עדשה

he-noun

עֲדָשָׁה • (adashá) f (plural indefinite עֲדָשׁוֹת, singular construct עַדְשַׁת־)

עֲדָשָׁה (canonical)
adashá (romanization)
עֲדָשׁוֹת (indefinite plural)
עַדְשַׁת־ (construct singular)

Root
 ע־ד־שׁ (ʿ-d-sh)
 0 terms
Compare Arabic عَدَس (ʕadas, “lentil”) and Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lens”).

(optics) lens (an object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it)

(anatomy) lens (the transparent crystalline structure in the eye)


שחור

he-adj

שחור / שָׁחֹר • (shakhór) (feminine שחורה / שְׁחֹרָה, masculine plural שחורים / שְׁחֹרִים, feminine plural שחורות / שְׁחֹרוֹת)

שָׁחֹר (canonical)
shakhór (romanization)
שחורה (feminine)
שְׁחֹרָה (feminine)
שחורים (masculine plural)
שְׁחֹרִים (masculine plural)
שחורות (feminine plural)
שְׁחֹרוֹת (feminine plural)


משקפיים

he-noun

מִשְׁקָפַיִם

משקפיים / מִשְׁקָפַיִם • (mishkafáyim) m du (singular indefinite מִשְׁקָף, dual construct מִשְׁקְפֵי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

מִשְׁקָפַיִם (canonical)
mishkafáyim (romanization)
מִשְׁקָף (indefinite singular)
מִשְׁקְפֵי־ (construct dual)

Coined by Polish-Israeli writer Leib Hazan.

coinage

אני חובש משקפיים כבר שנים.


זהב

he-noun

זָהָב • (zaháv) m (singular construct זְהַב־) [pattern: קָטָל]

זָהָב (canonical)
zaháv (romanization)
זְהַב־ (construct singular)

A Central Semitic innovation. Cognate with Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab) and Classical Syriac ܕܗܒܐ (dahḇā).

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב וְשֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת וְשֶׁל אוֹר; הֲלֹא לְכָל שִׁירַיִךְ אֲנִי כִּנּוֹר

1967, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], performed by Shuly Nathan, Jerusalem, →OCLC:

Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light; am I not for all of your songs a violin?

Yerushaláyim shel zaháv v-shel n'ḥóshet v-shel or; haló l-khol shiráyikh ani kinnor.

(uncountable) gold (a deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold)


צבע

צֶבַע • (tsévaʿ) m (plural indefinite צְבָעִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

צֶבַע (canonical)
tsévaʿ (romanization)
צְבָעִים (indefinite plural)

Compare Arabic صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa, “to dye”), Aramaic צְבַע (ṣəbaʿ, “to dip, to dye”), Akkadian 𒍝𒁍𒌑 (/ṣabû/, “to soak, to bathe”), Ge'ez ጸብኀ (ṣäbḫä, “to dip”).


ורוד

וָרֹד (canonical)
varód (romanization)
וְרוּדָה (feminine)
וְרֻדָּה (feminine)
וְרוּדִים (masculine plural)
וְרֻדִּים (masculine plural)
וְרוּדוֹת (feminine plural)
וְרֻדּוֹת (feminine plural)


לבן

לָבָן (canonical)
laván (romanization)
לְבָנָה (feminine)
לְבָנִים (masculine plural)
לְבָנוֹת (feminine plural)

Root
 ל־ב־ן (l-b-n)
From Proto-West Semitic *laban-. Cognate with Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎁𐎐 (lbn), and Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn).


לבן

he-noun

לֹבֶן • (lóven) m

לובן לובן#Hebrew


לבן

he-verb

ליבן / לִבֵּן • (libén) (pi'el construction)

ליבן (canonical)
לִבֵּן (canonical)
libén (romanization)

ליבן ליבן#Hebrew


לבן

לובן לובן#Hebrew


לבן

he-proper noun

לָבָן • (laván) m


כתום

כָּתֹם (canonical)
katóm (romanization)
כתומה (feminine)
כְּתֻמָּה (feminine)
כתומים (masculine plural)
כְּתֻמִּים (masculine plural)
כתומות (feminine plural)
כְּתֻמּוֹת (feminine plural)

Root
 כ־ת־ם (k-t-m)
From the root כ־ת־ם.


חום

he-adj

חוּם • (khúm) (feminine חוּמָה, masculine plural חוּמִים, feminine plural חוּמוֹת)

חוּם (canonical)
khúm (romanization)
חוּמָה (feminine)
חוּמִים (masculine plural)
חוּמוֹת (feminine plural)


טורקיז

he-noun

טוּרְקִיז • (turkíz) m

טוּרְקִיז (canonical)
turkíz (romanization)

(countable) turquoise (a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone)

(countable and uncountable) turquoise (a pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone)


עפעף

עַפְעַפַּיִם

עַפְעַף • (af'áf) m (dual indefinite עפעפיים / עַפְעַפַּיִם)

עַפְעַף (canonical)
af'áf (romanization)
עפעפיים (dual indefinite)
עַפְעַפַּיִם (dual indefinite)
עַפְעַף (indefinite singular)
עַפְעַפִּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עַפְעַפֵּנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעַפְעַף (definite singular)
עַפְעַפְּךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַפְעַפֵּךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַפְעַפְּכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַפְעַפְּכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַפְעַף־ (construct singular)
עַפְעַפּוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַפְעַפָּהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַפְעַפָּם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עַפְעַפָּן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
עפעפיים (dual indefinite)
עַפְעַפַּיִם (dual indefinite)
עפעפיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עַפְעַפַּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עַפְעַפֵּינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
העפעפיים (definite dual)
הָעַפְעַפַּיִם (definite dual)
עַפְעַפֶּיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עפעפייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַפְעַפַּיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עַפְעַפֵּיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַפְעַפֵּיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עַפְעַפֵּי־ (construct dual)
עַפְעַפָּיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַפְעַפֶּיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עַפְעַפֵּיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עַפְעַפֵּיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

עפעפיים\עַפְעַפַּיִם

Root
 ע־פ־ע־ף (ʿ-p-ʿ-p)
Compare Ugaritic 𐎓𐎔𐎓𐎔 (ʿpʿp, “pupil”).


סגלגל

סְגַלְגַּל (canonical)
s'galgál (romanization)
סְגַלְגַּלָּה (feminine)
סְגַלְגַּלִּים (masculine plural)
סְגַלְגַּלּוֹת (feminine plural)


ריס

he-noun

רִיס • (ris) m (plural indefinite רִיסִים, singular construct רִיס־, plural construct רִיסֵי־)

רִיס (canonical)
ris (romanization)
רִיסִים (indefinite plural)
רִיס־ (construct singular)
רִיסֵי־ (construct plural)

lect

→ Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic: רֽיסָא (rīsā), רֵיסָא (rēsā)

A Middle Iranian borrowing within the relatives of Old Armenian երէզ (erēz, “band, bandage”), with the sports meaning in Old Armenian ասպարէզ (asparēz, “racecourse, stadium; stadion”), Jewish Literary Aramaic בֵית רֵיסָא (bēṯ rēsā, “racecourse, stadium”), deformed Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܪܗܛܐ (bēṯ rehṭā, “racecourse, stadium”). The development of the meaning of an eyelash may be recognized further in Arabic رِمْش (rimš, “eyelash”), and typologically Old Armenian կոպ (kop, “eyelid”) compares against Georgian კოპი (ḳoṗi, “leather-thong; satin-embroidered headband on which the veil of a woman is attached”).

cog

(obsolete) eyelid (then particularly together with eyelashes)

(historical) stadion (a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres)


ירוק

יָרֹק (canonical)
yarók (romanization)
ירוקה (feminine)
יְרֻקָּה (feminine)
ירוקים (masculine plural)
יְרֻקִּים (masculine plural)
ירוקות (feminine plural)
יְרֻקּוֹת (feminine plural)

From Proto-Semitic *waruḳ-. Compare with יֶרֶק (“vegetation”) and Arabic وَرَق (waraq, “leaf”)


כחול

כָּחֹל (canonical)
kaḥól (romanization)
כחולה (feminine)
כְּחֻלָּה (feminine)
כחולים (masculine plural)
כְּחֻלִּים (masculine plural)
כחולות (feminine plural)
כְּחֻלּוֹת (feminine plural)

Compare with Arabic كُحْلِيّ (kuḥliyy, “navy blue”) from كُحْل (kuḥl, “kohl”)

תְּכֵלֶת תכלת#Hebrew

blue, a darker shade than תְּכֵלֶת (tchélet)


אפרסק

he-noun

אֲפַרְסֵקִים

אֲפַרְסֵק • (afarsék) m (plural indefinite אֲפַרְסֵקִים)

אֲפַרְסֵק (canonical)
afarsék (romanization)
אֲפַרְסֵקִים (indefinite plural)
אֲפַרְסֵק (indefinite singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָאֲפַרְסֵק (definite singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
אֲפַרְסֵק־ (construct singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקִים (indefinite plural)
אפרסקיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָאֲפַרְסֵקִים (definite plural)
אֲפַרְסֵקֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
אפרסקייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵי־ (construct plural)
אֲפַרְסֵקָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
אֲפַרְסֵקֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

אֲפַרְסֵקִים

From Arabic اَلفِرْسِك (al-firsik, “the peach”), from Ancient Greek περσικόν (persikón, “peach”), short for μῆλον Περσικόν (mêlon Persikón, “Persian apple”).

der

Prunus persica
Prunus persica#Translingual

(countable) peach (any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit)

(uncountable) peach (a light yellow-red colour)


כחלחל

כְּחַלְחַל (canonical)
k'khalkhál (romanization)
כְּחַלְחַלָּה (feminine)
כְּחַלְחַלִּים (masculine plural)
כְּחַלְחַלּוֹת (feminine plural)


ארגון

he-noun

אַרְגְּוָן • (ʾargewān) m

אַרְגְּוָן (canonical)
ʾargewān (romanization)

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argamannu).

וְעַתָּה שְׁלַח־לִי אִישׁ־חָכָם לַעֲשׂוֹת בַּזָּהָב וּבַכֶּסֶף וּבַנְּחֹשֶׁת וּבַבַּרְזֶל וּבָאַרְגְּוָן וְכַרְמִיל וּתְכֵלֶת וְיֹדֵעַ לְפַתֵּחַ פִּתּוּחִים עִם־הַחֲכָמִים אֲשֶׁר עִמִּי בִּיהוּדָה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין דָּוִיד אָבִי׃

Tanach, 2 Chronicles [[s:he:T25b02#ב_ו|2:6]], with translation of jps:

Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

V-'atá shlaḥ li ish ḥakhám la'asót ba-zaháv u-va-késef u-va-nḥóshet u-va-barzél u-va-argván v-kharmíl u-tkhélet v-yodéa' l'fatéaḥ pituḥím 'im ha-ḥakhamím ashér 'immí bi-yhudá u-viyrushaláyim ashér hekhín Davíyd aví.


זית

זַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

זַיִת (canonical)
záyit (romanization)
זֵיתִים (indefinite plural)
זֵית־ (construct singular)
זֵיתֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 ז־ו־ת (z-w-t)
Akin to Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), whence Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), as well as to Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ), Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), Semitic borrowings; from Northwest Semitic also Egyptian D-d:t*W-M1 ḏt.

Olea europaea
Olea europaea#Translingual

olive tree (an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit)

olive (the small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green))

olive (a dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive)


צהוב

צָהֹב (canonical)
tsahóv (romanization)
צהובה (feminine)
צְהֻבָּה (feminine)
צהובים (masculine plural)
צְהֻבִּים (masculine plural)
צהובות (feminine plural)
צְהֻבּוֹת (feminine plural)


תכלת

תְּכֵלֶת • (t'chélet) f

תְּכֵלֶת (canonical)
t'chélet (romanization)

Root
 ת־כ־ל (t-k-l)
Cognate with Aramaic תְּכִלְתָּא (təḵiltā), Akkadian 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒆳𒊏 (takiltu).

cog

Aramaic תְּכִלְתָּא (təḵiltā)


אישון

he-noun

אִישׁוֹן • (ishón) m (plural indefinite אִישׁוֹנִים, singular construct אִישׁוֹן־, plural construct אִישׁוֹנֵי־)

אִישׁוֹן (canonical)
ishón (romanization)
אִישׁוֹנִים (indefinite plural)
אִישׁוֹן־ (construct singular)
אִישׁוֹנֵי־ (construct plural)

יִמְצָאֵהוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּ יְבוֹנְנֵהוּ יִצְּרֶנְהוּ כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ׃

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

yimtsa'éihu b'érets midbár uv'tóhu y'lél y'shimón y'sov'vénhu y'von'néhu yits'rénhu k'ishón einó.

(anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina)


ארגמן

אַרְגָּמָן • (argamán) m (singular construct אַרְגְּמַן־)

אַרְגָּמָן (canonical)
argamán (romanization)
אַרְגְּמַן־ (construct singular)


אפור

אִפּוּר • (ipúr) m

איפור איפור#Hebrew


סגול

סֶגוֹל • (segól, sɛḡol) m (plural indefinite סֶגוֹלִים)

סֶגוֹל (canonical)
segól (romanization)
sɛḡol (romanization)
סֶגוֹלִים (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from Aramaic סְגוֹלָא / ܣܓܘܿܠܵܐ (sḡōlā, “cluster”), due to its graphic shape thought to resemble grapes. Accordingly, in the earliest Hebrew-language Masoretic treatises with shwa on the samekh. Doublet of אֶשְׁכּוֹל (ʾɛškṓl).

doublet

Doublet of אֶשְׁכּוֹל (ʾɛškṓl)

segol (a Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (ִ◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle, pronounced in Modern Hebrew as /e/)


ירקרק

יְרַקְרַק (canonical)
y'rakrák (romanization)
יְרַקְרַקָּה (feminine)
יְרַקְרַקִּים (masculine plural)
יְרַקְרַקּוֹת (feminine plural)

he-m

ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók)


אדמדם

אֲדַמְדַּם (canonical)
adamdám (romanization)
אֲדַמְדַמָּה (feminine)
אֲדַמְדַמִּים (masculine plural)
אֲדַמְדַמּוֹת (feminine plural)


כתמתם

כְּתַמְתַּם (canonical)
k'tamtám (romanization)
כְּתַמְתַּמָּה (feminine)
כְּתַמְתַּמִּים (masculine plural)
כְּתַמְתַּמּוֹת (feminine plural)


שחרחר

שְׁחַרְחַר (canonical)
sh'kharkhár (romanization)
שְׁחַרְחָרָה (feminine)
שְׁחַרְחָרִים (masculine plural)
שְׁחַרְחָרוֹת (feminine plural)

Root
 שׁ־ח־ר (sh-kh-r)
From the root שׁ־ח־ר


אפרפר

אֲפַרְפַּר (canonical)
afarpár (romanization)
אֲפַרְפָּרָה (feminine)
אֲפַרְפָּרִים (masculine plural)
אֲפַרְפָּרוֹת (feminine plural)


ורדרד

וְרַדְרַד (canonical)
v'radrád (romanization)
וְרַדְרַדָּה (feminine)
וְרַדְרַדִּים (masculine plural)
וְרַדְרַדּוֹת (feminine plural)


שחום

שָׁחוּם (canonical)
shachum (romanization)
שְׁחוּמָה (feminine)
שְׁחוּמִים (masculine plural)
שְׁחוּמוֹת (feminine plural)

Root
 שׁ־ח־ם (sh-kh-m)
Blend of שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór, “black”) + חוּם (khúm, “brown”).

blend

שחור / שָׁחֹר


שחמחם

שְׁחַמְחַם (canonical)
sh'khamkhám (romanization)
שְׁחַמְחַמָּה (feminine)
שְׁחַמְחַמִּים (masculine plural)
שְׁחַמְחַמּוֹת (feminine plural)


לבנבן

לְבַנְבַּן (canonical)
l'vanban (romanization)
לְבַנְבַּנָּה (feminine)
לְבַנְבַּנִּים (masculine plural)
לְבַנְבַּנּוֹת (feminine plural)


צחור

צָחוֹר (canonical)
tzákhor (romanization)
צְחוֹרָה (feminine)
צְחוֹרִים (masculine plural)
צְחוֹרוֹת (feminine plural)

[…] וְהוּא בָּא כְּעַיִּט צוֹרֵחַ, \ נוֹצָתוֹ צְחוֹרָה כַּשֶׁלֶג […]

1990, Sophocles, translated by Aharon Shabtai, אַנְטִיגוֹנֵה [antigoneh, Antigone], lines 112–113:

[…] and, like shrill-screaming eagle, he flew over into our land, in snow-white pinion sheathed, […]


זעפרן

he-noun

זְעַפְרָן • (ze'afrán) m

זְעַפְרָן (canonical)
ze'afrán (romanization)

From Medieval Hebrew, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).


אורנז'

אוֹרַנְז' • (óranj) m

אוֹרַנְז' (canonical)
óranj (romanization)

→ South Levantine Arabic: أورانج

(uncountable) orange (the colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow)


גלגל העין

גַּלְגַּל הָעַיִן

גַּלְגַּל הָעַיִן • (galgál ha'áyin) m

גַּלְגַּל הָעַיִן (canonical)
galgál ha'áyin (romanization)


משקפי שמש

מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ

מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ • (mishkefé-shémesh) m pl

מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ (canonical)
mishkefé-shémesh (romanization)

אֲנִי חוֹבֵשׁ מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבָר שָׁנִים.

aní khovésh mishkefé shémesh kvár shaním.


קשתית

קַשְׁתִּית • (kashtít) f

קַשְׁתִּית (canonical)
kashtít (romanization)


קרנית

קַרְנִית • (karnít) f

קַרְנִית (canonical)
karnít (romanization)


לובן העין

לֹבֶן הָעַיִן

לובן העין / לֹבֶן הָעַיִן • (lóven ha'áyin) m

לֹבֶן הָעַיִן (canonical)
lóven ha'áyin (romanization)

(anatomy) sclera (the white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea)


רשתית

רִשְׁתִּית • (rishtít) f

רִשְׁתִּית (canonical)
rishtít (romanization)


לחמית

לַחְמִית • (lakhmít) f

לַחְמִית (canonical)
lakhmít (romanization)