
סַלְתָּנִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)
סַלְתָּנִית־ (construct singular)

A certain food fish mentioned in the Talmud.


הודו

he-proper noun

הודו / הֹדּוּ • (hódu) f

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿdūš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”).

der

וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד־כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה׃

Tanach, Esther [[s:he:T3301#א_א|1:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus – this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces...

vay'hí biméi 'akhashverósh hú 'akhashverósh hamolékh mehódu v'ad-kúsh shéva' v'esrím ume'á m'diná.
wayəhī bīmē ʾăḥašwērōš hū ʾăḥašwērōš hammōlēḵ mēhṓddū wəʿaḏ-kūš šéḇaʿ wəʿeśrīm ūmēʾā məḏīnā.

(chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)


עורב

he-noun

עוֹרֵב / עֹרֵב • ('orév) m (plural indefinite עורבים / עֹרְבִים)

עוֹרֵב (canonical)
עֹרֵב (canonical)
'orév (romanization)
עורבים (indefinite plural)
עֹרְבִים (indefinite plural)

Root
 ע־ר־ב (ʿ-r-b)
Compare Aramaic עורבא (ʿurbaʾ), Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb).


דובדבן

דֻּבְדְּבָנִים

דובדבן / דֻּבְדְּבָן • (duvd'van) m (plural indefinite דובדבנים / דֻּבְדְּבָנִים, singular construct דובדבן / דֻּבְדְּבַן־, plural construct דובדבני־)

דֻּבְדְּבָן (canonical)
duvd'van (romanization)
דובדבנים (indefinite plural)
דֻּבְדְּבָנִים (indefinite plural)
דובדבן (construct singular)
דֻּבְדְּבַן־ (construct singular)
דובדבני־ (construct plural)

דניאלה ספקטור, הירושימה
אור לבן על הירושימה ועל העולם
הראית איך הפציע לובן פרח עץ הדובדבן

cherry (a small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem)


אביונה

אֲבִיּוֹנָה • (ʔăḇiyyonɔ, aviyoná) f

אֲבִיּוֹנָה (canonical)
ʔăḇiyyonɔ (romanization)
aviyoná (romanization)

Diminutive of חָבִית (ḥɔḇiṯ, khavít, “cask, barrel”), owing to its shape. The lewd meaning is a late misinterpretation of textual sources after the root א־ב־ה (a-b-h).

(Biblical Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew) caperberry, fruit of the caperbush


דרור

he-proper noun

דְּרוֹר • (d'rór) m

דְּרוֹר (canonical)
d'rór (romanization)

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒀭𒁺𒊏𒊒 (andurāru, “remission of debts, manumission of slaves, cancelling of illegal impositions on free persons”) or 𒁕𒊏𒊒 (darāru, “freedom; to become free of a task, to move about freely, to run off”).


חזיר

he-noun

חֲזִיר • (khazír) m (plural indefinite חֲזִירִים, singular construct חֲזִיר־, plural construct חֲזִירֵי־)

חֲזִיר (canonical)
khazír (romanization)
חֲזִירִים (indefinite plural)
חֲזִיר־ (construct singular)
חֲזִירֵי־ (construct plural)

Cognate with Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr), and Maltese ħanżir.

cog

Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā)


אורז

he-noun

אוֹרֵז • (orez) m (plural indefinite אוֹרְזִים, plural construct אוֹרֵזֵי־, feminine counterpart אוֹרֶזֶת)

אוֹרֵז (canonical)
orez (romanization)
אוֹרְזִים (indefinite plural)
אוֹרֵזֵי־ (construct plural)
אוֹרֶזֶת (feminine)

Root
 א־ר־ז (ʾ-r-z)
Noun follows from the verb.

a packer (a person whose business is to pack things)


מלפפון

מְלָפְפוֹנִים

מְלָפְפוֹן • (m'laf'fon) m (plural indefinite מְלָפְפוֹנִים)

מְלָפְפוֹן (canonical)
m'laf'fon (romanization)
מְלָפְפוֹנִים (indefinite plural)

From Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple; tree fruit”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

affix

(Mishnaic Hebrew) Armenian cucumber, vegetable melon


פרס

he-noun

פֶּרֶס • (péres) m (plural indefinite פְּרָסִים, plural construct פַּרְסֶי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

פֶּרֶס (canonical)
péres (romanization)
פְּרָסִים (indefinite plural)
פַּרְסֶי־ (construct plural)

Gypaetus barbatus
Gypaetus barbatus#Translingual

bearded vulture; ossifrage (Gypaetus barbatus)


אננס

אננס / אָנָנָס • (ananás) m (plural indefinite אננסים / אָנָנָסִים)

אָנָנָס (canonical)
ananás (romanization)
אננסים (indefinite plural)
אָנָנָסִים (indefinite plural)

Ultimately from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).


היפופוטם

הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם

הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָמִים

הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם • (hipopotám) m (plural indefinite הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָמִים)

הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם (canonical)
hipopotám (romanization)
הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָמִים (indefinite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”, from Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”, of uncertain origin).


סנדל

he-noun

סַנְדָּל • (sandál) m (plural indefinite סַנְדָּלִים, singular construct סַנְדַּל־, plural construct סַנְדְּלֵי־)

סַנְדָּל (canonical)
sandál (romanization)
סַנְדָּלִים (indefinite plural)
סַנְדַּל־ (construct singular)
סַנְדְּלֵי־ (construct plural)


צב

צָב • (tsáv) m (plural indefinite צַבִּים, singular construct צַב־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

צָב (canonical)
tsáv (romanization)
צַבִּים (indefinite plural)
צַב־ (construct singular)

Root
 צ־ב־ב (ts-b-b)
Compare Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿabbā, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Arabic ضَبّ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”).


שושן

he-proper noun

שׁוּשָׁן • (shushán)

שׁוּשָׁן (canonical)
shushán (romanization)

Ultimately from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Compare Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (ç-u-š-a /çūšā/) and Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם כְּשֶׁבֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ עַל כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתוֹ אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה׃

Tanach, Esther [[s:he:T3301#א_ב|1:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,

bayamím hahém k'shévet hamélekh 'akhashverósh 'al kisé mal'khutó 'ashér b'shushan habirá.

Susa, Shushan (the ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran)


שועל

he-noun

שׁוּעָל • (shuál) m (plural indefinite שׁוּעָלִים, singular construct שׁוּעַל־, plural construct שׁוּעֲלֵי־, feminine counterpart שׁוּעָלָה)

שׁוּעָל (canonical)
shuál (romanization)
שׁוּעָלִים (indefinite plural)
שׁוּעַל־ (construct singular)
שׁוּעֲלֵי־ (construct plural)
שׁוּעָלָה (feminine)

Root
 שׁ־ע־ל (sh-ʿ-l)
From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒈜𒀀 (šēlebum) and Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab). Compare also Yemeni Arabic ثَعَلْ.

וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וַיִּלְכֹּד שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שׁוּעָלִים וַיִּקַּח לַפִּדִים וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶל זָנָב וַיָּשֶׂם לַפִּיד אֶחָד בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַזְּנָבוֹת בַּתָּוֶךְ

Tanach, [[s:he:T0715#טו_ד|15:4]], with translation of Robert Alter:

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes and took torches and turned tail to tail and put one torch between each two tails.

fox (Vulpes or any of the species in the tribe Vulpini)


עוף

עוֹף • (of) m (plural indefinite עוֹפוֹת, singular construct עוֹף־, plural construct עוֹפוֹת־)

עוֹף (canonical)
of (romanization)
עוֹפוֹת (indefinite plural)
עוֹף־ (construct singular)
עוֹפוֹת־ (construct plural)

Root
 ע־ו־ף (ʿ-w-p)
Compare Ge'ez ዖፍ (ʿof, “bird”).

A bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collective: - bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.


פרה

פָּרָה (canonical)
pará (romanization)
פָּרִיתִי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
פָּרִינוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
פָּרִיתָ (masculine past second-person singular)
פָּרִית (feminine past second-person singular)
פְּרִיתֶם (masculine past plural second-person)
פְּרִיתֶן (feminine past plural second-person)
פָּרָה (masculine past singular third-person)
פָּרְתָה (feminine past singular third-person)
פָּרוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
פּוֹרֶה (masculine present singular)
פּוֹרָה (feminine present singular)
פּוֹרִים (masculine plural present)
פּוֹרוֹת (feminine plural present)
אֶפְרֶה (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נִפְרֶה (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תִּפְרֶה (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּפְרִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּפְרוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תִּפְרֶינָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יִפְרֶה (future masculine singular third-person)
תִּפְרֶה (feminine future singular third-person)
יִפְרוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תִּפְרֶינָה (feminine future plural third-person)
פְּרֵה (imperative masculine singular)
פְּרִי (feminine imperative singular)
פְּרוּ (imperative masculine plural)
פְּרֶינָה (feminine imperative plural)

Root
 פ־ר־ה (p-r-h)
Compare Arabic بقرة and its root Arabic ب ق ر (b q r), Phoenician 𐤐𐤓 (pr), Aramaic פְּרָא/Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܰܐ, Aramaic פּרי/Classical Syriac ܦ݁ܪܝ, Egyptian pr:r-D54 (prj, “to come forth”).

cog

(literal) to bring forth, grow fruit

(figurative) to be fruitful, multiply, increase


כבש

he-verb

כָּבַשׁ • (kavásh) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִכְבַּשׁ)

כָּבַשׁ (canonical)
kavásh (romanization)
נִכְבַּשׁ (passive)
כָּבַשְׁתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
כָּבַשְׁנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
כָּבַשְׁתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
כָּבַשְׁתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
כְּבַשְׁתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
כְּבַשְׁתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
כָּבַשׁ (masculine past singular third-person)
כָּבְשָׁה (feminine past singular third-person)
כָּבְשׁוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
כּוֹבֵשׁ (masculine present singular)
כּוֹבֶשֶׁת (feminine present singular)
כּוֹבְשִׁים (masculine plural present)
כּוֹבְשׁוֹת (feminine plural present)
אכבוש (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶכְבֹּשׁ (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נכבוש (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נִכְבֹּשׁ (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תכבוש (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּכְבֹּשׁ (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּכְבְּשִׁי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּכְבְּשׁוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תכבושנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תִּכְבֹּשְׁנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יכבוש (future masculine singular third-person)
יִכְבֹּשׁ (future masculine singular third-person)
תכבוש (feminine future singular third-person)
תִּכְבֹּשׁ (feminine future singular third-person)
יִכְבְּשׁוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תכבושנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תִּכְבֹּשְׁנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
כבוש (imperative masculine singular)
כְּבֹשׁ (imperative masculine singular)
כִּבְשִׁי (feminine imperative singular)
כִּבְשׁוּ (imperative masculine plural)
כבושנה (feminine imperative plural)
כְּבֹשְׁנָה (feminine imperative plural)


שומר

he-proper noun

שׁוּמֶר • (šumer)

שׁוּמֶר (canonical)
šumer (romanization)

Sumer (earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia)


דו־חי

דּוּ ־חַי (canonical)
du-khay (romanization)

דּוּ־ (“two”) + חַי (“life”); hence "two lives", referring to the two lives amphibians have.

af

דּוּ־ (“two”) + חַי (“life”)


צבר

he-noun

צַבָּר • (tsabár) m (plural indefinite צַבָּרִים, feminine counterpart צַבָּרִית)

צַבָּר (canonical)
tsabár (romanization)
צַבָּרִים (indefinite plural)
צַבָּרִית (feminine)

Root
 צ־ב־ר (ts-b-r)
Borrowed from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār).


ברווז

ברווז / בַּרְוָז • (barváz) m (plural indefinite ברווזים / בַּרְוָזִים, singular construct ברווז / בַּרְוַז־, feminine counterpart ברווזה)

בַּרְוָז (canonical)
barváz (romanization)
ברווזים (indefinite plural)
בַּרְוָזִים (indefinite plural)
ברווז (construct singular)
בַּרְוַז־ (construct singular)
ברווזה (feminine)

From Jewish Babylonian Aramaic בר אווזא, equivalent to בר + אווז / אֲוָז.

he-m

אווז / אֲוָז


אריה

he-noun

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m (plural indefinite אֲרָיוֹת, singular construct אֲרִי־)

אַרְיֵה (canonical)
aryé (romanization)
אֲרָיוֹת (indefinite plural)
אֲרִי־ (construct singular)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarway-. Compare Ge'ez አርዌ (ʾärwe, “animal, beast”).


אריה

he-proper noun

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m

(astronomy) Leo (a constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola)

(astrology) Leo (the zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology))


אריה

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m


תמר

תָּמָר • (tamár) f

An early borrowing from Aramaic תמרא (the vocalization of which varies by lect), even Arabic تَمْر (tamr, “date”) is borrowed from it; cognate to Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruit”).


ארנב

he-noun

אַרְנָב • (arnáv) m (plural indefinite אַרְנָבִים, feminine counterpart אַרְנֶבֶת)

אַרְנָב (canonical)
arnáv (romanization)
אַרְנָבִים (indefinite plural)
אַרְנֶבֶת (feminine)

Common Semitic, attested in the Bible only in the feminine. Compare Aramaic ארנבא (`arnava), Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab).


לביא

a male given name, equivalent to English Leo


גזר

גֶּזֶר • (gézer) m (plural indefinite גְּזָרִים, singular construct גֶּזֶר־, plural construct גִּזְרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

גֶּזֶר (canonical)
gézer (romanization)
גְּזָרִים (indefinite plural)
גֶּזֶר־ (construct singular)
גִּזְרֵי־ (construct plural)

From Persian گزر (gazar, “carrot, pestle”).


גזר

he-verb

גָּזַר • (gazár) (pa'al construction, passive participle גָּזוּר, passive counterpart נִגְזַר)

גָּזַר (canonical)
gazár (romanization)
גָּזוּר (participle passive)
נִגְזַר (passive)
גָּזַרְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
גָּזַרְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
גָּזַרְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
גָּזַרְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
גְּזַרְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
גְּזַרְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
גָּזַר (masculine past singular third-person)
גָּזְרָה (feminine past singular third-person)
גָּזְרוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
גּוֹזֵר (masculine present singular)
גּוֹזֶרֶת (feminine present singular)
גּוֹזְרִים (masculine plural present)
גּוֹזְרוֹת (feminine plural present)
אגזור (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶגְזֹר (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נגזור (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נִגְזֹר (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תגזור (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּגְזֹר (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּגְזְרִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּגְזְרוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תגזורנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תִּגְזֹרְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יגזור (future masculine singular third-person)
יִגְזֹר (future masculine singular third-person)
תגזור (feminine future singular third-person)
תִּגְזֹר (feminine future singular third-person)
יִגְזְרוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תגזורנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תִּגְזֹרְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
גזור (imperative masculine singular)
גְּזֹר (imperative masculine singular)
גִּזְרִי (feminine imperative singular)
גִּזְרוּ (imperative masculine plural)
גזורנה (feminine imperative plural)
גְּזֹרְנָה (feminine imperative plural)


נרקיס

he-noun

נַרְקִיס • (narkís) m

נַרְקִיס (canonical)
narkís (romanization)


אשכולית

אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית

אֶשְׁכּוֹלִיוֹת

אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית

אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית • (eshkolít) f (plural indefinite אֶשְׁכּוֹלִיוֹת, singular construct אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית־)

אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית (canonical)
eshkolít (romanization)
אֶשְׁכּוֹלִיוֹת (indefinite plural)
אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית־ (construct singular)


חביתה

חֲבִיתָה • (khavitá) f [pattern: קְטִילָה]

חֲבִיתָה (canonical)
khavitá (romanization)

Root
 ח־ב־ת (kh-b-t)
From the root ח־ב־ת

omelette (a dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives)


ברבור

בַּרְבּוּרִים

בַּרְבּוּר • (barbúr) m (plural indefinite בַּרְבּוּרִים, singular construct בַּרְבּוּר־)

בַּרְבּוּר (canonical)
barbúr (romanization)
בַּרְבּוּרִים (indefinite plural)
בַּרְבּוּר־ (construct singular)


חסה

חַסָּה • (khása) f (plural indefinite חַסּוֹת)

חַסָּה (canonical)
khása (romanization)
חַסּוֹת (indefinite plural)

From Aramaic חַסָּא (khassaʾ). Compare likely cognates Arabic خَسّ (ḵass) and Maltese ħassa, both with the same meaning.

Lactuca sativa
Lactuca sativa#Translingual

lettuce (an edible plant, Lactuca sativa)


חציל

חָצִיל • (khatsíl) m (plural indefinite חֲצִילִים) [pattern: קָטִיל]

חָצִיל (canonical)
khatsíl (romanization)
חֲצִילִים (indefinite plural)

Coined by Abraham Lunz in 1831, adapted from Arabic حَيْصَل (ḥayṣal).


קרנף

קַרְנַף • (karnáf) m (plural indefinite קַרְנַפִּים, singular construct קַרְנַף־, plural construct קַרְנַפֵּי־, feminine counterpart קַרְנַפָּה)

קַרְנַף (canonical)
karnáf (romanization)
קַרְנַפִּים (indefinite plural)
קַרְנַף־ (construct singular)
קַרְנַפֵּי־ (construct plural)
קַרְנַפָּה (feminine)

From קֶרֶן (kéren, “horn”) + אַף (af, “nose”).

af

rhinoceros (herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s))


משמש

he-noun

מִשְׁמֵשִׁים

מִשְׁמֵשׁ • (mishmésh) m (plural indefinite מִשְׁמֵשִׁים)

מִשְׁמֵשׁ (canonical)
mishmésh (romanization)
מִשְׁמֵשִׁים (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from Arabic مِشْمِش (mišmiš, “apricots”).


יקינתון

he-noun

יָקִינְתּוֹן

יָקִינְתּוֹנִים

יָקִינְתּוֹן • (yakintón) m (plural indefinite יָקִינְתּוֹנִים)

יָקִינְתּוֹן (canonical)
yakintón (romanization)
יָקִינְתּוֹנִים (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).

bor

לַיְלָה לַיְלָה מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת הַלְּבָנָה / בַּפְּרָחִים אֲשֶׁר הֵנֵצּוּ בַּגִּנָּה. / בְּצִיצֵי הַיָּקִנְתּוֹן / בְּגַנֵּנוּ הַקָּטֹן / לַיְלָה לַיְלָה מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת הַלְּבָנָה.

1940, Leah Goldberg, A Tune for the Hyacinth

Night after night the moon looks down / Upon the flowers that are blossoming in the garden. / Upon the buds of the hyacinth / In our tiny garden / Night after night the moon looks down.

láyla láyla mistakélet hal'vaná / bap'rakhím 'ashér henétsu baginá. / b'tsitséi hayakintón / b'ganénu hakatón / láyla láyla mistakélet hal'vaná.

hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)


דולפין

he-noun

דּוֹלְפִינִים

דּוֹלְפִין • (dólfin) m (plural indefinite דּוֹלְפִינִים, singular construct דולפין־, plural construct דולפיני־)

דּוֹלְפִין (canonical)
dólfin (romanization)
דּוֹלְפִינִים (indefinite plural)
דולפין־ (construct singular)
דולפיני־ (construct plural)

A dolphin: a member of any of various species of aquatic mammal.


פיסטוק

פִיסְטוּקִים

פִיסְטוּק • (fístuk) m (plural indefinite פִיסְטוּקִים)

פִיסְטוּק (canonical)
fístuk (romanization)
פִיסְטוּקִים (indefinite plural)


קוקוס

קוֹקוֹס • (kókos) m

קוֹקוֹס (canonical)
kókos (romanization)


צרעה

צִרְעָה • (tzir'ah) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

צִרְעָה (canonical)
tzir'ah (romanization)


כלבה

כַּלְבָּה • (kalbá) f (plural indefinite כְּלָבוֹת, singular construct כַּלְבַּת־, plural construct כַּלְבוֹת־, masculine counterpart כֶּלֶב) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

כַּלְבָּה (canonical)
kalbá (romanization)
כְּלָבוֹת (indefinite plural)
כַּלְבַּת־ (construct singular)
כַּלְבוֹת־ (construct plural)
כֶּלֶב (masculine)


שממית

שְׂמָמִית • (smamít) f (plural indefinite שממיות, singular construct שממיות־)

שְׂמָמִית (canonical)
smamít (romanization)
שממיות (indefinite plural)
שממיות־ (construct singular)

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) A gecko: any lizard of family Gekkonidae.

(Biblical Hebrew, hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:

(most likely) A lizard, possibly a gecko or stellion.

(doubtful) A humanlike animal (monkey or ape).


עכביש

עַכְּבִישִׁים

עַכְּבִישֵׁי

עַכָּבִישׁ • (akavísh) m (plural indefinite עַכְּבִישִׁים, singular construct עַכְּבִישׁ־, plural construct עַכְּבִישֵׁי־)

עַכָּבִישׁ (canonical)
akavísh (romanization)
עַכְּבִישִׁים (indefinite plural)
עַכְּבִישׁ־ (construct singular)
עַכְּבִישֵׁי־ (construct plural)

Related to Arabic عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt), Aramaic עַכָּבִיתָא (ʿakkāḇīṯā), עַכּוּבִיתָא (ʿakkūḇīṯā), עכבוביתא.

cog

Aramaic עַכָּבִיתָא (ʿakkāḇīṯā)

בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֹנִי בִּקֵּעוּ וְקוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ יֶאֱרֹגוּ הָאֹכֵל מִבֵּיצֵיהֶם יָמוּת וְהַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה׃

Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1059#נט_ה|59:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

beitséi tsif'oní biké'u v'kuréi 'akavísh ye'erógu ha'okhél mibeitseihém yamút v'hazuré tibaká' 'ef'é.
bēṣē ṣip̄ʿōnī biqqḗʿū wəqūrē ʿakkāḇīš yeʾĕrṓḡū hāʾōḵēl mibbēṣēhem yāmūṯ wəhzzūrē tibbāqaʿ ʾep̄ʿe.

כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵד׃ אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחוֹ׃ יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקוּם׃

Tanach, Job [[s:he:T2708#|8:13-15]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish; Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

kén 'or'khót kol-shokh'khéi 'él v'tikvát khanéf tovéd. 'asher-yakót kisló uvéit 'akavísh mivtakhó. yisha'én 'al-beitó v'ló ya'amód yakhazík bó v'ló yakúm.
kēn ʾorəḥōṯ kol-shōḵəḥē ʾēl wəṯiqwaṯ ḥānēp̄ tōḇēḏ. ʾăšer-yāqōṭ kislō ūḇēṯ ʿakkāḇīš miḇṭaḥō. yiššāʿēn ʿal-bēṯō wəlō yaʿămōḏ yaḥăzīq bō wəlō yāqūm.


כלבלב

he-noun

כְּלַבְלַבִּים

כְּלַבְלַב • (klavláv) m (plural indefinite כְּלַבְלַבִּים, singular construct כְּלַבְלַב־) [pattern: קְטַלְטַל]

כְּלַבְלַב (canonical)
klavláv (romanization)
כְּלַבְלַבִּים (indefinite plural)
כְּלַבְלַב־ (construct singular)

Root
 כ־ל־ב (k-l-b)
A diminutive form of כֶּלֶב (“dog”) formed by repeating the last two letters, ־לב. Compare with חֲתַלְתּוּל (chataltul, “a kitten, a kitty”) (from חָתוּל (chatúl, “a cat”)).


ארז

Root
 א־ר־ז (ʾ-r-z)
Not native to Israel and Judaea, so presumably borrowed before the vowel closure into Hebrew from Aramaic אַרְזָא / ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzā, “cedar”).

bor

Aramaic אַרְזָא


בצל

he-noun

בָּצָל • (batsál) m (plural indefinite בְּצָלִים, singular construct בְּצַל־, plural construct בִּצְלֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

בָּצָל (canonical)
batsál (romanization)
בְּצָלִים (indefinite plural)
בְּצַל־ (construct singular)
בִּצְלֵי־ (construct plural)

Compare Arabic بَصَل (baṣal), Aramaic בּוּצְלָא.

cog

Aramaic בּוּצְלָא


אקליפטוס

he-noun

אֵקָלִיפְּטוּס

אֵקָלִיפְּטוּסִים

אֵקָלִיפְּטוּס • (ekaliptus) m (plural indefinite אֵקָלִיפְּטוּסִים)

אֵקָלִיפְּטוּס (canonical)
ekaliptus (romanization)
אֵקָלִיפְּטוּסִים (indefinite plural)

חֹרְשָׁת הָאֵקָלִיפְּטוּס, הַגֶּשֶׁר, הַסִּירָה, / וְרֵיחַ הַמַּלּוּחַ עַל הַמַּיִם.

1961, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “חֹרְשָׁת הָאֵקָלִיפְּטוּס [The Eucalyptus Grove]”, Kvutzat Kinneret:

The eucalyptus grove, the bridge, the boat / and the salt smell on the water.

Ḥorshát ha-eqalíptus, ha-géshed, ha-sirá / v-réaḥ ha-malúaḥ al ha-máyim.

eucalyptus (any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus)


אגס

אַגָּס • (agás) m (plural indefinite אַגָּסִים, singular construct אַגַּס־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

אַגָּס (canonical)
agás (romanization)
אַגָּסִים (indefinite plural)
אַגַּס־ (construct singular)

→ Arabic: إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ)

Maltese: lanġasa

From an unknown substrate language; attested in Akkadian 𒄑𒀭𒂵𒋗 (angašu, “pear or plum tree”).


שעועית

he-noun

שְׁעוּעִית • (she’u’ít) f

שְׁעוּעִית (canonical)
she’u’ít (romanization)