ישראל

he-proper noun

יִשְׂרָאֵל • (yisra'él) m

יִשְׂרָאֵל (canonical)
yisra'él (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)

→ Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl)
Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
→ Old Armenian: Իսրայէլ (Israyēl)
Armenian: Իսրայել (Israyel)
→ Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 (israēl)
→ Latin: Isrāēl (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: Изра́иль (Izráilʹ)

→ Moabite: 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 (yšrʾl)

→ Yiddish: ישׂראל (yisroel)

The name given to Jacob in the Bible ( he:T:29), said to be from יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él), after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". See Israel for more.

a male given name, Yisrael, equivalent to English Israel


עברית

עִבְרִית (canonical)
ivrít (romanization)
ࠏࠨࠁࠬࠓࠪࠉࠕ (alternative)

→ Yiddish: עבֿריתּ (ivrit)


שלום

he-proper noun

שָׁלוֹם • (shalóm) m

שָׁלוֹם (canonical)
shalóm (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: شَالُوم (šālōm)

→ Arabic: شَالُوم (šālōm)

→ Armenian: շալոմ (šalom)

→ Belarusian: шало́м (šalóm)

→ Bulgarian: шало́м (šalóm)

→ Chinese: 沙龍 /沙龙 (shālóng)

→ Czech: šalóm

→ Dutch: sjalom

→ English: shalom

→ Finnish: šalom

→ French: chalôm

→ Georgian: შალომი (šalomi)

→ German: Schalom

→ Greek: σαλόμ (salóm)

→ Hindi: शालोम (śālom)

→ Hungarian: salom

→ Japanese: シャーローム (shārōmu)

→ Judeo-Tat: шолум (şolum)

→ Korean: 샬롬 (syallom)

→ Ladino: shalom

→ Lithuanian: šalom

→ Macedonian: шало́м (šalóm)

→ Persian: شالوم (šâlom)

→ Polish: szalom

→ Portuguese: shalom

→ Russian: шало́м (šalóm)

→ Serbo-Croatian: шалом (shalom)

→ Slovak: šalóm

→ Slovene: šalom

→ Spanish: shalom

→ Turkish: şalom

→ Ukrainian: шало́м (šalóm)

→ Yiddish: שלום (sholem)

Etymologically related to שָׁלָה (šālâ, “to be quiet, tranquil”). Compare also שָׁלַו (šālaw, “to be quiet, at ease”). Common Northwest Semitic, Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm /šalōm/), Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šlāmā) / ܫܠܡܐ (šlāmā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /šalāmu/). Cognate with Arabic سلام (salām).

cog

Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šlāmā)


רוסית

he-proper noun

רוּסִית • (rusít) f

רוּסִית (canonical)
rusít (romanization)

(uncountable) Russian (the Russian language)


אביב

From the root meaning "to be thick," "to swell," or "to ripen." Possible cognate to Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “pasture, herbage”). Not related to Coptic ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (epēp, “November”), a false friend.


צרפתית

צָרְפָתִית • (tsar'fatít) f

צָרְפָתִית (canonical)
tsar'fatít (romanization)

צָרְפַת (tsar'fát, “France”) + ־יִת (-it, “Forming proper nouns denoting languages”)

af

(chiefly uncountable) French (the language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world)


טורקית

he-proper noun

טוּרְקִית • (turkít) f

טוּרְקִית (canonical)
turkít (romanization)
תּוּרְכִּית (alternative)

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkish (the official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)


תאילנדית

תַּיְלַנְדִּית

תאילנדית / תַּיְלַנְדִּית • (ta'ilandit) f

תַּיְלַנְדִּית (canonical)
ta'ilandit (romanization)
תַּיְלַנְדִּית (alternative)

(uncountable) Thai (the main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao))


הונגרית

הוּנְגָּרִית

הוּנְגָּרִית • (hungarít) f

הוּנְגָּרִית (canonical)
hungarít (romanization)

(uncountable) Hungarian (the main language of Hungary)


זוהר

זוהר / זֹהַר • (zóhar) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

→ English: Zohar


זאב

זְאֵב • (ze'év) m

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


מרים

מִרְיָם • (miryám) f

מִרְיָם (canonical)
miryám (romanization)

desctree

→ Aramaic: מרים (maryám)
→ Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝܡ (maryam)
→ Arabic: مريم (maryam) (see there for further descendants)
→ Ancient Greek: Μαρία (María), Μαριᾱ́μ (Mariā́m) (see there for further descendants)

→ Czech: Miriam

→ Danish: Mirjam, Miriam

→ Dutch: Mirjam, Miriam

→ English: Miriam

→ Estonian: Mirjam

→ Faroese: Miriam

→ Finnish: Mirjami

→ French: Myriam, Miryam

→ German: Miriam, Mirjam

→ Hawaiian: Miriama, Miliama

→ Norwegian: Mirjam, Miriam

→ Portuguese: Maria, Miriam, Miriã

→ Slovene: Mirjam

→ Slovak: Miriam

→ Spanish: Miriam

→ Swedish: Mirjam, Miriam

→ Turkish: Meryem

Uncertain. Proposals include derivation from the root מ־ר־ר (m-r-r, “to be bitter”), or from the root מ־ר־י (m-r-y, “to mutiny, rebellion, disobedience”), or from Egyptian mry (“beloved”).

a female given name, Miriam
(biblical) Miriam

a female given name, Miriam
Mary (biblical figure)


לאה

he-proper noun

לֵאָה • (Le'a)

From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (“cow”), possibly from verbal root *l-ʾ-y "to be strong, mighty". Cognate with Akkadian 𒀖 (lītum, “cow”) and Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, “wild cow”).


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)

/rɔːˈħeːl/ [ʀɔˑˈħeː.el]

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


אלון

he-proper noun

אַלּוֹן • (alón) m

אַלּוֹן (canonical)
alón (romanization)
אֵלוֹן (alternative)

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, “oak; acorn”), Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā, “tree”), Classical Syriac ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). Doublet of אִילָן (ʾīlān, ilán, “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”).


אנגלית

he-proper noun

אַנְגְּלִית • (ang'lít) f

אַנְגְּלִית (canonical)
ang'lít (romanization)

Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations

English (the language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world)


מיכאל

מִיכָאֵל • (mikha'él) m

מִיכָאֵל (canonical)
mikha'él (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Μιχαήλ (Mikhaḗl) (see there for further descendants)

desc

→ Arabic: مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl)

→ Arabic: مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl) (see there for further descendants), مِيخَائِيل (mīḵāʔīl), مِيكَال (mīkāl)

→ Classical Syriac: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (mīḵāʾēl)

→ Yiddish: מיכאל (mikhoel)

Compound of מִי (mí, “who [is]”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “who is like God?”

compound+

a male given name, equivalent to English Michael


גבריאל

he-proper noun

גַּבְרִיאֵל • (gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl) m

גַּבְרִיאֵל (canonical)
gavri'él (romanization)
gaḇrīʾēl (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Γαβριήλ (Gabriḗl) (see there for further descendants)

desc

→ Arabic: جِبْرَائِيل (jibrāʔīl), جِبْرِيل (jibrīl) (see there for further descendants)

→ Classical Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ (Gebrael, Gabriel)

→ Yiddish: גבֿריאל (Gavriel)

גַּבְרִי אֵל (gavrí 'él, gaḇrī ʾēl, “my hero is God”)

a male given name, equivalent to English Gabriel


ציון

he-proper noun

צִיּוֹן • (tsiyón) m

צִיּוֹן (canonical)
tsiyón (romanization)

Biblical reference to a major elevated land feature in Jerusalem. Multiple theories exist as to the etymological origin of the term, theorized roots include ציה, צון, צוה, and צהה. Attested to in Aramaic צהיון and Classical Syriac ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ (ṣehyōn) — sometimes considered the older form by historians. More at Zion.


ויקי

וִיקִי • (víki) f

A transliteration of the English female given name Vicky


בן

בֵּן • (bén) m

From Proto-Semitic *bin-. The unchanged form can still be found as a construct in certain proper nouns like יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן (“Joshua son of Nun”) or בִּנְיָמִין (“Benjamin”).


שלמה

שְׁלֹמֹה (canonical)
sh'lomo (romanization)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Σολομών (Solomṓn), Σαλομών (Salomṓn), Σαλωμών (Salōmṓn), Σολομῶν (Solomôn), Σολωμών (Solōmṓn)
Greek: Σολομών (Solomón)
→ Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽 (saulaumōn)
→ Latin: Solomon
→ English: Solomon
→ Classical Syriac: ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (šlēmōn)
→ Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
→ Azerbaijani: Süleyman
→ Chinese: 蘇萊曼 /苏莱曼 (Sūláimàn) (transliteration)
→ English: Suleiman
→ Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen)
→ Persian: سلیمان
→ Portuguese: Soeima
→ Turkish: Süleyman
→ Spanish: Zulema, Zuleima

→ Yiddish: שלמה (shloyme)
→ Dutch: Sjloume

a male given name, Shlomo, equivalent to English Solomon


אמר

he-proper noun

אִמֵּר • (imér) m

Cognate to Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).


שני

שָׁנִי • (Shaní) f


נתן

נָתָן • (natán) m

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܬܢ (nəṯan, “to give”) and Akkadian 𒈾𒁕𒉡𒌝 (nadānum, “to give”). Possibly cognate with Arabic نَتَنَ (natana, “to give off a foul smell, to stink”), which may have undergone semantic narrowing.

cog

a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan or Natan


אבישלום

he-proper noun

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם • (avishalóm) m

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (canonical)
avishalóm (romanization)
אַבְשָׁלוֹם (alternative)

→ Old Armenian: Աբիսողոմ (Abisołom)

Armenian: Աբիսողոմ (Abisoġom)

→ Koine Greek: Ἀβεσσαλώμ (Abessalṓm)

desctree

→ Latin: Abessālōm, Abessālōn, Absālōm, Absālōmus
→ Old Irish: Abisolón

→ Russian: Авессало́м (Avessalóm)

From אֲבִי (aví, “Singular construct form of אָב (av)”, literally “father of”) + שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”), thus father of peace.

affix

Singular construct form of <i class="Hebr mention" lang="he">אָב</i> (av)

a male given name, equivalent to English Avshalom or Absalom

(biblical) Absalom (the third son of David, king of Israel)


אדר

he-proper noun

אֲדָר • (adár) m

he:אדר (פירושונים)


צור

צוּר • (tsúr) m


שושנה

שׁוֹשַׁנָּה • (shoshána) f

שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (canonical)
shoshána (romanization)

→ English: Shoshana

→ French: Chochana

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

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


שמשון

he-proper noun

שִׁמְשׁוֹן • (shimshón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

שִׁמְשׁוֹן (canonical)
shimshón (romanization)

a male given name, Shimshon, equivalent to English Samson


שמעון

שִׁמְעוֹן • (shim'ón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

שִׁמְעוֹן (canonical)
shim'ón (romanization)

→ Arabic: شمعون (šamʕūn)

→ Arabic: سمعان (simʕān)

→ Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿōn)

desc

→ Ancient Greek: Σῠμεών (Sŭmeṓn), Σίμων (Símōn)

Traditionally derived from שָׁמַע (shamá', “to hear, listen”).
Alternatively, Hitzig, W. R. Smith, Stade, and Kerber compare it to Arabic سِمع (“the offspring of the hyena and the female wolf”); as supports, Smith points to Arabic tribal names Simˤ "a subdivision of the defenders (the Medinites)" and Samˤān "a subdivision of Tamim".

cog

a male given name, Shimon, equivalent to English Simon


לוי

he-proper noun

לֵוִי • (leví) m

Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”). More at Levi.


משה

מֹשֶׁה • (moshé) m

According to the etymology found in Exodus 2:10 semantically equivalent to מָשׁוּי (mashúy, “drawn out [of water]”), since Moses was found in a floating basket on the Nile by Pharaoh's daughter.

a male given name, Moshe or Moishe, equivalent to English Moses


גדל

גִּדֵּל • (gidél) m

גִּדֵּל (canonical)
gidél (romanization)

בְּנֵי־גִדֵּל בְּנֵי־גַחַר בְּנֵי רְאָיָה

Tanach, Ezra [[s:he:T35a02#ב_מז|2:47]], with translation of the King James Version:

The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah


בנימין

בִּנְיָמִין • (binyamín) m

בִּנְיָמִין (canonical)
binyamín (romanization)

From בן and ימין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.

a male given name, Binyamin or Binyomin, equivalent to English Benjamin


דניאל

דָּנִיֵּאל • (daniyél) m or f

דָּנִיֵּאל (canonical)
daniyél (romanization)

From דָּן (dan, “one who judges [of]”) + ־י (-i, “me”) + אֵל (el, “God”), literally “God is my judge”.

af

a male or female given name, equivalent to English Daniel or Danielle


דן

Traditionally taken to be from דָּן (dan, “Dan (one of the sons of Jacob in the Bible)”), whose name perhaps derived from the same root ד־ו־ן (d-w-n) as above, but modern scholars frequently view this figure as an after-the-fact eponym and connect the tribal name to other words and names, such as Denyen.

a male given name, equivalent to English Dan


ימין

he-proper noun

יָמִין • (yamín) m

From Proto-Semitic *yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-.

וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽית׃

Tanach, Genesis [[s:he:T0146#מו_י|46:10]], with translation of the English Standard Version:

The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־רָם בְּכוֹר יְרַחְמְאֵל מַעַץ וְיָמִין וָעֵֽקֶר׃

Tanach, 1 Chronicles [[s:he:T25a02#ב_כז|2:27]], with translation of the English Standard Version:

The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

(Biblical Hebrew) a male given name, Jamin or Yamin


זכריהו

זְכַרְיָהוּ • (zkharyahú) m

זְכַרְיָהוּ (canonical)
zkharyahú (romanization)

Probably from זָכַר (zakhár, “he remembered”) + ־י (-í, “me”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the Lord”), literally “Yahweh remembered me”.

af

a male given name, equivalent to English Zachariah or Zechariah


זבולון

he-proper noun

זְבוּלוּן • (z'vulún) m

זְבוּלוּן (canonical)
z'vulún (romanization)
זְבֻלוּן (alternative)
זְבוּלֻן (alternative)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ζαβουλών (Zaboulṓn)
English: Zabulon, Zebulon (influenced by Zebulun)
Greek: Ζαβουλών (Zavoulón)
Latin: Zabūlōn


זבל

he-proper noun

זְבֻל • (z'vúl) m

Compare Arabic زُبَالَة (zubāla, “trash, garbage”) and Arabic زِبْل (zibl, “manure, dung”)

cog

וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ גַּעַל בֶּן־עֶבֶד מִי־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּמִי־שְׁכֶם כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ הֲלֹא בֶן־יְרֻבַּעַל וּזְבֻל פְּקִידוֹ עִבְדוּ אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם וּמַדּוּעַ נַעַבְדֶנּוּ אֲנָחְנוּ׃

And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

vayómer gá'al ben-éved mi-avimélekh umí-sh'khém ki na'av'dénu haló ben-y'rubá'al uz'vúl p'kidó iv'dú et-anshéi khamór aví sh'khém umadúa na'av'dénu anákhnu.


עלי

he-proper noun

עֵלִי • (eli) m

From Proto-Semitic *ʕall-, *ʕaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, *ʕVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).
Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”), Maltese għoli.


אביה

he-proper noun

אֲבִיָּה or אביה • (aviyá or ʾăḇiyyā) m or f

אֲבִיָּה (canonical)
אביה (canonical)
aviyá (romanization)
ʾăḇiyyā (romanization)

From אָבִי יָהּ (ʾāḇī yāh, “Jah is my father”).

a male or female given name. The name of several Israelites; Abiah, Abijah


לבנה

לְבָנָה • (l'vána) f

לְבָנָה (canonical)
l'vána (romanization)

a female given name, Levana, equivalent to English Luna


עלמה

עַלְמָה • (álma) f [pattern: קַטְלָה]


נאוה

נָאוָה • (navá) f


אנוש

אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m

אֱנוֹשׁ (canonical)
enósh (romanization)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Max Wagner thinks it is an old borrowing from Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš) under Hebraization of the vocalism.

bor

Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš)


מועד

he-noun

מוֹעֵד • (mo'éd) m (plural indefinite מוֹעֲדִים, singular construct מוֹעֵד־, plural construct מוֹעֲדֵי־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

מוֹעֵד (canonical)
mo'éd (romanization)
מוֹעֲדִים (indefinite plural)
מוֹעֵד־ (construct singular)
מוֹעֲדֵי־ (construct plural)

→ Judeo-Italian: mongedde

→ Judeo-Tat: miⱨid

→ Ladino: moed, mued

Compare Arabic مَوْعِد (mawʕid, “appointment, appointed time”).


אדם

he-proper noun

אָדָם • (adám) m

/ʔɔːˈðɔːm/ [ʔɔːˈðɔːm]

/ʔɔˈðɔm/ [ʔɔːˈðɔːm]

Comparable to Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤌 (ʾdm, “man, earthling”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (ảdm, “man; red earth, red ochre”), Old South Arabian 𐩱𐩵𐩣 (ʾdm, “vassals, subjects”), Ge'ez ዶም (dom, “slave”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒄠𒈬 (a-da-am-mu /adamu/, “blood”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈠𒌈 (a-da-ma-tum /adamātu/, “dark red earth or dye”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈬 (a-da-mu /adamu/, “a red garment”), Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈬 (a-da-mu /adamu/, “an important or noble person”).
Further discussion
The meaning range points to these words are extensions from Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”), compare the Palestinian Aramaic forms of it אדם / אידם / ܐܕܡ (ʾəḏem, “blood”).
The semantic development could be any of the following:
# “blood” → “red earth”, “red ochre” → “earthling”;
# “blood” → “man”, as blood is a main ingredient of humans;
# “blood” → “red earth”, “red ochre” → “the dye to paint idols” → hence “an idol” → “an effigy, a likeness” → “a man”;
# “blood” → “blood sacrifice to appease an idol” → hence “an idol” → “an effigy, a likeness” → “a man”;
# “blood” → “red” → “to show red blood in the face, e.g. to blush” → “a human”.
Compare Arabic دُمْيَة (dumya, “statue, idol; effigy, likeness; doll, puppet”), دَمَّ (damma, “to bedaub”).

cog

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


נטע

a male or female given name, Netta or Neta


פקח

פֶּקַח (canonical)
pékakh (romanization)

וַיִּקְשֹׁר עָלָיו פֶּקַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָהוּ שָׁלִישׁוֹ

Tanach, 2 Kings [[s:he:T09b15#טו_כה|15:25]], with translation of the King James Version:

But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him

vayikshór aláv pékakh bén r'malyáhu shalishó


חוה

→ Ancient Greek: Εὔα (Eúa) (see there for further descendants)

→ Arabic: حواء (ḥawwāʔ) (see there for further descendants)

→ Classical Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ (ḥawwā)

→ Yiddish: חווה (khave)

From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַי (kháy, “alive”).


סנסקריט

he-proper noun

סַנְסְקְרִיט

סַנְסְקְרִיט • (sanskrít) f

סַנְסְקְרִיט (canonical)
sanskrít (romanization)

Ultimately from Sanskrit संस्कृत (saṃ-skṛtá, “perfected, prepared, constructed, refined”).


ספרדית

he-proper noun

סְפָרַדִּית • (s'faradít) f

סְפָרַדִּית (canonical)
s'faradít (romanization)

(uncountable) Spanish (a Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas)


מנדרינית

מַנְדָּרִינִית

מַנְדָּרִינִית • (mandarínit) f

מַנְדָּרִינִית (canonical)
mandarínit (romanization)

Mandarin (Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu)


אהרן

אַהֲרֹן • (aharón) m

אַהֲרֹן (canonical)
aharón (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀαρών (Aarṓn) (see there for further descendants)

→ Arabic: هَارُون (hārūn) (see there for further descendants)

→ Armenian: Ահարոն (Aharon)

desctree

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܰܗܪܽܘܢ
→ Malayalam: അഹറോൻ (ahaṟōṉ)

→ English: Aharon

→ Hawaiian: ʻĀʻārona, ʻĀʻālona

→ Latin: Aharōn

→ Yiddish: אהרן (Arn)

Of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”.

a male given name, equivalent to English Aaron


יהודי

he-proper noun

יְהוּדִי • (yehudí) m

יְהוּדִי (canonical)
yehudí (romanization)

→ English: Yehudi


יפנית

יַפָּנִית • (yapánit) f

יַפָּנִית (canonical)
yapánit (romanization)

Japanese (a language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan)


איטלקית

אִיטַלְקִית • (italkít) f

אִיטַלְקִית (canonical)
italkít (romanization)

(uncountable) Italian (the official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland)


ערבית

עֲרָבִית • (‘aravít) f

עֲרָבִית (canonical)
‘aravít (romanization)

From עֲרָב (aráv, “Arabia”) + ־ִית (-ít).

Arabic (a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa)


אוזבקית

אוּזְבֶּקִית

אוּזְבֶּקִית • (Uzbekit) f

אוּזְבֶּקִית (canonical)
Uzbekit (romanization)


אוקראינית

אוּקְרָאִינִית

אוּקְרָאִינִית • (ukrainit) f

אוּקְרָאִינִית (canonical)
ukrainit (romanization)

Ukrainian (the East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine)


אינדונזית

אִינְדּוֹנֶזִית

אִינְדּוֹנֶזִית • (indonézit) f

אִינְדּוֹנֶזִית (canonical)
indonézit (romanization)

(uncountable) Indonesian (the common language spoken in Indonesia)


אירית

he-noun

אִירִית • (irit) f

(uncountable) Irish (the Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic)


אלבנית

he-proper noun

אַלְבָּנִית • (albanít) f

אַלְבָּנִית (canonical)
albanít (romanization)

Albanian (the languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo.
 (ISO 639 language codes: sq/sqi/alb (Albanian), als (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh).))


אסטונית

אֶסְטוֹנִית • (estonít) f

אֶסְטוֹנִית (canonical)
estonít (romanization)

(uncountable) Estonian (the Uralic language that is the official language of Estonia)


אספרנטו

אֶסְפֶּרַנְטוֹ

אֶסְפֶּרַנְטוֹ • (esperánto) f

אֶסְפֶּרַנְטוֹ (canonical)
esperánto (romanization)

אֶסְ‧פֶּ‧רַנְ‧טוֹ


אפריקאנס

אַפְרִיקַנְס

אפריקאנס / אַפְרִיקַנְס • (afrikáns) f

אַפְרִיקַנְס (canonical)
afrikáns (romanization)


ארמנית

אַרְמֶנִית • (arménit) f

אַרְמֶנִית (canonical)
arménit (romanization)

(uncountable) Armenian (the language of Armenia and the Armenian people, whose older stages are Old Armenian and Middle Armenian)


עמוס

עָמוֹס • (ámos) m


איוב

אִיּוֹב • (iyóv) m

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰώβ (Iṓb) (see there for further descendants)

Possibly from early northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?" from [script needed] (ʾôb, “father”), dialectal variant of אב ('áv, “father”). Or, akin to אויב (oyév, “enemy”). Some biblical scholars have suggested that it is related to Arabic أَوَّاب (ʔawwāb, “returning”), from the root ء و ب (ʔ w b).

ar-root

ء و ب (ʔ w b)


נחמיה

he-proper noun

נְחֶמְיָה • (nekhemyá)

נְחֶמְיָה (canonical)
nekhemyá (romanization)

a male given name, equivalent to English Nehemiah


ירמיה

יִרְמְיָה • (yirm'yá) m

יִרְמְיָה (canonical)
yirm'yá (romanization)

Ancient Greek: Ἰερεμίᾱς (Ieremíās)

Greek: Ιερεμίας (Ieremías)

Old Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia)

Armenian: Երեմիա (Eremia)

English: Jeremiah

Theophoric, probably from ירים (yarim, “he will raise”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”), literally meaning “Yahweh will raise.”

compound

a male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah


אסתר

he-proper noun

אֶסְתֵּר • (estér) f

אֶסְתֵּר (canonical)
estér (romanization)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr)
→ Old Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer)
→ Armenian: Եսթեր (Estʻer) (learned)
→ Latin: Esthēr (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: Есфи́рь (Jesfírʹ), Эсфи́рь (Esfírʹ)

→ Yiddish: אסתּר (ester)

Said to be borrowed from Old Persian [script needed] (sitareh, “star”), from Proto-Iranian *Hstā́, or Akkadian Ištar (“Ishtar”).

bor

a female given name, equivalent to English Esther


יונה

desctree

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

→ Yiddish: יונה (yoyne)

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


עובדיה

he-proper noun

עוֹבַדְיָה • (Ovadyá) m

עוֹבַדְיָה (canonical)
Ovadyá (romanization)

/ʕoːβaðˈjaː/

From עוֹבֵד (ovéd, “servant, worshipper”) + יָהּ (Yah, “Jah”, one of the names of God), literally “servant of Yahweh”. Compare Arabic عَبْد الله (ʕabd allāh).

af

יָהּ
<t:Jah><pos:one of the names of God>

a male given name, equivalent to English Obadiah


שמואל

he-proper noun

שְׁמוּאֵל • (šəmūʾḗl) m

שְׁמוּאֵל (canonical)
šəmūʾḗl (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl)

→ Latin: Samuēl

→ Old Armenian: Սամուէլ (Samuēl)

→ Arabic: سَمَوْأَل (samawʔal)

/ʃəmuːˈʔeːl/

Compound of שֵׁם (šēm, “name”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “god”). The first part is often said to be שָׁמַע (šāmáʿ, “to hear, to listen”) since elistic names tend to derive from exhortations from verbs, however this is unlikely since the third radical ע (ʿ) of the verb is absent. Other interpretations posit derivation from roots meaning “God” as in Heaven or the upper sky (see שָׁמַיִם (šāmáyim)) and “high” (see עלי (literally “elevation”)) giving “God is high”.

a male given name, equivalent to English Samuel


הושע

הוֹשֵׁעַ • (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ) m

הוֹשֵׁעַ (canonical)
hoshéa (romanization)
hōšḗaʿ (romanization)

desc

→ Akkadian: 𒁹𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 (ᵐa-u₂-si-'i /Ausi'i/)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), Ὠσηέ (Ōsēé)
Greek: Ωσηέ (Osié)
→ Latin: Hōsēās, Ōsēās, Ōsēe (see there for further descendants)

The masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”). Attested too as Akkadian 𒁹𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 (Ausi'i).

a male given name, Hoshea, equivalent to English Hosea


יחזקאל

he-proper noun

יְחֶזְקֵאל • (Y'khezkél) m

יְחֶזְקֵאל (canonical)
Y'khezkél (romanization)

→ Koine Greek: Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl)

→ Latin: Ezechiēl

→ Middle Dutch: ezechiel

Dutch: Ezechiël

→ English: Ezekiel

"God is strong," from חזק (“to be strong”) + אל.

a male given name, Yechezkel or Yehezkel, equivalent to English Ezekiel ("whom God will strengthen")


חגי

חַגַּי • (khagáy) m

חַגַּי (canonical)
khagáy (romanization)


מיכה

מִיכָה • (mikha)

Shortening of מִיכָיָה (mīḵāyāh), מִיכָיָהוּ (mīḵāyāhū), מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”)

a male given name, equivalent to English Micah


ישעיהו

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ • (y'sha'yáhu) m

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (canonical)
y'sha'yáhu (romanization)
יְשַׁעְיָה (alternative)

Ancient Greek: Ἠσᾰΐᾱς (Ēsăḯās)

Greek: Ησαΐας (Isaḯas)

Latin: Ēsāiās

Theophoric, possibly from יֶשַׁע (yésha') + ־יהו (-yáhu), literally “Yahweh is salvation”. See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”) and יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa).


יואל

he-proper noun

יוֹאֵל • (yo'él) m

a male given name, Yoel, equivalent to English Joel


יהושע

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ • (y'hoshúa) m

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (canonical)
y'hoshúa (romanization)

Yiddish: יהושע (yehoyshue)

→ Russian: Иешу́а (Iješúa)

Perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”) with the "addition" of יהוה (“YHWH (Yahweh)”), therefore meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”). Compare with יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (y'shayáhu, yəšaʿyā́hū).

a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua

(biblical) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure)


מלאכי

מַלְאָכִי • (mal'achí) m

מַלְאָכִי (canonical)
mal'achí (romanization)

a male given name, equivalent to English Malachi


נחום

נַחוּם • (nakhúm) m

נַחוּם (canonical)
nakhúm (romanization)

a male given name, equivalent to English Nahum


מאי

From German Mai, from Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).


יוני

he-proper noun

יוֹנִי • (yóni) m

יְהוֹנָתָן יהונתן#Hebrew

a diminutive, Yoni, of the male given name יְהוֹנָתָן (yonatán), equivalent to English Johnny


יולי

יוּלִי • (yúli) m

a male or female given name, Yuli or Yuly, equivalent to English Julie, Julian, or Julius


גרמנית

he-noun

גֶּרְמָנִית • (germanít) f

גֶּרְמָנִית (canonical)
germanít (romanization)

הרצל חשב שהשפה הלאומית [של ישראל] תהיה גרמנית.

2019 July 10, Meron Rapoport, “ההיסטוריון שמגלה: אבות הציונות רצו מדינה רב לאומית”, in Local Call:

Herzl thought the national language [of Israel] should be German.

(uncountable) German (an Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium)

גֶּרְמָנִי

German (a person of German citizenship or nationality)


לטינית

he-proper noun

לָטִינִית • (latínit) f

לָטִינִית (canonical)
latínit (romanization)


הולנדית

הוֹלַנְדִּית

הוֹלַנְדִּית • (holándit) f

הוֹלַנְדִּית (canonical)
holándit (romanization)

Dutch (the main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic)


פולנית

פּוֹלָנִית • (polanít) f

פּוֹלָנִית (canonical)
polanít (romanization)


פינית

פִינִית • (finit) f

פִינִית (canonical)
finit (romanization)

Finnish (the Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish))


לדינו

לָדִינוֹ • (Ladíno) f

לָדִינוֹ (canonical)
Ladíno (romanization)
לאדינו (alternative)


רומנית

רוֹמָנִית • (Romanít) f

רוֹמָנִית (canonical)
Romanít (romanization)

(uncountable) Romanian (the official language of Romania and Moldova)


שבע

שֶׁבַע (canonical)
shéva' (romanization)


אבי

אָבִי • (ávi) m

אַבְרָהָם אברהם#Hebrew

אַבְנֵר אבנר#Hebrew

a diminutive of the male given names אַבְרָהָם (avrahám) or אַבְנֵר (avnér)


פרעה

פַּרְעֹה • (par'ó) m

פַּרְעֹה (canonical)
par'ó (romanization)

From Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house”), originally referring to the palace of the Egyptian king, but later on metonymically coming to refer to the king himself, hence the Hebrew sense.
Use as a proper noun occurs many times in the Bible; use as a common noun appears to be much more recent, and is perhaps due to influence from European languages.

וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה לְכָל־עַמּוֹ לֵאמֹר כָּל־הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ

Tanach, [[s:he:T0201#א_כב|1:22]], with translation of the King James Version:

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river

vay'tsáv par'ó l'khol-amó lemór kol-habén hayilód hay'óra tashlikhúhu


ישוע

יֵשׁוּעַ • (yeshúa, yēšū́aʿ) m

יֵשׁוּעַ (canonical)
yeshúa (romanization)
yēšū́aʿ (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) (see there for further descendants)

→ English: Yeshua

From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa, yĕhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”) via syncope. Compare Aramaic ישוע (yešūʿ), Classical Syriac ܝܫܘܥ (yešūʿ), and Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ).

der

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ יהושע#Hebrew

יֵשׁוּ ישו#Hebrew

a male given name, Yeshua or Jeshua, from Biblical Hebrew, variant of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa, yĕhōšúaʿ) or יֵשׁוּ (yéshu, yēšū), equivalent to English Joshua or Jesus, Koine Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), or Latin Iēsūs


ארי

a male given name, equivalent to English Ari


ישי

he-proper noun

יִשַׁי • (yishái) m

יִשַׁי (canonical)
yishái (romanization)

At least two hypotheses exist, none are explicitly mentioned in the Bible:
* From י (yi, “one of the letters of the Tetragrammaton – a theonym for God”) + שַׁי (sháy, “gift, present”), thus "God's gift".
* From יֵשׁ (yésh, “there is, there exist(s)”) + י (“one of the letters of the Tetragrammaton – a theonym for God”), thus "God exists".

affix

a male given name, Ishai, Yishai, or Yishay, equivalent to English Jesse


ברוך

he-proper noun

בָּרוּךְ • (barúkh) m

בָּרוּךְ (canonical)
barúkh (romanization)

Compare Aramaic בְּרִיךְ (bərīḵ), Arabic مبارك (mubārak).

cog

Aramaic בְּרִיךְ (bərīḵ)


אשר

he-proper noun

אָשֵׁר • (ashér) m

[ʔɔˑˈʃeː.eʀ]


ביתא

he-noun

בֵּיתָא • (béta) f

רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, יְוָנִית כָּתוּב בָּהֶן — אַלְפָ״א בֵּיתָ״א גַמְלָ״א

Rabbi Ishmael says, Greek was written on them — alpha, beta, gamma.

Rabbi Yishma'el omer, y'vanit katuv ba-hen — alfa, beta, gamla.

בֵּטָא בטא#Hebrew


יוחנן

he-proper noun

יוֹחָנָן • (yokhanán) m

יוֹחָנָן (canonical)
yokhanán (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) (see there for further descendants)

desctree

→ Aramaic: יוחנן (yoḥanan)
Classical Syriac: ܝܽܘܚܢܳܢ
→ Arabic: يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)

From the Hebrew phrase יהוה (YHWH) חנון (Khanon); literally (roughly), “God is gracious”.

וַיִּשְׁמַע יוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וְכָל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָה׃

Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1141#מא_יא|41:11]], with translation of the King James Version:

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, […]

vayishma yokhanan ben-kareakh v'khol-sarei hakhayalim asher ito et kol-hara'a asher asa yishma'el ben-n'tanya.

a male given name, equivalent to English John


אלפא

he-noun

אַלְפָא • (álfa) f

alpha (the name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta)


מתי

he-proper noun

מַתִּי • (máti) m

מַתִּתְיָהוּ מתתיהו#Hebrew

a diminutive, Mati or Matti, of the male given name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (matityáhu), equivalent to English Matt


חנן

ar-root

ح ن ن (ḥ n n)


שת

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎚 (št) and Arabic اِسْت (ist).

a male given name, equivalent to English Seth


זיתא

he-noun

זֵיתָא • (zéta) f

zeta (the sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w)))


דין

he-proper noun

דִּין • (din) m


דוד

דָּוִד (canonical)
davíd (romanization)
דויד (alternative)
דוויד (alternative)

desc

→ Ancient Greek: Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαυείδ (Daueíd), Δᾱβῑ́δ (Dābī́d), Δαυῑ́δης (Dauī́dēs)

→ Latin: Dāvīd

→ Aramaic:

Classical Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ (Dāwīḏ), (informal) ܕܘܝܬ (Dāwīt)

→ Aghwan: 𐔳𐔰𐕛𐔼𐔸 (davit)

→ Georgian: დავითი (daviti)

→ Old Armenian: Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)

/dɔːˈviːð/ [dɔːˈviːð]

From Proto-Semitic verbal root d-w-d ~ w-d-d "to love".


אברהם

he-proper noun

אַבְרָהָם • (Avrahám) m

אַבְרָהָם (canonical)
Avrahám (romanization)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), Ἀβράμης (Abrámēs), Ἀβραμίας (Abramías), Ἄβραμος (Ábramos)
Greek: Αβραάμ (Avraám)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 (abraham)
→ Russian: Авраа́м (Avraám)
→ Latin: Abrāhām, Abrāhāmus
Italian: Abramo
Portuguese: Abraão

→ Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ (Abraam)

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܰܒܪܳܗܳܡ

→ Aramaic: אברהם
→ Arabic: إبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)

[ʔavʀɔːˈhɔːm]

According to the etymology mentioned in Genesis 17:4–5, a contraction of his former name אַבְרָם (Avrám, “Abram”) with הָמוֹן (hamón, “multitude”), as he is promised to be the progenitor of many nations through his covenant with God and his obedience.

a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham


זכרי

he-proper noun

זִכְרִי • (zikhrí) m

זִכְרִי (canonical)
zikhrí (romanization)


כי

כִי (canonical)
khi (romanization)
ḵī (romanization)

כֵּיצַד מוֹשְׁחִין אֶת הַמְּלָכִים? כְּמִין נֵזֶר. וְאֶת הַכֹּהֲנִים? כְּמִין כִּי. מַאי כְּמִין כִּי? אָמַר רַב מְנַשְּׁיָא בַּר גַּדָּא, כְּמִין כַּף יְוָנִי.

a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Horayot 12a:

In what way are kings anointed? Like a crown. And priests? Like a chi. What does "like a chi" mean? Says Rav Menashya bar Gadda, like the Greek version of kaph.

ketsád moshkhín et ham'lakhím? k'min nézer. v'et hakohaním? k'min ki. may k'min ki? amár rav m'nashy bar gada, k'min kaf y'vaní.

chi (the twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets)


יונית

יוונית / יְוָנִית • (yevanít) f

יוונית (canonical)
יְוָנִית (canonical)
yevanít (romanization)

יוונית יוונית#Hebrew


יוונית

יוונית / יְוָנִית • (y'vanít) f

יְוָנִית (canonical)
y'vanít (romanization)

Greek (the language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek)


למואל

לְמוּאֵל • (l'mu'él) m

לְמוּאֵל (canonical)
l'mu'él (romanization)

Literally “dedicated to God” or “devoted to God”.


אוסטרי

he-adj

אוֹסְטְרִיִּים

אוֹסְטְרִיּוֹת

אוֹסְטְרִי • (ostrí) (feminine אוֹסְטְרִית, masculine plural אוֹסְטְרִים or אוֹסְטְרִיִּים, feminine plural אוֹסְטְרִיּוֹת)

אוֹסְטְרִי (canonical)
ostrí (romanization)
אוֹסְטְרִית (feminine)
אוֹסְטְרִים (masculine plural)
אוֹסְטְרִיִּים (masculine plural)
אוֹסְטְרִיּוֹת (feminine plural)


גרמני

he-noun

גֶּרְמָנִי • (germani) m (plural indefinite גרמנים, feminine counterpart גרמנייה)

גֶּרְמָנִי (canonical)
germani (romanization)
גרמנים (indefinite plural)
גרמנייה (feminine)

(countable) German (a native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality)


עיראקי

he-adj

עִירָאקִיּוֹת

עִירָאקִי • (irakí) (feminine עִירָאקִית, masculine plural עִירָאקִים, feminine plural עִירָאקִיּוֹת)

עִירָאקִי (canonical)
irakí (romanization)
עִירָאקִית (feminine)
עִירָאקִים (masculine plural)
עִירָאקִיּוֹת (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy). By surface analysis, עִירָאקִ (irák) + ־י (-í).


עיראקי

he-noun

עִירָאקִי • (irakí) m (feminine counterpart עִירָאקִית)

עִירָאקִי (canonical)
irakí (romanization)
עִירָאקִית (feminine)


עיראקית

עִירָאקִית • (iraqit) f (masculine counterpart עִירָאקִי)

עִירָאקִית (canonical)
iraqit (romanization)
עִירָאקִי (masculine)


אוסטרית

אוֹסְטְרִית • (ostrit) f (masculine counterpart אוֹסְטְרִי)

אוֹסְטְרִית (canonical)
ostrit (romanization)
אוֹסְטְרִי (masculine)


ראובן

he-proper noun

רְאוּבֵן • (r'uvén) m

רְאוּבֵן (canonical)
r'uvén (romanization)

Encyclopaedia Biblica
John Sutherland Black
Thomas Kelly Cheyne

Traditionally derived from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); the literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!".
For other proposals, see Encyclopaedia Biblica, volume 4.


יששכר

head

יִשָּׂשכָר or יִשְׂשָׂכָר • (yisakhár or yis'sakhár) m

יִשָּׂשכָר (canonical)
יִשְׂשָׂכָר (canonical)
yisakhár (romanization)
yis'sakhár (romanization)

(archaic) a male given name, equivalent to English Issachar


סתיו

he-proper noun

סתיו / סְתָו • (s'táv) m or f

Compare Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter”).


ישראלי

he-adj

יִשְׂרְאֵלִי

יִשְׂרְאֵלִית

יִשְׂרְאֵלִים

יִשְׂרְאֵלִיִּים

יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוֹת

יִשְׂרְאֵלִי • (yisr'elí, yiśrəʾēlî) (feminine יִשְׂרְאֵלִית, masculine plural יִשְׂרְאֵלִים or יִשְׂרְאֵלִיִּים, feminine plural יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוֹת)

יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (canonical)
yisr'elí (romanization)
yiśrəʾēlî (romanization)
יִשְׂרְאֵלִית (feminine)
יִשְׂרְאֵלִים (masculine plural)
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיִּים (masculine plural)
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוֹת (feminine plural)

וַיֵּצֵא בֶּן־אִשָּׁה יִשְׂרְאֵלִית וְהוּא בֶּן־אִישׁ מִצְרִי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּנָּצוּ בַּמַּחֲנֶה בֶּן הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית וְאִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי׃

And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; […]

vayetsé bén-ishá yisr'elít v'hú bén-ísh mitsrí b'tókh b'néi yisra'él vayinatsú bamakhané bén hayisr'elít v'ísh hayisr'elí.

Israelian, Israelitish, of or pertaining to the historical Land of Israel


גיל

From West Semitic root *g-y-l "to rejoice". Compare Arabic جِيل (jīl, “generation”).


דוב

דוֹב (canonical)
dov (romanization)
דֹּב (alternative)

From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”). Cognate with Arabic دُبٌّ (dubbun, “bear”). Named either after their slow and soft gait, or their murmuring.


שמחה

he-proper noun

שִׂמְחָה • (simkhá) m or f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

שִׂמְחָה (canonical)
simkhá (romanization)

a male or female given name, equivalent to English Simcha


חיים

חַיִּים • (kháyim) m

חַיִּים (canonical)
kháyim (romanization)


יובל

יוּבַל • (yuvál) m

Related to אוּבָל ('uvál, “stream”) and Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, “to rain heavily”).


פלג

→ Ancient Greek: Φαλέγ (Phalég)

→ English: Peleg

→ Latin: Phaleg

he:פלג
he:פלג (דמות מקראית)

a male given name, equivalent to English Peleg


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


יוסף

he-proper noun

יוֹסֵף • (yoséf) m

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
Greek: Ιοσήφ (Iosíf), Ιωσήφ (Iosíf)
→ Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
Armenian: Հովսեփ (Hovsepʻ)
→ Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 (iōsēf)
→ Latin: Iōsēphus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Іѡсифъ (Iosifŭ)
→ Belarusian: Іо́сіф (Iósif)
→ Bulgarian: Йо́сиф (Jósif)
→ Romanian: Iosif
→ Russian: Ио́сиф (Iósif), О́сип (Ósip)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Јосиф
→ Serbo-Croatian: Josip
→ Slovene: Josip
→ Ukrainian: Йо́сип (Jósyp)

→ Arabic: يُوسُف (yūsuf)
→ Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
→ Azerbaijani: Yusif
→ Bashkir: Йосоп (Yosop)
→ Bengali: ইউসুফ (iuśuph)
→ Chinese: 優素福 /优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
→ Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
→ Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
→ Maguindanao: Yosef
→ Malay: Yusuf
→ Indonesian: Yusuf, Jusuf, Joesoef
→ Maranao: Yosop
→ Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
Turkish: Yusuf
→ Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
→ Swahili: Yusufu

→ Yiddish: יוסף (yosef, yoysef)

Third-person singular jussive of הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), thus meaning “may he add”.

a male given name, Yosef, equivalent to English Joseph


יתר

a male given name, equivalent to English Jether


ארם

he-proper noun

אֲרַם • (arám) m

→ English: Aram

?→ Indonesian: Aram

→ Latin: Āram

?→ Maori: Arame

?→ Portuguese: Arã

Possibly related to הרים (“highlands”), suggested to be used in contrast with כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an) meaning "lowlands."


אסא

אָסָא • (ása) m


מדין

head

מִדְיָן • (midyán) m

מִדְיָן (canonical)
midyán (romanization)


פרואני

he-adj

פֶּרוּאָנִית

פֶּרוּאָנִים

פֶּרוּאָנִיּוֹת

פֶּרוּאָנִי • (peruáni) (feminine פֶּרוּאָנִית, masculine plural פֶּרוּאָנִים, feminine plural פֶּרוּאָנִיּוֹת)

פֶּרוּאָנִי (canonical)
peruáni (romanization)
פֶּרוּאָנִית (feminine)
פֶּרוּאָנִים (masculine plural)
פֶּרוּאָנִיּוֹת (feminine plural)


פרואני

he-noun

פֶּרוּאָנִי • (peruáni) m

פֶּרוּאָנִי (canonical)
peruáni (romanization)


פרואנית

פֶּרוּאָנִית

פֶּרוּאָנִית • (peroanit) f (masculine counterpart פֶּרוּאָנִי)

פֶּרוּאָנִית (canonical)
peroanit (romanization)
פֶּרוּאָנִי (masculine)


כפא

כָּפָּא • (kā́ppā) f

כָּפָּא (canonical)
kā́ppā (romanization)

קָפָּא קפא#Hebrew


יהודית

he-proper noun

יְהוּדִית • (y'hudít) f

יְהוּדִית (canonical)
y'hudít (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Ιουδίθ (Ioudíth)

→ Old Armenian: Յուդիթ (Yuditʻ)

Armenian: Հուդիթ (Huditʻ)

desc

→ Greek: Ιουδίθ (Ioudíth) (semi-learned)

→ Latin: Iudith, Judith

⇒ 友弟德傳 /友弟德传 (Yǒudìdézhuàn)

→ Chinese: 友弟德 (Yǒudìdé); ⇒ 友弟德傳 /友弟德传 (Yǒudìdézhuàn)

→ Czech: Judita

→ Danish: Judith

→ English: Judith

→ Faroese: Judit

→ French: Judith

→ Galician: Xudite, Xudit

→ German: Judith, Judit

→ Hungarian: Judit

→ Irish: Iúidit; ⇒ Leabhar Iúidit

desctree

→ Italian: Giuditta
→ Maltese: Ġuditta; ⇒ Ktieb ta’ Ġuditta

→ Norwegian: Judith, Judit

→ Polish: Judyta; ⇒ Księga Judyty

→ Portuguese: Judite

→ Romanian: Iudita

→ Russian: Джу́дит (Džúdit)

→ Slovak: Judita

→ Spanish: Judit

→ Swedish: Judith, Judit

→ Old Church Slavonic:

desc

→ Russian: Юди́фь (Judífʹ), Иуди́фь (Iudífʹ)

→ English: Yehudit, Yehudis (learned)

→ Finnish: Jehudit (learned)

→ German: Jehudit (learned)

→ Urdu: یہودیت (yahūdīt) (learned)

→ Yiddish: יהודית (yehudes) (learned)

a female given name, Yehudit, equivalent to English Judith


סינית

he-proper noun

סִינִית • (sínit)

סִינִית (canonical)
sínit (romanization)

(uncountable) Chinese (the branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects)


פירמידה

he-noun

פִּירָמִידָה

פִּירָמִידַת

פִּירָמִידוֹת

פִּירָמִידָה • (piramída) f (plural indefinite פִּירָמִידוֹת, singular construct פִּירָמִידַת־)

פִּירָמִידָה (canonical)
piramída (romanization)
פִּירָמִידוֹת (indefinite plural)
פִּירָמִידַת־ (construct singular)

Internationalism, ultimately via French pyramide from Latin pyramis and Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís).
Compare also Russian пирамида (piramida), Polish piramida, German Pyramide.


ירדן

יַרְדֵּן (canonical)
yardén (romanization)

Uncertain:
* Likely, from a Proto-Semitic root denoting “to descend”, “to go or come down”, “to stream down”, “to come down to water”, “a place descending to water”, “a watering place”; cognates found Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, “to go down or come upon water”), Hebrew יָרַד (yāráḏ, “to go down”), Aramaic ירד (yreḏ, “stream”), and Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, “fall down, go down, drain off, pour down”), and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, “to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream”).
* Dubiously, Ludwig Köhler has affirmed as a final interpretation a compound from Proto-Iranian *yáHr̥ (“year”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year”) (compare Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆 (yār^ə, “year”)) and Proto-Iranian *dānu (“river”) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu < Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu) (compare Ossetian дон (don, “river”), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”)), according to which the Jordan is the “year-river” because of its water level being consistent the whole year, backing this derivation by the theory that the name of the Orontes is of “certain” Iranian origin, although also found attested earlier. This is however unlikely, as the name “Yārdon” is found attested at the period of Ramesses II in the Papyrus Anastasi I, making the Semitic origin much more probable.

cog

a unisex given name, Yarden, equivalent to English Jordan


חיה

he-proper noun

חַיָּה • (kháya) f

/ħajˈjɔː/ [ħaɟˈɟɔː]

From Proto-Semitic *ḥay(aw)- (“animal”). Cognate with Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwt).


רצון

he-noun

רָצוֹן • (ratzón) m (plural indefinite רְצוֹנוֹת, singular construct רְצוֹן־)

רָצוֹן (canonical)
ratzón (romanization)
רְצוֹנוֹת (indefinite plural)
רְצוֹן־ (construct singular)
רָצוֹן (indefinite singular)
רְצוֹנִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רְצוֹנֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָרָצוֹן (definite singular)
רְצוֹנְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹנְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹן־ (construct singular)
רְצוֹנוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
רְצוֹנָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹת (indefinite plural)
רצונותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָרְצוֹנוֹת (definite plural)
רְצוֹנוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
רצונותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
רְצוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
רְצוֹנוֹת־ (construct plural)
רְצוֹנוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
רְצוֹנוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

→ Yiddish: רצון (rotsn)

From רָצָה (ratsá, “to want”) + ־ון (-on).


שירה

he-proper noun

שִׁירָה • (shíra) f

שִׁירָה (canonical)
shíra (romanization)


פאי

he-noun

פַּאי • (pái) m


בולגרית

he-proper noun

בּוּלְגָּרִית

בּוּלְגָּרִית • (bulgaryt) f

בּוּלְגָּרִית (canonical)
bulgaryt (romanization)

(uncountable) Bulgarian (the official language of Bulgaria)


בית כנסת

he-noun

בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת

בָּתֵּי כְּנֶסֶת

בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת • (bet knéset) m (plural indefinite [בֵּית]]_כְּנֶסֶת " lang="he">בָּתֵּי כְּנֶסֶת)

בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת (canonical)
bet knéset (romanization)
בָּתֵּי כְּנֶסֶת (indefinite plural)

From בֵּית־ (bet-, “house of”) + כְּנֶסֶת (knéset, “congregating, meeting”).

כמה בתי כנסת יש בשכונה הזאת?

How many synagogues are there in this neighborhood?

káma batéi knéset yesh bash'khuná hazót?


בער

he-proper noun

בְּעֹר • (b'or) m

וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַר נְאֻם בִּלְעָם בְּנוֹ בְעֹר וּנְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הָעָיִן

Tanach, [[s:he:T0424#כד_ג|24:3]], with translation of the King James Version:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said

vayisá m'shaló vayomár n'um bil'ám b'no v'or un'úm hagéver sh'tum haáyin


טל

Cognate with Arabic طَلّْ (ṭall, “dew”).


דרור

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”).


ענבל

he-noun

עִנְבָּל • (inbál) m (plural indefinite עִנְבָּלִים, singular construct עִנְבַּל־)

עִנְבָּל (canonical)
inbál (romanization)
עִנְבָּלִים (indefinite plural)
עִנְבַּל־ (construct singular)


מקדש

מִקְדָּשִׁים

מִקְדָּשׁ • (mikdásh) m (plural indefinite מִקְדָּשִׁים, singular construct מִקְדַּשׁ־, plural construct מִקְדְּשֵׁי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

מִקְדָּשׁ (canonical)
mikdásh (romanization)
מִקְדָּשִׁים (indefinite plural)
מִקְדַּשׁ־ (construct singular)
מִקְדְּשֵׁי־ (construct plural)

Compare Punic 𐤌𐤉𐤒𐤃𐤔 (myqdš), Aramaic מַקְדְּשָׁא (maqdəšā), Arabic مَقْدِس (maqdis).

cog

Aramaic מַקְדְּשָׁא (maqdəšā)


ברק

he-proper noun

בָּרָק • (barák) m


שלו

שָׁלֵו • (shálev) m

שָׁלֵו (canonical)
shálev (romanization)


מרא

מָרָא • (mará) f

a female given name, equivalent to English Mara

וַתֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶן אַל־תִּקְרֶאנָה לִי נָעֳמִי קְרֶאןָ לִי מָרָא כִּי־הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד׃

Tanach, Ruth [[s:he:T2901#א_כ|1:20]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And she said unto them: ‘Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Va-tómer aleihén al tiqréna li Na'omí q'réna li Mará ki hemár Shaddáy li m'ód.

Name Naomi gives herself on account of her calamities


שאול

שָׁאוּל • (sha'úl) m

שָׁאוּל (canonical)
sha'úl (romanization)

Passive participle of שָׁאַל (sha'ál, “to ask, to borrow”). Proper noun follows from Adjective.

a male given name, Shaul, equivalent to English Saul


הלל

הִלֵּל • (hilél) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Hillel


שלח

שֶׁלַח • (shélakh) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁלַח) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

שֶׁלַח (canonical)
shélakh (romanization)
form שָׁלַח (Biblical-Hebrew pausal)

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת שָׁלַח[…] וְשֶׁלַח חַי שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת עֵבֶר

Tanach, [[s:he:T0111#|11:12–14]], with translation of the King James Version:

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah […] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber

v'arpakhshád kháy sh'loshím shaná vayóled ét shálakh […] v'shélakh kháy shloshím shaná vayóled ét éver

a male given name, equivalent to English Salah


ניסן

נִיסָן • (nisán) m

From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum), from Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃).


אריה

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔarway-. Cognate with Ge'ez አርዌ (ʾärwe, “animal, beast”). By surface analysis, אֲרִי + ־ֵה.


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”).


אנה

אַנָּה • ('ána) f

a female given name, equivalent to English Anna


לביא

a male given name, equivalent to English Leo


יסמין

יַסְמִין • (yasmín) f

יַסְמִין (canonical)
yasmín (romanization)

Ultimately borrowed from Persian یاسمین.

a female given name, Yasmin, equivalent to English Jasmine


וי״ו

וָו (canonical)
vav (romanization)
וו (alternative)
ו״ו (alternative)
ויו (alternative)

Vav, waw (the sixth letter of various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


נסים

נִסִּים • (nísim) m

נִסִּים (canonical)
nísim (romanization)


אסיה

אַסְיָה • (ásya) f


פרץ

פֶּרֶץ (canonical)
pérets (romanization)

From the same root as Etymology 1, in the קֶטֶל (qéṭel) pattern.

he-l

קֶטֶל (qéṭel)

he-pattern-link

קֶטֶל (qéṭel)


ציפורה

he-proper noun

ציפורה / צִפֹּרָה • (tzipora) f

צִפֹּרָה (canonical)
tzipora (romanization)
צפרה (alternative)
צפורה (alternative)

From ציפור / צִפּוֹר (tzipór) + ־ה (-á).

he-m

ציפור / צִפּוֹר (tzipór)


תאית

he-proper noun

תָּאִית • (taít) f

(uncountable) Thai (the main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao))


כנסיה

he-noun

כְּנֵסִיּוֹת

כְּנֵסִיּוֹת

כנסיה / כְּנֵסִיָּה • (knesiyá) f (plural indefinite כנסייות / כְּנֵסִיּוֹת, singular construct כנסיית / כְּנֵסִיַת־, plural construct כנסייות / כְּנֵסִיּוֹת־)

כְּנֵסִיָּה (canonical)
knesiyá (romanization)
כנסייות (indefinite plural)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)
כנסיית (construct singular)
כְּנֵסִיַת־ (construct singular)
כנסייות (construct plural)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹת־ (construct plural)
כְּנֵסִיָּה (indefinite singular)
כְּנֵסִיָּתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כְּנֵסִיָּתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַכְּנֵסִיָּה (definite singular)
כְּנֵסִיָּתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
כְּנֵסִיָּתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כְּנֵסִיַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
כְּנֵסִיַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
כְּנֵסִיַת־ (construct singular)
כְּנֵסִיָּתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
כְּנֵסִיָּתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
כְּנֵסִיָּתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
כְּנֵסִיָּתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)
כנסיותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַכְּנֵסִיּוֹת (definite plural)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
כנסיותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹת־ (construct plural)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
כְּנֵסִיּוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
כנסייה (alternative)

he-decl

הַכְּנֵסִיָּה

כְּנֵסִיָּתוֹ

כְּנֵסִיּוֹת

הַכְּנֵסִיּוֹת

כְּנֵסִיּוֹת־

כְּנֵסִיּוֹתָיו


נורווגית

he-proper noun

נורווגית / נוֹרְוֵגִית • (norvégit) f

נוֹרְוֵגִית (canonical)
norvégit (romanization)

(uncountable) Norwegian (the language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk)


פסח

פֶּסַח • (pésakh) m (plural indefinite פְּסָחִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

פֶּסַח (canonical)
pésakh (romanization)
פְּסָחִים (indefinite plural)

→ Aramaic: פסחא (paskha)

→ Ancient Greek: πάσχα (páskha) (see there for further descendants)

→ Yiddish: פּסח (peysekh)

Compare Akkadian 𒉺𒊓𒄴 / 𒉺𒊓𒄷 (passahu, “soothe, make soft”) and Arabic فَسَخَ (fasaḵa, “to annul”). Doublet of פַּסְחָא.

cog

מאת רבנו הגאון אדמו״ר מרן צבי פסח פראנק שליט״א

1944, צבי פסח פראנק, דבר לישראל ולעמים, title page http://www.hebrewbooks.org/37160

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(singular only) a male given name, Pesach or Pesah, equivalent to English Pascal


ארז

Not native to Israel and Judaea, so presumably borrowed before the vowel closure into Hebrew from Aramaic אַרְזָא / ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzā, “cedar”).

bor

Aramaic אַרְזָא


נגה

he-proper noun

נוגה / נֹגַהּ • (nógah) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

נוגה (canonical)
נֹגַהּ (canonical)
nógah (romanization)


פי

phi (Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph")


מנשה

מְנַשֶּׁה • (menashé) m

מְנַשֶּׁה (canonical)
menashé (romanization)

→ Akkadian: 𒈨𒈾𒋛𒄿 (me-na-si-i /Menasi/)

→ English: Manasseh

Biblical. The first person listed as with this name is in Genesis 41:51 (English), so named "for God has caused me to forget...": the name literally means "one who causes [another] to forget" or "(I/you/he) causes (or is causing) [another] to forget". Attested to in Akkadian as 𒈨𒈾𒋛𒄿 (Menasii).


גולן

גּוֹלָן (canonical)
golán (romanization)


יום טוב

head

יוֹם טוֹב • (yom tov) m

יוֹם טוֹב (canonical)
yom tov (romanization)

Presumably from 1 Samuel 25:8, literally means "good day".


יעל

English: Yael, Jael

French: Yaëlle

Yiddish: יעל (yael)

a female given name, equivalent to English Yael


אלעד

אֶלְעָד (canonical)
'El'ad (romanization)

אֵל (“el”) + עַד (“'ad”), literally “God is eternal”.


פרסית

he-proper noun

פַּרְסִית • (parsít) f

פַּרְסִית (canonical)
parsít (romanization)

Persian (the Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)


מורפאוס

מוֹרְפֶאוּס • (Morfe'us) m

מוֹרְפֶאוּס (canonical)
Morfe'us (romanization)


גברי

גַּבְרִי • (gávri) m

גַּבְרִי (canonical)
gávri (romanization)

גַּבְרִיאֵל גבריאל#Hebrew

a diminutive of the male given name גַּבְרִיאֵל (gavriél)


יידיש

יִידִּישׁ • (Yīddīsh) f

יִידִּישׁ (canonical)
Yīddīsh (romanization)
אידיש (alternative)

Yiddish (a West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe)


סרבו־קרואטית

סֶרְבּוֹ־קְרוֹאָטִית

סֶרְבּוֹ־קְרוֹאָטִית • (serbo-kro'átit) f

סֶרְבּוֹ־קְרוֹאָטִית (canonical)
serbo-kro'átit (romanization)

Serbo-Croatian (the South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards)

he:סרבו־קרואטית


ארמני

he-noun

אַרְמֶנִי • (arméni) m (plural indefinite אַרְמֶנִים, singular construct אַרְמֶנִי־, feminine counterpart אַרְמֶנִית)

אַרְמֶנִי (canonical)
arméni (romanization)
אַרְמֶנִים (indefinite plural)
אַרְמֶנִי־ (construct singular)
אַרְמֶנִית (feminine)


סופיה

he-proper noun

סוֹפִיָה • (sófiya) f

סוֹפִיָה (canonical)
sófiya (romanization)


גד

Uncertain. Compare Arabic جَدّ (jadd, “luck, good fortune”).

cog

(biblical) Gad (the seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah)

(by extension) One of the Israelite tribes.

a male given name, Gad
One of the Israelite tribes.

a male given name, Gad
A pan-Semitic god of fortune


נפתלי

he-proper noun

נַפְתָּלִי or נפתלי • (naftalí or naftáli)

נַפְתָּלִי (canonical)
נפתלי (canonical)
naftalí (romanization)
naftáli (romanization)


אורי

אוּרִי or אורי • (urí or úri) m

אוּרִי (canonical)
אורי (canonical)
urí (romanization)
úri (romanization)


אורי

אוֹרִי • (orí) m


איתי

אִיתַי • (itay) m


יאיר

יָאִיר • (ya'ír) m

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), Ἰάειρος (Iáeiros)
Latin: Iairus (see there for further descendants)
→ Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (iaeirus), 𐌾𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (jaeirus) (learned)

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰαΐρ (Iaḯr)

a male given name, Yair, equivalent to English Jair


שמרית

he-proper noun

שִׁמְרִית • (Shimrit) f

שִׁמְרִית (canonical)
Shimrit (romanization)


אסף

אָסָף • (asáf) m


יהודה

יְהוּדָה • (y'hudá) m

יְהוּדָה (canonical)
y'hudá (romanization)

desc

→ Akkadian: 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ia-u₂-da-a-a /yaʼuda/)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), Ἰουδᾱ́ (Ioudā́)
→ Old Armenian: Յուդա (Yuda), Յուդայ (Yuday), Յուդաս (Yudas)
Armenian: Հուդա (Huda)
→ Latin: Iūdās, Jūdās
→ Catalan: Judes
Italian: Giuda
→ Middle English: Iudas
English: Judas, Jude

desc

→ Arabic: يَهُود (yahūd, “Jews”), يَهُوذَا (yahūḏā)

→ Classical Syriac: ܝܗܘܕܐ (yəhūḏā)

→ Yiddish: יהודה (yehude)

⇒ Ancient Greek: Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos, “Jew”) (see there for further descendants)

Compare Akkadian 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 (ia-u-da-a-a). Traditionally derived from יָדָה (yadá, “to praise”); alternatively, linked to Arabic وَهْدة (wahda, “ravine, gully, gulch, lowlands”)

cog

a male given name, equivalent to English Judah, Judas, or Jude

וַיְהִי כְּמִשְׁלֹשׁ חֳדָשִׁים וַיֻּגַּד לִיהוּדָה לֵאמֹר זָנְתָה תָּמָר כַּלָּתֶךָ וְגַם הִנֵּה הָרָה לִזְנוּנִים וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה הוֹצִיאוּהָ וְתִשָּׂרֵף׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0138#לח_כד|38:24]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: ‘Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.’ And Judah said: ‘Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.’

vay'hí k'mish'lósh khodashím vayugád liy'hudá lemór zantá tamár kalatékha v'gam hiné hará li'znuním vayómer y'hudá hotsiúha v'tisaréf

(biblical) Judah (the fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez)


ספיר

סַפִּיר (canonical)
sapír (romanization)

Borrowed from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”) (spelled ṣipirtu in the dictionaries), whence the Semitic root *š-p-r. See the discussion in Ayil (2024) below.
Cognates include Ugaritic spr (“lapis lazuli”), Egyptian t̠frr(t) (“lapis lazuli”), Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “lapis lazuli”), and Sanskrit शनिप्रिय (śanipriya, “lapis lazuli”).


מסגד

he-noun

מִסְגָּד • (misgád) m (plural indefinite מִסְגָּדִים, singular construct מִסְגַּד־, plural construct מִסְגְּדֵי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

מִסְגָּד (canonical)
misgád (romanization)
מִסְגָּדִים (indefinite plural)
מִסְגַּד־ (construct singular)
מִסְגְּדֵי־ (construct plural)
מִסְגָּד (indefinite singular)
מִסְגָּדִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מִסְגָּדֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַמִּסְגָּד (definite singular)
מִסְגָּדְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִסְגָּדֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִסְגַּדְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִסְגַּדְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִסְגַּד־ (construct singular)
מִסְגָּדוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִסְגָּדָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִסְגָּדָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִסְגָּדָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִסְגָּדִים (indefinite plural)
מסגדיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מִסְגָּדַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מִסְגָּדֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַמִּסְגָּדִים (definite plural)
מִסְגָּדֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מסגדייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִסְגָּדַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מִסְגְּדֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִסְגְּדֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מִסְגְּדֵי־ (construct plural)
מִסְגָּדָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִסְגָּדֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מִסְגְּדֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מִסְגְּדֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

הַמִּסְגָּדִים

Calque of Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid): formed by applying the Hebrew pattern מִקְטָל (“place”) to סָגַד (sagád, “to bow down, prostrate”), which is cognate with Arabic سَجَدَ (sajada).


אמברוסיה

he-noun

אַמְבְּרוֹסְיָה

אַמְבְּרוֹסְיָה • (ambrosya) f

אַמְבְּרוֹסְיָה (canonical)
ambrosya (romanization)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) ambrosia (the food of the gods, thought to confer immortality)


יצחק

יִצְחָק (canonical)
yitskhák (romanization)
yiṣḥāq (romanization)
יִשְׂחָק (alternative)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ (Isaák)
Greek: Ισαάκ (Isaák)
Latin: Isaāc, Isaacus
→ Old Irish: Isaác
Irish: Íosác

→ Yiddish: יצחק (yitskhok)

Grammatically, the name (as many other Hebrew names, see e.g. Jacob, Jonah) is the third person singular imperfect of the verb צחק (“to laugh”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac


אלישבע

he-proper noun

אֱלִישֶׁבַע • (elishéva) f

אֱלִישֶׁבַע (canonical)
elishéva (romanization)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet)
Greek: Ελισάβετ (Elisávet)
→ Aghwan: 𐔴𐔾𐔼𐕚𐔰𐔱𐔴𐔸 (elisabet)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 (aileisabaiþ)
→ Latin: Elisabeth
→ Dutch: Elisabet
→ English: Elisabeth, Elizabeth
→ Italian: Elisabetta
→ Russian: Элизабет (Elizabet)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Elizabeta, Елизабета
→ Ukrainian: Елізабет (Elizabet)
Old Occitan: Elisabel
→ Spanish: Isabel
→ English: Isabel
→ Cebuano: Isabel
→ Danish: Isabel
→ Italian: Isabella
→ German: Isabel
→ Irish: Isibéal
→ French: Isabelle
→ English: Isabelle
→ German: Isabelle
→ Swedish: Isabelle
→ Dutch: Isabel
→ Norwegian: Isabel
→ Polish: Izabela
→ Portuguese: Isabel
→ Swedish: Isabel
→ Tagalog: Isabel
→ Old Armenian: Եղիսաբեթ (Ełisabetʻ)
→ Old Church Slavonic: елисаветь (elisavetĭ)
→ Russian: Елизаве́та (Jelizavéta)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Јелисавета, Jelisaveta
→ Ukrainian: Єлизаве́та (Jelyzavéta)
→ Albanian: Izabetë, Isabetë

"My God is an oath," from אל (“god, deity”) + נשבע (“to promise, swear”).


גילה

he-proper noun

גִּילָה • (gilá) f


מרדכי

מׇרְדֳּכַי or מׇרְדְּכַי • (mordocháy or mord'cháy) m

מׇרְדֳּכַי (canonical)
מׇרְדְּכַי (canonical)
mordocháy (romanization)
mord'cháy (romanization)

desc

→ Ancient Greek: Μαρδοχαῖος (Mardokhaîos)

Greek: Μαρδοχαίος (Mardochaíos)

desctree

→ Latin: Mardochaeus, Mardocheus
→ Catalan: Mardoqueu
→ French: Mardochée
→ Italian: Mardocheo
→ Occitan: Mardoquèu
→ Polish: Mardocheusz
→ Portuguese: Mardoqueu
→ Spanish: Mardoqueo

→ Russian: Мардохе́й (Mardoxéj)

→ English: Mordecai, Mordechai

Yiddish: מרדכי (mordkhe)

Unknown; many hypotheses have been advanced, a prominent one of which is that it ultimately derives from Akkadian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (Marduk), compare Elamite 𒈥𒁺𒋡 (MAR-du-ka₄).

a male given name, equivalent to English Mordecai


גלעד

he-proper noun

גִּלְעָד • (gil'ád) m

גִּלְעָד (canonical)
gil'ád (romanization)

וְיִפְתָּח הַגִּלְעָדִי הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל וְהוּא בֶּן־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיּוֹלֶד גִּלְעָד אֶת־יִפְתָּח׃

Tanach, Judges [[s:he:T0711#יא_א|11:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.

ve-Yiftáḥ hag-gil‘adí hayáh gibbór ḥáyil ve-hu ben isháh zonáh vay-yóled Gil‘ád ’et-Yiftaḥ.


יעקב

יַעֲקֹב • (ya'akóv) m

יַעֲקֹב (canonical)
ya'akóv (romanization)
יַעֲקוֹב (alternative)

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) (see there for further descendants)

⇒ Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos) (see there for further descendants)

→ Arabic: يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb) (see there for further descendants)

desctree

→ Classical Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ
→ Malayalam: യാക്കോബ് (yākkōbŭ), ചാക്കോ (cākkō)

desc

⇒ Yiddish: יעקבֿ (yankev), קאָפּל (kopl), יאַנקל (yankl)

From the imperfect of עָקַב, related to עָקֵב (heel).

a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob


צ׳כית

he-proper noun

צֶ׳כִית • (chekhít) f

צֶ׳כִית (canonical)
chekhít (romanization)

(uncountable) Czech (a Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic)


שרי

head

שָׂרַי • (saráy)


איתן

he-proper noun

אֵיתָן • (Ētán) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Ethan


צלפחד

צְלׇפְחָד (canonical)
ts'lofchád (romanization)

a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zelophehad


כנה

כַּנֵּה • (kané) m

חָרָן וְכַנֵּה וָעֶדֶן רֹכְלֵי שְׁבָא אַשּׁוּר כִּלְמַד רֹכַלְתֵּךְ׃
kharán v'khané va'éden rokhléi sh'vá ashúr kilmád rokhaltékh.

Ezekiel 27:23 (with translation from the King James Version)

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.


אברם

אַבְרָם • (avrám) m

אַבְרָם (canonical)
avrám (romanization)

Perhaps אָב + רָם (ʾāḇ + rām, “high father”).


חנה

Related to חַנּוּן (khanún, “merciful, gracious, compassionate”).

a female given name, Hannah, Hanna, Hana, or Chana


אחז

אָחָז • (akház) m

/ʔɔːˈħaz/ [ʔɔːˈħaːz]

/ʔɔˈħaz/ [ʔɔːˈħæːz]


פולט

פּוּלֶט • (Polét) f

פּוּלֶט (canonical)
Polét (romanization)

A transliteration of the English female given name Paulette


סוס טרויאני

he-noun

סוּס טְרוֹיָאנִי

סוּס טְרוֹיָאנִי • (sus troyáni) m

סוּס טְרוֹיָאנִי (canonical)
sus troyáni (romanization)

סוס טרויאני on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʰᵉ

Trojan horse
Trojan horse#English:_Q50193


רעואל

he-proper noun

רְעוּאֵל • (r'uél) m

רְעוּאֵל (canonical)
r'uél (romanization)


מצרי

he-adj

מִצְרִי • (mitsrí)

מִצְרִי (canonical)
mitsrí (romanization)


מצרי

he-noun

מִצְרִי • (mitsrí) m (plural indefinite מִצְרִים)

מִצְרִי (canonical)
mitsrí (romanization)
מִצְרִים (indefinite plural)

→ Yiddish: מיצרי (mitsri)


איה

he-proper noun

אַיָּה • (aya) f

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; אַי ('ay, “where”) + ־ֵה (e, “hē paragogicum”).


גרשם

he-proper noun

גֵּרְשֹׁם • (gershóm) m

גֵּרְשֹׁם (canonical)
gershóm (romanization)


אביגיל

אֲבִיגַיִל • (avigáyil) f

אֲבִיגַיִל (canonical)
avigáyil (romanization)

From אָבִי ('aví, “my father”) + גִּיל (gíl, “joy”).

com

a female given name, equivalent to English Abigail


אופק

he-proper noun

אופק / אֹפֶק • (ófek) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]


אריאל

אֲרִיאֵל (canonical)
ari'él (romanization)

From אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), hence meaning "lion of God".


אילן

אִילָן • (ilán) m

Borrowed from Aramaic אִילָנָא / ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). Doublet of אֵלוֹן (elōn, “great tree”) and אַלּוֹן (allōn, “great tree; oak”).

bor

Aramaic אִילָנָא


נון

Borrowed from Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā, “fish”), ultimately possibly from Akkadian 𒄩 (nūnum), possibly from Sumerian.


מנחם

מְנַחֵם (canonical)
m'nachém (romanization)


שרה

From Proto-Semitic *śarār (“to rule”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒊩𒈗 (šarratum, “queen”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah


מוחמד

he-proper noun

מוחמד / מֻחַמַּד • (mukhámad) m

מֻחַמַּד (canonical)
mukhámad (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Immediate cognate is Hebrew מחמד (makhmád).

bor+

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muhammad


רחב

Compare Arabic رَحْب (raḥb), Ge'ez ርሑብ (rəḥub).

a female given name, equivalent to English Rahab


זכריה

he-proper noun

זְכַרְיָה • (z'kharyá) m

זְכַרְיָה (canonical)
z'kharyá (romanization)

From זכר (“has remembered”) + יה (“Yahweh”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Zechariah


אלי

head

אֵלִי • (Éli)

אֵלִיָּהוּ אליהו#Hebrew

a diminutive of the male given name אֵלִיָּהוּ (Eliyáhu), equivalent to English Eli


הדסה

he-proper noun

הֲדַסָּה • (hadasá) f

הֲדַסָּה (canonical)
hadasá (romanization)


עמנואל

עִמָּנוּאֵל • ('imanu'él) m

עִמָּנוּאֵל (canonical)
'imanu'él (romanization)

From עִמָּנוּ ('imánu, “with us”) + אֵל (el, “God”); hence literally “God with us”.


זיוה

זִיוָה • (zíva) f


גדי

גָּדִי • (gádi)

Cognate with Akkadian 𒂵𒁕𒅀 (gadû), Arabic جَدْي (jady), Aramaic גַּדְיָא (gaḏyā).

a diminutive, Gadi, of the male given name גָּד (gad)


אליה

אֵלִיָּה • ('Eliyá) m

אֵלִיָּה (canonical)
'Eliyá (romanization)

Shortened from of אֵלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyáhu, “Elijah”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Elijah


בכרי

בִּכְרִי • (bichrí) m

בִּכְרִי (canonical)
bichrí (romanization)

וְשָׁם נִקְרָא אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל וּשְׁמוֹ שֶׁבַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִי אִישׁ יְמִינִי

Tanach, 2 Samuel [[s:he:T08b20#כ_א|20:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite

v'shám nikrá ísh b'liyáal ush'mó shéva ben-bichrí ísh y'miní


בכר

בֶּכֶר (canonical)
békher (romanization)

אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשׁוּתֶלַח מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשֻּׁתַלְחִי לְבֶכֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּכְרִי לְתַחַן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַתַּחֲנִי

Tanach, [[s:he:T0426#כו_לה|26:35]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

éle v'ne-efráyim l'mishp'chotám l'shutélach mishpáchat hashutalchí l'vécher mishpáchat habachrí l'táchan mishpáchat hatachaní


מתתיהו

מַתִּתְיָהוּ

מַתִּתְיָהוּ • (matityáhu) m

מַתִּתְיָהוּ (canonical)
matityáhu (romanization)

Ancient Greek: Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς (Măttăthĭ́ās)

Latin: Mattathiās

English: Mattathias

Contraction of מַתָּנַת (matanát, “gift of”) + יהוה (YHWH, “the LORD, God”).

compound

a male given name, Matityahu or Matisyahu, equivalent to English Mattathias or Matthew


רבקה

רִבְקָה (canonical)
rivká (romanization)

Literally "connection". From Proto-Semitic *r-b-q (“to join, couple, tie”). Also see Arabic رَبَقَ (rabaqa, “he ties”).

der

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca


אליעזר

he-proper noun

אֱלִיעֶזֶר • (Eli'ézer) m

אֱלִיעֶזֶר (canonical)
Eli'ézer (romanization)

a male given name, equivalent to English Eliezer


אליהו

אֵלִיָּהוּ • ('Eliyáhu) m

אֵלִיָּהוּ (canonical)
'Eliyáhu (romanization)
אֵלִיָּה (alternative)

→ Chuvash: Илле (Ille)

desctree

→ English: Elijah
→ Hawaiian: ʻElia
→ Maori: Irāia

desc

→ Koine Greek: Ἠλίας (Ēlías), Ἡλίᾱς (Hēlíās), Ἠλείᾱς (Ēleíās), Ἡλείᾱς (Hēleíās) (New Testament) (see there for further descendants)

desctree

→ Old Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)
Armenian: Եղիա (Ełia)

→ Ossetian: Илла (Illa)

desc

⇒ Ossetian: Уацилла (Wacilla, “Ossetian god of rain, thunder and lightning”, literally “Saint Elijah”)

→ Persian: ایلیا (iliyâ)

→ Yiddish: אליהו (elyohu)

→ Russian: Илья (Ilʹja)

→ Ukrainian: Ілля (Illja)

→ Serbo-Croatian: Ilija

Theophoric, from אֵל ('el, “god”) + ־ִי (-i, “my”) + ּ־יָהו (-yáhu, “the LORD”), literally meaning “Yahweh is my god.”

af

a male given name, equivalent to English Elijah or Elias


נח

a male given name, equivalent to English Noah


צדיק

he-noun

צַדִּיק • (tsadík) f (plural indefinite צַדִּיקִין)

צַדִּיק (canonical)
tsadík (romanization)
צַדִּיקִין (indefinite plural)

From צד״י (tsádi), corrupted from a fast recitation of the alphabet sequence (i.e., "tsadi, qoph" → "tsadiq, qoph"), influenced by צַדִּיק (“righteous person”).

Alternative form: צַדִּי״ק

(informal) tsade (צ), the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet


יונתן

he-proper noun

יוֹנָתָן • (ionatán) m

יוֹנָתָן (canonical)
ionatán (romanization)

Ancient Greek: Ἰωνάθαν (Iōnáthan)

Shortening of יְהוֹנָתָן (iehonatán), from יְהוֹ־ (ieho-, “God”) + נָתַן (natán, “gave”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Jonathan


שרית

שָׂרִית • (sarít) f

שָׂרִית (canonical)
sarít (romanization)

שָׂרָה שרה#Hebrew

a diminutive, Sarit, of the female given name שָׂרָה (sará)


חבצלת

חֲבַצֶּלֶת • (ḥavatzélet) f

חֲבַצֶּלֶת (canonical)
ḥavatzélet (romanization)


חבקוק

חֲבַקּוּק • (khavakúk) m

חֲבַקּוּק (canonical)
khavakúk (romanization)

Uncertain; possibly comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), from the root ח־ב־ק (“embrace”) or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).


חנון

he-proper noun

חָנוּן • (khanún) m

חָנוּן (canonical)
khanún (romanization)

וַיִּמְלֹךְ חָנוּן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו

Tanach, 2 Samuel [[s:he:T08b10#י_א|10:1]], with Young's Literal Translation:


גיא

גַּיְא • (gáy) m


איזבל

אִיזֶבֶל • ('izével) f

אִיזֶבֶל (canonical)
'izével (romanization)

From אִי and זְבֻל.
Sense Uncertain. Seemingly "not exalted" or "not husbanded" in the sense of shame or lawlessness, likely an intentional alteration of a Punic name attested 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤀𐤆𐤁𐤋 (b‘l’zbl), בעלאזבל ('Ba'al is exalted'.) Formerly it was thought to bear the sense, through "not husbanded", of "chaste" or "modest". The European name Isabel is similar in transliteration but is unrelated.
An alternative explanation is from אֵיזֶה and בַּעַל (’ēyze ba’al) meaning "Where is Ba'al?" Perhaps was a ritualistic chant during Ba'al worship.

a female given name, equivalent to English Jezebel


אייל

אייל / אֱיָל • (eyál) m


צפניה

צְפַנְיָה • (ts'fanyá) m

צְפַנְיָה (canonical)
ts'fanyá (romanization)

a male given name, equivalent to English Zephaniah


הגר

הָגָר • (hagár) f


בלהה

בִּלְהָה • (bilhá) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

בִּלְהָה (canonical)
bilhá (romanization)


זלפה

זִלְפָּה • (zilpá) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

זִלְפָּה (canonical)
zilpá (romanization)


הדס

הֲדַס • (hadás) f

Sometimes also vocalized, perhaps archaically, הָדָס (hāḏā́s), and probably the same as Aramaic אָסָא / ܐܵܣܵܐ (ʾāsā, “myrtle”), Arabic آس (ʔās, “myrtle”), Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, “myrtle”) with multiple determiners, compare typologically Hebrew צַתְרָה (ṣaṯrā́, “savory”), Arabic زَعْتَر (zaʕtar, “wild thyme”), also denoting odoriferous plants, explained semantically as an old ذُو عِطْرٍ (ḏū ʕiṭrin, “having scent”).


עקיבא

akíva, ʿăqīḇā

עֲקִיבָא • (akíva, ʿăqīḇā) m

עֲקִיבָא (canonical)
akíva (romanization)
ʿăqīḇā (romanization)

der

Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā)


רחמים

he-proper noun

רַחֲמִים • (rakhamím) m

רַחֲמִים (canonical)
rakhamím (romanization)

Compare Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma, “mercy”).


מנוחה

מְנוּחָה • (m'nukhá) f

מְנוּחָה (canonical)
m'nukhá (romanization)


ארמית

אֲרָמִית • (aramít) f

אֲרָמִית (canonical)
aramít (romanization)

Aramaic (a subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:)


עומר

עומר / עֹמֶר • ('ómer) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

An internal Northwest Semitic innovation from the root better known in Arabic غ م ر (ḡ m r) as related to “abundance”, “overflowing”.

ar-root

غ م ر (ḡ m r)


דנית

he-proper noun

דָּנִית • (danít) f

דָּנִית (canonical)
danít (romanization)

Danish (the language of Danes and Denmark)


עדה

עָדָה • (Adá) f


עזרא

עֶזְרָא • (ʿezrāʾ) m

עֶזְרָא (canonical)
ʿezrāʾ (romanization)

desc

Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), Ἔσρᾱς (Ésrās), Ἔζδρᾱς (Ézdrās)

a male given name, equivalent to English Ezra or Esdras


מיכיהו

he-proper noun

מִיכָיְהוּ • (mīḵāyᵊhū) m

מִיכָיָהוּ • (mīḵāyāhū) m or f

מִיכָיְהוּ • (canonical masculine)
מִיכָיָהוּ (canonical)
mīḵāyᵊhū (romanization)
mīḵāyāhū (romanization)
מִיכָיָה (alternative)

Ancient Greek: Μῐχαίᾱς (Mĭkhaíās)

Latin: Michaeās

Theophoric, from מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + ־יהו (yáhu, “the Lord”), literally “Who is like Yahweh?”. Compare to מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).


מיכיה

he-proper noun

מִיכָיָה • (mīḵāyāh) m

מִיכָיָה (canonical)
mīḵāyāh (romanization)
מִיכָיְהוּ (alternative)
מִיכָיָהוּ (alternative)

Ancient Greek: Μῐχαίᾱς (Mĭkhaíās)

Latin: Michaeās

Theophoric, from מִי (mí, “who”) + כַּ־ (ka-, “like”) + יהוה (yhwh, “God”) (literally “Who is like God?”). Compare to מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).

compound

(biblical) a male given name equivalent to Micaiah.


אביתר

he-proper noun

אֶבְיָתָר • (Evyatar) m

אֶבְיָתָר (canonical)
Evyatar (romanization)

a male given name; Abiathar, Evyatar, Eviatar, Evyosor


אפרת

אֶפְרָת • (efrát) f

אֶפְרָת (canonical)
efrát (romanization)

a female given name, Ephrath, Efrath, or Efrat


רינה

רינה / רִנָּה • (rína) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]


אהרוני

אַהֲרוֹנִי (canonical)
aharoni (romanization)

English: Aharoni


ששון

he-noun

שָׂשׂוֹן • (sasón) m

שָׂשׂוֹן (canonical)
sasón (romanization)


רן

he-proper noun

רַן • (rán) m


אחינועם

אחינועם / אֲחִינֹעַם • (akhinó'am) f

אֲחִינֹעַם (canonical)
akhinó'am (romanization)

a female given name, Ahinoam or Achinoam


דורית

דּוֹרִית • (dorít) f

דּוֹרִית (canonical)
dorít (romanization)

דּוֹר (dor) + ־ית (-ít, “Forming female given names; especially, appended to male given names to form female counterparts.”)


חנוך

he-proper noun

חֲנוֹךְ • (khanókh) m

חֲנוֹךְ (canonical)
khanókh (romanization)

→ Esperanto: Ĥanoĥo

desc

→ Ancient Greek: Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh) (learned)

→ Late Latin: Enoch (learned)

a male given name, equivalent to English Enoch or Hanoch


נאור

he-proper noun

נָאוֹר • (na'ór) m

From the root א־ו־ר, mainly associated with אוֹר (or, “light”).


חרות

חֵרוּת • (kherút) f

חֵרוּת (canonical)
kherút (romanization)
חירות (alternative)


איטלקי

he-noun

אִיטַלְקִיָּה

אִיטַלְקִי • (italkí) m (plural indefinite אִיטַלְקִים, feminine counterpart אִיטַלְקִיָּה)

אִיטַלְקִי (canonical)
italkí (romanization)
אִיטַלְקִים (indefinite plural)
אִיטַלְקִיָּה (feminine)

Attested since Mishnaic Hebrew, from Latin ītalicus or Ancient Greek ἰταλικός (italikós).

(countable) Italian (an inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent)


דורון

he-proper noun

דּוֹרוֹן • (dorón) m or f

דּוֹרוֹן (canonical)
dorón (romanization)

[Mishnaic] From Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift; hand's width”) (see further there).

bor

a male or female given name, Doron, from Ancient Greek


מימון

he-proper noun

מַיְמוֹן • (maymón) m

מַיְמוֹן (canonical)
maymón (romanization)

From Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “auspicious, lucky”).


שמעי

he-proper noun

שִׁמְעִי • (shim'í) m

שִׁמְעִי (canonical)
shim'í (romanization)

(biblical) a male given name, Shimei or Shimi


מארס

מארס / מַרְס • (márs) m

(Roman mythology) Mars (the Roman god of war)


פשטו

פַּשְׁטוֹ • (pashto) f

פַּשְׁטוֹ (canonical)
pashto (romanization)

פשטו היא שפה איראנית המדוברת בפי הפתאנים בדרומה ובמזרחה של אפגניסטן ובצפון-מערב פקיסטן, וכן בקרב קהילות פתאניות ברחבי העולם.

Pashto (the native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)


אורן

אורן / אֹרֶן • ('óren) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

a male given name, equivalent to English Oren


נחמן

נַחְמָן • (nakhmán) m

נַחְמָן (canonical)
nakhmán (romanization)

desc

Byzantine Greek: Ναχμανίδης (Nakhmanídēs)

English: Nahmanides, Nachmanides

Russian: Нахмани́д (Naxmaníd)

A name meaning "consoler," from נחם (“to comfort”).


מאיר

he-proper noun

מֵאִיר • (me'ír) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Meir or Meyer


מקדש מעט

he-noun

מִקְדָּשׁ מְעַט

מִקְדָּשׁ מְעַט • (mikdásh m'át) m

מִקְדָּשׁ מְעַט (canonical)
mikdásh m'át (romanization)

From the Bible, Ezekiel he:T:16, with translation of the King James Version: “Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.”

(flowery, dated, countable, Judaism) synagogue


ארוס

he-proper noun

אֶרוֹס • (eros) m

(Greek mythology) Eros (the god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares)


צבי

צְבִי • (ts'ví) m

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣aby(at-). Compare Arabic ظَبْي (ẓaby) and Aramaic טַבְיָא (ṭaḇyā).


יוסי

יוֹסִי • (Yosí) m

→ Yiddish: יוסי (Yosi)

יוֹסֵף יוסף#Hebrew

a diminutive, Yossi, of the male given name יוֹסֵף (Yoséf), equivalent to English Joe or Joey


ניתאי

ניתאי / נִתַּאי • (nitáy) m

נִתַּאי (canonical)
nitáy (romanization)


רועי

רועי / רֹעִי • (ro'í) m

a male given name, Roy, Roi, Roee, or Roey


ציפי

צִיפִּי • (tsípi) f

צִיפִּי (canonical)
tsípi (romanization)

ציפורה \ צִפֹּרָה
ציפורה#Hebrew

a diminutive of the female given name ציפורה \ צִפֹּרָה


דלתא

he-noun

דֶּלְתָּא • (délta) f

דֶּלְתָּא (canonical)
délta (romanization)
דֶּלְתָּה (alternative)

delta (the fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ)


עופר

he-proper noun

עופר / עֹפֶר • (ófer) m or f [pattern: קֹטֶל]

a male or female given name, Ofer, Offer, or Opher


קתדרלה

he-noun

קָתֶדְרָלוֹת

קָתֶדְרָלָה • (katedrala) f (plural indefinite קָתֶדְרָלוֹת, singular construct קָתֶדְרָלַת־)

קָתֶדְרָלָה (canonical)
katedrala (romanization)
קָתֶדְרָלוֹת (indefinite plural)
קָתֶדְרָלַת־ (construct singular)

Via various European languages from Latin (ecclesia) cathedralis, from cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).


אורון

אוֹרוֹן • (orón) m

Coined by Academy of the Hebrew Language in 2009.


אורנוס

he-noun

אוּרָנוּס • (uránus) m

אוּרָנוּס (canonical)
uránus (romanization)

From Latin Uranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós).

(astronomy) Uranus
(Greek mythology) Uranus

נֹגַהּ · אֶרֶץ · מַאֲדִים · צֶדֶק · שַׁבְּתַאי · אוּרָנוּס


נפטון

נֶפְּטוּן • (néptun) m

נֶפְּטוּן (canonical)
néptun (romanization)

Ultimately from Latin Neptunus via various European languages.

(astronomy) Neptune
(Roman mythology) Neptune


שבתאי

שַׁבְּתַאי • (shabtáy) m

שַׁבְּתַאי (canonical)
shabtáy (romanization)

From שבת (“Sabbath, Shabbat, Saturday”). The Hebrew name of the planet is derived from the name of the day of the week, ultimately through analogy with the Roman name for Saturday, which is still named after the Roman god Saturn in some European languages. Originally in Latin the sixth day of the week (seventh in Jewish tradition) was dedicated to the god Saturn (see dies Saturni), but after the Christianization of the Roman Empire it was renamed "Sabbath" (dies Sabbati), as in Hebrew. Today, European languages are split in their name for the day, with the majority using a derivative of שבת, and a few, including English, retaining the dedication to Saturn. The name "שבתאי" is a calque of sorts of the name "Saturn," reinterpreting the planet's name as being taken from the word for Saturday instead of the Roman god.


מיכל

he-proper noun

מִיכַל • (mikhál) f

מִיכַל (canonical)
mikhál (romanization)


עודד

עוֹדֵד • (oded) m


אלבני

he-adj

אַלְבָּנִיּוֹת

אַלְבָּנִי • (albani) (feminine אַלְבָּנִית, masculine plural אַלְבָּנִים, feminine plural אַלְבָּנִיּוֹת)

אַלְבָּנִי (canonical)
albani (romanization)
אַלְבָּנִית (feminine)
אַלְבָּנִים (masculine plural)
אַלְבָּנִיּוֹת (feminine plural)


בלה

he-proper noun

בֶּלָה • (béla) f

a female given name, equivalent to English Bella


איראני

he-adj

אִירָאנִיִּים

אִירָאנִיּוֹת

אִירָאנִי • (irani) (feminine אִירָאנִית, masculine plural אִירָאנִים or אִירָאנִיִּים, feminine plural אִירָאנִיּוֹת)

אִירָאנִי (canonical)
irani (romanization)
אִירָאנִית (feminine)
אִירָאנִים (masculine plural)
אִירָאנִיִּים (masculine plural)
אִירָאנִיּוֹת (feminine plural)

אִירָאן + ־י

suffix

אִירָאן + ־י


ליטאית

he-proper noun

לִיטָאִית • (lita'it) f

לִיטָאִית (canonical)
lita'it (romanization)

ליטאית, שפתה הרשמית של ליטא, היא שפה בלטית מזרחית מקבוצת השפות הבלטיות של משפחת השפות ההודו־אירופיות.

Lithuanian, the official language of Lithuania, is an East-Baltic language from the Baltic-language group of the Indo-European language family.

Lita'it, s'fatah harishmit shel lita, hi safa baltit mizrakhit mik'vutsat hasafot habaltiot shel mishpakhat hasafot hahodu-eiropiyot.

(uncountable) Lithuanian (the main language of Lithuania)


תום

he-noun

תּוֹם • (tom) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Tom


כפיר

he-proper noun

כְּפִיר • (k'fir) m

כְּפִיר (canonical)
k'fir (romanization)


אבנר

אַבְנֵר • (avnér) m

אַבְנֵר (canonical)
avnér (romanization)

From אָב (av, “father”) + נור (nur, “light”) or אָב (av, “father”) + נר (ner, “a candle”).


חולדה

he-proper noun

חולדה / חֻלְדָּה • (khuldá) f

חֻלְדָּה (canonical)
khuldá (romanization)

חָלַד (“dig”) + ־ָה

compound

חָלַד (“dig”) + ־ָה


אוריה

he-proper noun

אוּרִיָּה • (uriyá) m or f

אוּרִיָּה (canonical)
uriyá (romanization)

a male or female given name, equivalent to English Uriah


אמנון

אַמְנוֹן • (amnón) m

אַמְנוֹן (canonical)
amnón (romanization)


בת שבע

בַּת־שֶׁבַע • (bat shéva) f (Biblical Hebrew pausal form בַּת־שָׁבַע)

בַּת ־שֶׁבַע (canonical)
bat shéva (romanization)
pausal form בַּת־שָׁבַע (Biblical-Hebrew)

בַּת (bat, literally “a daughter of”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”)

compound

a female given name, Bat-sheva, equivalent to English Bathsheba


טוביה

he-proper noun

טוֹבִיָּה • (toviyá) m

טוֹבִיָּה (canonical)
toviyá (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Τοβίας (Tobías)

→ English: Tobias

→ Yiddish: טבֿיה (tevye)

From טוֹב (tóv, “good”) + יה (yah, “YHVH”), literally meaning “God is good”.

a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias


אבחזית

אַבְּחָזִית • (ab'kházit) f

אַבְּחָזִית (canonical)
ab'kházit (romanization)

Abkhaz (a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia)


דל״ת

דָּלֶ״ת (canonical)
dale"t (romanization)
דלת (alternative)
דלד (alternative)

Dalet (fourth letter in Hebrew script and other Semitic scripts)


אל״ף

he-noun

álef, ʾɔ́lɛp̄

אָלֶ״ף • (álef, ʾɔ́lɛp̄) f

אָלֶ״ף (canonical)
álef (romanization)
ʾɔ́lɛp̄ (romanization)

Pausal form of אֶלֶף (élef, ʾɛ́lɛp̄, “cattle, oxen”), term used in reference to the original shape of this letter, which was representing the head of an ox (𐤀).
Cognate with Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif), which is also used for the first letter of the Arabic abjad, namely ا.

aleph, alef (the first letter of the Hebrew script)


בי״ת

בֵּי״ת • (béy"t) f

בֵּי״ת (canonical)
béy"t (romanization)
בית (alternative)

Beth, Bet (the second letter in Hebrew script and other Semitic scripts).


גימ״ל

גִּימֶ״ל • (gímel, gímɛl) m (plural indefinite גִּימְלִין)

גִּימֶ״ל (canonical)
gímel (romanization)
gímɛl (romanization)
גִּימְלִין (indefinite plural)
גימל (alternative)

gimel (the third letter of the Hebrew script and other Semitic scripts)


ה״א

הֵ״א • (hé) f

הֵ״א (canonical)
hé (romanization)
הא (alternative)

hei, hey (the fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets including Hebrew)


זי״ן

zayin, zain, zayn, zay (the seventh letter of various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


חי״ת

חֵי״ת (canonical)
khet (romanization)
חית (alternative)
ח״ת (alternative)
חת (alternative)

khet, chet, kheth, cheth, het, heth (the eighth (8th) letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


טי״ת

טֵי״ת (canonical)
te"t (romanization)
טית (alternative)
ט״ת (alternative)
טת (alternative)

tet, teth (the ninth letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


יו״ד

יוֹ״ד (canonical)
yo"d (romanization)
יוּד (alternative)

yod, yud, yodh (the tenth letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


כ״ף

kaf, kaph (the 11th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


למ״ד

לָמֶ״ד • (láme"d) f

לָמֶ״ד (canonical)
láme"d (romanization)

lamed, lamedh (the 12th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


מ״ם

mem (the 13th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


נו״ן

nun (the 14th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


קו״ף

קוּ״ף (canonical)
ku"f (romanization)
קוֹ״ף (alternative)
קוּף (alternative)
קוֹף (alternative)

qoph (the 19th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


גמא

גָּמָא • (gáma) f

gamma (the third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ))


סמ״ך

סָמֶ״ךְ (canonical)
same"kh (romanization)

samekh (the 15th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


עי״ן

עַיִ״ן • (áyi"n) f

ayin (the 16th letter of the various Semitic scripts, including Hebrew)


מיקה

he-proper noun

מִיקָה • (miká) f


שמעיה

שְׁמַעְיָה • (shmayá) m

שְׁמַעְיָה (canonical)
shmayá (romanization)

שָׁמַע יָהּ (shamá' yah, “the LORD heard”)

a male given name, Shemaiah, Shmaya, Samaias, or Sameas


נעמי

נָעֳמִי • (no'omí) f

נָעֳמִי (canonical)
no'omí (romanization)

English: Naomi

Latin: Noemī

a female given name, equivalent to English Naomi


אכדית

אַכַּדִּית • (akadít) f

אַכַּדִּית (canonical)
akadít (romanization)

Akkadian (the now extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, formerly used as an international language of diplomacy)


פטר

פֶּטֶר • (péter) m

a male given name, equivalent to English Peter


ברקזיט

he-noun

בְּרֶקְזִיט • (brékzit) m

בְּרֶקְזִיט (canonical)
brékzit (romanization)


נמרוד

he-proper noun

נִמְרוֹד • (Nimród) m

נִמְרוֹד (canonical)
Nimród (romanization)

Sometimes connected to מרד (“to rebel”), but van der Toorn et al. instead prefer a derivation from the name of a "major Mesopotamian deity", that being Ninurta, from Sumerian 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁.

a male given name, equivalent to English Nimrod


מנדעית

מַנְדָּעִית • (mandá'it) f

מַנְדָּעִית (canonical)
mandá'it (romanization)

Mandaic (the liturgical language of the Mandaean religion, a variety of Aramaic with strong Persian influences)


יואב

יוֹאָב • (yo'áv) m


מנזר

he-noun

מִנְזָר • (minzár) m (plural indefinite מִנְזָרִים, singular construct מִנְזַר־, plural construct מִנְזְרֵי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

מִנְזָר (canonical)
minzár (romanization)
מִנְזָרִים (indefinite plural)
מִנְזַר־ (construct singular)
מִנְזְרֵי־ (construct plural)
מינזר (alternative)

monastery (a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows); convent, abbey


יהוסף

he-proper noun

יְהוֹסֵף • (y'hoséf) m

יְהוֹסֵף (canonical)
y'hoséf (romanization)

עֵדוּת בִּיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ בְּצֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם שְׂפַת לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָע׃

Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T2681#פא_ה|81:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

'edút bihoséf samó b'tseitó 'al-'érets mitsráyim s'fát lo-yadá'ti 'eshmá'.
ʿēḏūṯ bīhōsēp̄ śāmō bəṣēṯō ʿal-ʾéreṣ miṣrā́yim śəp̄aṯ lō-yāḏáʿtī ʾešmāʿ.

יוֹסֵף יוסף#Hebrew

a male given name: alternative form of יוֹסֵף


חזקיהו

חִזְקִיָּהוּ

חִזְקִיָּהוּ • (Ḥizkiyáhu) m

חִזְקִיָּהוּ (canonical)
Ḥizkiyáhu (romanization)
חִזְקִיָּה (alternative)

desc

→ Akkadian: 𒄩𒍝𒆥𒀀𒌑 (ḫa-za-qí-a-ú /Khazakiyow/)

→ English: Hezekiah

→ Finnish: Hiskia

→ Hawaiian: Hekekia

→ Latin: Ezechias

→ English: Ezekias

→ Danish: Ezekias, Esekias

→ Greenlandic: Issiikia

→ French: Ézéchias

→ Italian: Ezechia

→ Norwegian: Esekias

→ Polish: Ezechiasz

→ Norwegian: Hiskia

→ Swedish: Hiskia

→ Indonesian: Hizkia

Theophoric, from חזק (ḥazaq, “strength”) + ־י (-i, “my”) + ־יהו (-yáhu, “the Lord”), literally “Yahweh is my strength.”


כורדית

he-proper noun

כּוּרְדִּית • (kúrdit) f

כּוּרְדִּית (canonical)
kúrdit (romanization)

Kurdish (family of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains))

(informal) Neo-Aramaic spoken by Kurdish Jews


אהוד

אֵהוּד • (ehúd) m


ניצה

ניצה / נִצָּהּ • (nitsá) f

נִצָּהּ (canonical)
nitsá (romanization)


פיקאצ׳ו

(video games, anime, manga) Pikachu (a small yellow rodent-like Pokémon species that has red cheeks and a tail shaped like a lightning bolt, and has electricity-related powers)


עזיז

עָזִיז • ((ʿ)azíz) m


עדי

עֲדִי • (ʿadí) m or f


נחמה

נֶחָמָה • (nekhamá) f

נֶחָמָה (canonical)
nekhamá (romanization)


נעמה

נַעֲמָה • (na'amá) f

נַעֲמָה (canonical)
na'amá (romanization)


נועם

נועם / נֹעַם • (nó'am) m


יוחאי

יוֹחַאי • (yokhái) m

יוֹחַאי (canonical)
yokhái (romanization)


רונן

רוֹנֵן • (ronén) m


יוכבד

יוֹכֶבֶד • (yokhéved) f

יוֹכֶבֶד (canonical)
yokhéved (romanization)


רפאל

רָפָאֵל (canonical)
rafa'el (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: رَفَائِيل (rafāʔīl)

→ Arabic: رَفَائِيل (rafāʔīl)

→ Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)

→ English: Raphael

→ Finnish: Rafael

→ French: Raphaël

→ German: Raphael

→ Greek: Ραφαήλ (Rafaḯl), Ραφαήλος (Rafaḯlos)

→ Italian: Raffaele

→ Persian: رافائل (râfâ'el)

→ Polish: Rafał

→ Russian: Рафаи́л (Rafaíl)

→ Spanish: Rafael

→ Yiddish: רפֿאל (refoyl)

רָפָא (rāp̄ā, “he (has) cured”) + אֵל (ʾēl, “God”), literally “God has cured”.


לילי

he-proper noun

לִילִי • (líli) f

לילי טומלין


טג׳יקי

he-adj

טג׳יקי • (tajikí) (feminine טג׳יקית, masculine plural טג׳יקים, feminine plural טג׳יקיות)

tajikí (romanization)
טג׳יקית (feminine)
טג׳יקים (masculine plural)
טג׳יקיות (feminine plural)


תומי

he-proper noun

תומי • (tómi)

a diminutive of the male given name תום, equivalent to English Tommy


מייק

A transliteration of the English male given name Mike


אורית

אוֹרִית • ('orít) f

אוֹרִית (canonical)
'orít (romanization)


חוויאר

a male given name, equivalent to Spanish Javier


ע׳ין

(linguistics) ghayn (the Arabic letter غ)


שבי

בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים בְּנֵי שַׁלּוּם בְּנֵי אָטֵר בְּנֵי טַלְמוֹן בְּנֵי עַקּוּב בְּנֵי חֲטִיטָא בְּנֵי שֹׁבָי

הַשֹּׁעֲרִים בְּנֵי שַׁלּוּם בְּנֵי אָטֵר בְּנֵי טַלְמֹן בְּנֵי עַקּוּב בְּנֵי חֲטִיטָא בְּנֵי שֹׁבָי


איסלנדית

אִיסְלַנְדִּית

אִיסְלַנְדִּית • (islandít) f

אִיסְלַנְדִּית (canonical)
islandít (romanization)

Icelandic (a North Germanic language, the national tongue of Iceland)


דונלד

דוֹנָלְד • (dónald) m

דוֹנָלְד (canonical)
dónald (romanization)


איכבוד

אִיכָבוֹד • (ʾīḵāḇōḏ) m

אִיכָבוֹד (canonical)
ʾīḵāḇōḏ (romanization)

From אִי (ʾī, “not”) + כָּבוֹד (kāḇōḏ, “honor”), literally "(there is) no honor".

com

a male given name, equivalent to English Ichabod


עדנה

he-proper noun

עדנה • (ʿedná) f

Related to Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿēden, “Eden”), derived from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).


רפי

רָפָאֵל רפאל#Hebrew

a diminutive of the male given name רָפָאֵל (rafa'él)


רומנוס

romanos (romanization)
-us (romanization)

From Ancient Greek Ῥωμανός (Rhōmanós), Latin Rōmānus.

אמר רבי זירא אמר רבי אסי אמר רבי יוחנן אמר רבי חנינא אמר רבי רומנוס: לי התיר רבי לטלטל מחתה באפרה
Rabbi Zeira said [that] Rabbi Asi said [that] Rabbi Yoḥanan said [that] Rabbi Ḥanina said [that] Rabbi Romanus said: Rabbi [Yehuda HaNasi] permitted me to carry a coal pan with its ashes.

Talmud, tractate Shabbat 47a:2 (trans. William Davidson)

...שלל אשר לקח מסמבריו ואומר בי רומנוס
השיאני...את ויאמר לו פסח אם כן לך על רומנוס
והלחם בו כאשר נלחמתה בי ואלך מעליך ואמ לא פה
אמות או אחיה עד אנקום נקמתי וילך בעל כורחו
וילחמ על קוסטנטינא ארבעה הדשים בים ויפלו שם

The 'Schechter Letter' (Cambridge T-S Misc. 35.38), lines 76—80

...of the plunder which he took from the Severians, but he said, "Romanos
enticed me..." Then Pesakh said to him, "If this be so, march against Romanos
and fight against him as you did fight against me, and I will depart from you, but if not, here
I shall die, or live until I have taken vengeance," And thus he marched against his own will
and fought against Constantinople four months by sea. And his mighty men fell


אופיר

he-proper noun

אופיר / אֹפִר • (ofír) m

Ofir, a beach in Fão, Portugal.

Ophir

a male or female given name, equivalent to English Ophir


עדינה

עֲדִינָה • (adina) f

עֲדִינָה (canonical)
adina (romanization)


אסנת

אׇסְנַת • (osnát)

אׇסְנַת (canonical)
osnát (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Ασενέθ (Asenéth)

→ Latin: Aseneth

→ English: Asenath

/ˌʔɔ.săˈnaːθ/

Egyptian in origin. Reconstructed as js (“that,for”) + .w (“third person pronoun”) + n (“of”) + nt ('Neith'), producing "belonging to Neith."


בטא

he-noun

בֵּטָא • (béta) f

בֵּטָא (canonical)
béta (romanization)
בֵּטָה (alternative)
בֵּיתָא (alternative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).

beta (the second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ))


שומרית

he-proper noun

שׁוּמֵרִית • (shumerít) f

שׁוּמֵרִית (canonical)
shumerít (romanization)

(linguistics) Sumerian (the ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate)


אשורי

he-noun

אַשּׁוּרִי • (ashurí) m (plural indefinite אַשּׁוּרִים, feminine counterpart אַשּׁוּרִית)

אַשּׁוּרִי (canonical)
ashurí (romanization)
אַשּׁוּרִים (indefinite plural)
אַשּׁוּרִית (feminine)

(historical) Assyrian (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh)

Assyrian (a person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians) (male)


אשורית

אַשּׁוּרִיּוֹת

אַשּׁוּרִית • (ashurít) f (plural indefinite אַשּׁוּרִיּוֹת, masculine counterpart אַשּׁוּרִי)

אַשּׁוּרִית (canonical)
ashurít (romanization)
אַשּׁוּרִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)
אַשּׁוּרִי (masculine)

Assyrian (a person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians) (female)


אשורית

אַשּׁוּרִית • (ashurít) f (no plural forms)

אַשּׁוּרִית (canonical)
ashurít (romanization)


עדריאל

he-proper noun

עַדְרִיאֵל • (adri'él) m

עַדְרִיאֵל (canonical)
adri'él (romanization)

From עֵדֶר (éder, “flock”) + אֵל (el, “God”), literally "flock of God".