צרפת

צָרְפַת (canonical)
tsar'fát (romanization)

Appears twice in the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Obadiah next to ספרד, when that word acquired its meaning as Spain, צרפת acquired a meaning of the country bordering Spain, France.

קוּם לֵךְ צָרְפַתָה אֲשֶׁר לְצִידוֹן וְיָשַׁבְתָּ שָׁם הִנֵּה צִוִּיתִי שָׁם אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה לְכַלְכְּלֶךָ׃

Tanach, 1 Kings [[s:he:T09a17#יז_ט|17:9]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

‘Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.’

kúm lékh tsar'fáta 'asher l'tsidón v'yashavtá shám hiné tsivíti shám 'ishá 'almaná l'khalk'lékha.
qūm lēḵ ṣārəp̄áṯā ʾăšer ləṣīḏōn wəyāšaḇtā šām hinnē ṣiwwī́ṯī šām ʾiššā ʾalmānā ləḵalkəléḵā.

וְגָלֻת הַחֵל־הַזֶּה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־כְּנַעֲנִים עַד־צָרְפַת וְגָלֻת יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּסְפָרַד יִרְשׁוּ אֵת עָרֵי הַנֶּגֶב׃

Tanach, Obadiah [[s:he:T1601#א_כ|1:20]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

v'galút hakhél-hazé liv'néi yisra'él 'asher-k'na'aním 'ad-tsar'fát v'galút y'rushaláyim 'ashér bis'farád yir'shú 'ét 'aréi hanégev.
wḡālūṯ haḥēl-hazze liḇənē yiśrāʾēl ʾăšer-kənaʿănīm ʿaḏ-ṣārəp̄aṯ wəḡālūṯ yərūšāláyim ʾăšer bisəp̄āraḏ yīrəšū ʾēṯ ʿārē hannéḡeḇ.

(biblical, historical) Sarepta, Zarephath (Phoenician city in modern-day Lebanon)


מילון

he-noun

מילון / מִלּוֹן • (milón) m (plural indefinite מילונים / מִלּוֹנִים, singular construct מילון / מִלּוֹן־, plural construct מילוני / מִלּוֹנֵי־)

מִלּוֹן (canonical)
milón (romanization)
מילונים (indefinite plural)
מִלּוֹנִים (indefinite plural)
מילון (construct singular)
מִלּוֹן־ (construct singular)
מילוני (construct plural)
מִלּוֹנֵי־ (construct plural)

Root
 מ־ל־ל (m-l-l)
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from מילה \ מִלָּה (milá, “word”) + ־וֹן (-ón).

affix

מילה \ מִלָּה


רב

he-noun

רַב • (ráv) m (plural indefinite רַבִּים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

רַב (canonical)
ráv (romanization)
רַבִּים (indefinite plural)

From the other of the roots ר־ב־ב (r-b-b).
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ʀav/

(biblical, obsolete) An archer: one who shoots arrows.


גולם

גולם / גֹּלֶם • (gólem) m (plural indefinite גְּלָמִים, plural construct גָּלְמֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

גֹּלֶם (canonical)
gólem (romanization)
גְּלָמִים (indefinite plural)
גָּלְמֵי־ (construct plural)

(mythology, Jewish folklore) a golem, a clay automaton


ים

יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

יָם (canonical)
yam (romanization)
יַמִּים (indefinite plural)
יַם־ (construct singular)
יַמֵּי־ (construct plural)

Root
 י־מ־ם (y-m-m)
A Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare earlier Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”) which preserves the prototypical /w/ of this root, and distantly related Somali webi (“river”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ). From Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”).

וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם הָהָרָה מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵית־אֵל וַיֵּט אָהֳלֹה בֵּית־אֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0112#יב_ח|12:8]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

vaya'ték mishám hahára mikédem l'veit-'él vayét 'oholó beit-'él miyám v'ha'áy mikédem vayiven-shám mizbéakh laYHVH vayikrá b'shém YHVH.
wayyaʿtēq miššām hāhā́rā miqqéḏem ləḇēṯ-ʾēl wayyēṭ ʾohŏlō bēṯ-ʾēl miyyām wəhāʿay miqqéḏem wayyiḇen-šām mizbḗaḥ laYHWH wayyiqrā bəšēm YHWH.


קווידיץ׳

קְווִידִיץ׳ • (kwidich) m

קְווִידִיץ׳ (canonical)
kwidich (romanization)


הוגוורטס

he-proper noun

הוֹגווֹרטְס • (Hogworts) m

הוֹגווֹרטְס (canonical)
Hogworts (romanization)


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: 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


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)

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


מוגל

he-noun

מוּגְל • (mugl) m (plural indefinite מוּגְלְגִים)

מוּגְל (canonical)
mugl (romanization)
מוּגְלְגִים (indefinite plural)


מלכה

he-proper noun

מִלְכָּה • (milká) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

מִלְכָּה (canonical)
milká (romanization)


אבטיח

he-noun

אֲבַטִּיחִים

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

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

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

cog

Aramaic אֲבַטִּיחָא

lang

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

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

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

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

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


בית

he-noun

בַּיִת • (báyit, báyiṯ) m (plural indefinite בָּֽתִּים, singular construct בֵּית־, plural construct בָּֽתֵּי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form בָּיִת) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

בַּיִת (canonical)
báyit (romanization)
báyiṯ (romanization)
בָּֽתִּים (indefinite plural)
בֵּית־ (construct singular)
בָּֽתֵּי־ (construct plural)
form בָּיִת (Biblical-Hebrew pausal)
בַּיִת (indefinite singular)
בֵּיתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בֵּיתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַבַּיִת (definite singular)
בֵּיתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
בֵּיתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בֵּיתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
בֵּיתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
בֵּית־ (construct singular)
בֵּיתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
בֵּיתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
בֵּיתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
בֵּיתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
בָּֽתִּים (indefinite plural)
בתיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בָּֽתַּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בָּֽתֵּינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַבָּֽתִּים (definite plural)
בָּֽתֶּיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
בתייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בָּֽתַּיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בָּֽתֵּיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
בָּֽתֵּיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
בָּֽתֵּי־ (construct plural)
בָּֽתָּיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
בָּֽתֶּיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
בָּֽתֵּיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
בָּֽתֵּיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

desctree

→ Yiddish: בית (beys)
→ Alemannic German: Beiz
→ German: Beiz

From Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum) and Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

(poetry) stanza (a unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse)


מצרים

he-proper noun

מִצְרַיִם • (mitsráyim) f (Biblical Hebrew pausal form מִצְרָיִם)

מִצְרַיִם (canonical)
mitsráyim (romanization)
form מִצְרָיִם (Biblical-Hebrew pausal)

From a common Semitic source; compare Arabic مِصْر (miṣr) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm). The ending is the standard dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Connections have also been drawn to מֶצֶר (métser, “border, limit”) and מיצר / מֵצַר (meitsár, “sea strait”).

(biblical) Mizraim, son of Ham and grandson of Noah


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

→ Yiddish: שלמה (shloyme)
→ Dutch: Sjloume


אבגתא

he-proper noun

אֲבַגְתָא or אבגתא • (avagtá or aḇagṯā) m

אֲבַגְתָא (canonical)
אבגתא (canonical)
avagtá (romanization)
aḇagṯā (romanization)

Probably from Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /baga/) + 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬 (d-d-a-tu /dātā/, “given”), thus literally "God-given"

בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי כְּטוֹב לֵב־הַמֶּלֶךְ בַּיָּיִן אָמַר לִמְהוּמָן בִּזְּתָא חַרְבוֹנָא בִּגְתָא וַאֲבַגְתָא זֵתַר וְכַרְכַּס שִׁבְעַת הַסָּרִיסִים הַמְשָׁרְתִים אֶת־פְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ׃

Tanach, Esther [[s:he:T3301#א_יא|1:11]], with translation of the New International Version:

On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas—


אבישלום

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם • (avishalóm) m

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (canonical)
avishalóm (romanization)

→ Old Armenian: Աբիսողոմ (Abisołom)

Armenian: Աբիսողոմ (Abisoġom)

→ Koine Greek: Ἀβεσσαλώμ (Abessalṓm)

desctree

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

→ Russian: Авессало́м (Avessalóm)

Roots
 א־ב (ʾ-b)
 שׁ־ל־ם (sh-l-m)
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)


תלמי

he-proper noun

תַּלְמַי • (talmáy)

תַּלְמַי (canonical)
talmáy (romanization)

Perhaps related to תֶּלֶם (télem, “furrow, ridge”). Later associated with Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

(biblical) Talmai, one of several biblical figures


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 (Sumeṓn), 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

Simeon, Simon (any of several Biblical figures).

(biblical) Simeon (second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)


משה

he-proper noun

מֹשֶׁה • (moshé) m

Root
 מ־שׁ־ה (m-sh-h)
Possibly from מָשָׁה (mashá, “draw out [of the water], rescue”).

(biblical) Moses (the pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran)


שמשון

שִׁמְשׁוֹן • (shimshón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

שִׁמְשׁוֹן (canonical)
shimshón (romanization)

(biblical) Samson (an Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress)


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

Daniel (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)

(biblical) Daniel (the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel)


עברה

עֶבְרָה (canonical)
'evrá (romanization)


עברה

he-noun

עֲבָרָה • ('avará) f

עֲבָרָה (canonical)
'avará (romanization)


נתן

he-proper noun

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

(biblical) Nathan (an Old Testament prophet who advised King David)


בנימין

he-proper noun

בִּנְיָמִין • (binyamín) m

בִּנְיָמִין (canonical)
binyamín (romanization)

Roots
 ב־ן (b-n)
 י־מ־ן (y-m-n)
From בן and ימין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.

(biblical) Benjamin (the youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible)


יאשיהו

יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ

יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ • (yoshiyahu) m

יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (canonical)
yoshiyahu (romanization)

Theophoric, from an otherwise unused root א–ש–י meaning "to support" + the suffix ־יהו (yáhu) (“The Lord will support him”)

Josiah, the name of two Israelites.
(biblical) Josiah (a king of Judah)

Josiah, the name of two Israelites.
Josiah (a king of Judah)


זבולון

זְבוּלוּן • (z'vulún) m

זְבוּלוּן (canonical)
z'vulún (romanization)

desctree

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

(biblical) Zebulun (tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)


כנען

he-proper noun

כְּנַעַן • (k'ná'an) m

כְּנַעַן (canonical)
k'ná'an (romanization)

Uncertain. Suggested to be from a West Semitic root from the base verb *kanaʕ- (“to be low, humble, subjugated”), Hebrew כָּנַע (kānaʕ), Aramaic כְּנַע (kənaʕ, “to bend, to kneel”), Arabic قَنَعَ (qanaʕa, “to beg”), Ge'ez አቅንዐ (ʾäḳnəʿä, “to arrange”), which could have been used in contrast with אֲרַם (“Aram”) with the latter derived from a word for highlands. Compare Phoenician 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 (knʿn), Arabic كَنْعَانُ (kanʕānu).

cog

(biblical) Canaan, the land inhabited by Canaan: the Land of Canaan.


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.

(biblical) Dan (the fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid))


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.

(biblical) Levi (the third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)


רבה

head

רַבָּה • (rabá)

(biblical, historical) Rabbah, a former name of Amman, Jordan


עלי

Root
 ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)
From Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“high; height, elevation”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise; mountain”).
Related to Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “to be high, exalted; Ali (exalted one)”), Maltese għoli.

cog

(biblical) Eli (the priest who brought up Samuel)


עלי

he-prep

עֲלֵי • ('aléi)

Root
 ע־ל־ה (ʿ-l-h)
Cognate to Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā), Maltese għal.

(biblical, poetic) Alternative form of עַל ('al)


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”).

(biblical) Abijah (king of Judah after Rehoboam, the first to begin reign over Judah only; the father of Asa)


הבל

→ Ancient Greek: Ἅβελ (Hábel) (see there for further descendants)

→ Arabic: هَابِيل (hābīl)

→ Ewe: Habel

→ Yiddish: הבל (hevl)

(biblical) Abel (the son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain)


בית הכרם

בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם

בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם • (bet hakérem) m

בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם (canonical)
bet hakérem (romanization)

From בֵּית (“house of”) + הַכֶּרֶם (“the vineyard”), thus literally "the house of the vineyard".


רוק

From English rock, from rock and roll (“rock and roll music”).


אנוש

he-proper noun

אֱנוֹשׁ • (enósh) m

אֱנוֹשׁ (canonical)
enósh (romanization)

Root
 א־נ־שׁ (ʾ-n-sh)
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)


אשה

he-noun

אִשֶּׁה • ('ishé) f (plural indefinite אִשִּׁים, singular construct אִשֵּׁה־, plural construct אִשֵּׁי־)

אִשֶּׁה (canonical)
'ishé (romanization)
אִשִּׁים (indefinite plural)
אִשֵּׁה־ (construct singular)
אִשֵּׁי־ (construct plural)

Related to אֵשׁ ('ésh, “fire”), which is from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.


גיחון

he-proper noun

גִּיחוֹן • (gikhon) m

גִּיחוֹן (canonical)
gikhon (romanization)

(Abrahamism) Gihon (a river issuing out of the Garden of Eden)


פישון

פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m

פִּישׁוֹן (canonical)
pishón (romanization)

Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".

שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0102#ב_יא|2:11]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;


חוילה

חֲוִילָה • (khavilá)

חֲוִילָה (canonical)
khavilá (romanization)

A land mentioned in the Book of Genesis.


כוש

כּוּשׁ • (kúsh)

English: Cush

Oromo: Kuush

Perhaps from Egyptian kꜣš (“Cush, Upper Nubia”).
k-A-S:N25

(biblical) Cush (the son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples)


אשור

אַשּׁוּר • (ashúr, ʾaššûr) m

אַשּׁוּר (canonical)
ashúr (romanization)
ʾaššûr (romanization)

The sense Assyria ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

(biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis). Also Ashshur, Assur.


עדן

עֵדֶן • (éden) m

Root
 ע־ד־ן (ʿ-d-n)
Some propose a derivation from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “desert, steppe”), itself a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). Alternately, a derivation from the same Proto-Semitic root as dialectical Arabic عَدَّان (ʕiddān or ʕaddān), having the meaning "biding place"/"place of remaining", "an abode".


עדן

he-proper noun

עַדֶּן • (aden) f

Aden (a port city and largest city in Yemen)


עדן

he-noun

עִדָּן • ('idán) m

עידן עידן#Hebrew


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)

Traditionally held to be from חַי (kháy, “alive”).

(Abrahamism, biblical) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife)


עפר

עָפָר • ('afár, ʿāp̄ār) m (no plural forms, singular construct עֲפַר־) [pattern: קָטָל]

עָפָר (canonical)
'afár (romanization)
ʿāp̄ār (romanization)
עֲפַר־ (construct singular)
עָפָר (indefinite singular)
עֲפָרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עֲפָרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעָפָר (definite singular)
עֲפָרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפָרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפַרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפַרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפַר־ (construct singular)
עֲפָרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עֲפָרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
עֲפָרִים (indefinite plural)
עפריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עֲפָרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
עֲפָרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָעֲפָרִים (definite plural)
עֲפָרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
עפרייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפָרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
עֲפָרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפָרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
עֲפָרֵי־ (construct plural)
עֲפָרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
עֲפָרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
עֲפָרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ע־פ־ר (ʿ-p-r)
Perhaps related to אֵפֶר ('éfer, ʾḗp̄er, “ash”). From Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust”). Compare Aramaic עַפְרָא (ʿap̄rā, “dust”) (absolutive: עֲפָר (ʿăp̄ār)), Arabic غَبَرَة (ḡabara) / غُبَار (ḡubār, “dust”), (perhaps borrowed from Aramaic) عَفَر (ʕafar, “dust”), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎔𐎗 (ʿpr) and Akkadian 𒅖 (eperum, “dust; soil, earth”).


נשמה

he-noun

נְשָׁמָה • (neshamá) f (plural indefinite נְשָׁמוֹת, singular construct נִשְׁמַת־, plural construct נִשְׁמוֹת־)

נְשָׁמָה (canonical)
neshamá (romanization)
נְשָׁמוֹת (indefinite plural)
נִשְׁמַת־ (construct singular)
נִשְׁמוֹת־ (construct plural)
נְשָׁמָה (indefinite singular)
נִשְׁמָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁמָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּשָׁמָה (definite singular)
נִשְׁמָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמַת־ (construct singular)
נִשְׁמָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נִשְׁמָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
נְשָׁמוֹת (indefinite plural)
נשמותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּשָׁמוֹת (definite plural)
נִשְׁמוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נשמותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נִשְׁמוֹת־ (construct plural)
נִשְׁמוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נִשְׁמוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

desctree

Yiddish: נשמה (neshome)
→ Dutch: nesjomme

Root
 נ־שׁ־ם (n-sh-m)
From the root נ־שׁ־ם , probably related to Arabic ن_س_م.


אדם

he-proper noun

אָדָם • (adám) m

Root
 א־ד־ם (ʾ-d-m)
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”). The meaning range points to these words being extensions from Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”), compare the Palestinian Aramaic forms of it אדם / אידם / ܐܕܡ (ʾəḏem, “blood”). The meaning 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

[ʔɔˑˈðɔː.ɔm]

[ʔɔ(ː)ˈðɔːm]

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


קדם

קֶדֶם (canonical)
kédem (romanization)
קֶדֶם (indefinite singular)
קִדְמִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
קִדְמֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַקֶּדֶם (definite singular)
קִדְמְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
קִדְמֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
קִדְמְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
קִדְמְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
קֶדֶם־ (construct singular)
קִדְמוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
קִדְמָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
קִדְמָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
קִדְמָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
קְדָמִים (indefinite plural)
קדמיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
קְדָמַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
קְדָמֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַקְּדָמִים (definite plural)
קְדָמֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
קדמייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
קְדָמַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
קְדָמֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
קְדָמֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
קְדָמֵי־ (construct plural)
קְדָמָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
קְדָמֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
קְדָמֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
קְדָמֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From the root Proto-Semitic *q-d-m (“to precede, come before”). Compare Arabic قَدَمَ (qadama) and Classical Syriac ܩܕܡ.


ספר

he-noun

סֵפֶר • (séfer) m (plural indefinite סְפָרִים, singular construct סֵפֶר־, plural construct סִפְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

סֵפֶר (canonical)
séfer (romanization)
סְפָרִים (indefinite plural)
סֵפֶר־ (construct singular)
סִפְרֵי־ (construct plural)
סֵפֶר (indefinite singular)
סִפְרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סִפְרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסֵּפֶר (definite singular)
סִפְרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סֵפֶר־ (construct singular)
סִפְרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִפְרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סְפָרִים (indefinite plural)
ספריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סְפָרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סְפָרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסְּפָרִים (definite plural)
סְפָרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ספרייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סְפָרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרֵי־ (construct plural)
סְפָרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סְפָרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִפְרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Likely borrowed from Akkadian 𒅆𒅁𒀸 (šiprum, “message, report”). Compare Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̄rā, “book”) and Arabic سِفْر (sifr, “book”).


אהרן

he-proper noun

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”.

וַיִּחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּמֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר הֲלֹא אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ הַלֵּוִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא וְגַם הִנֵּה־הוּא יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ וְרָאֲךָ וְשָׂמַח בְּלִבּוֹ׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0204#ד_יד|4:14]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: ‘Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נָסְעוּ מִבְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן מוֹסֵרָה שָׁם מֵת אַהֲרֹן וַיִּקָּבֵר שָׁם וַיְכַהֵן אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0510#י_ו|10:6]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth-benejaakan to Moserah; there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

(biblical) Aaron (the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran)


תרגומת

he-noun

תרגומת / תִּרְגֹּמֶת • (tirgómet) f

תִּרְגֹּמֶת (canonical)
tirgómet (romanization)

(rare, collective) translated literature


תרגום השבעים

he-proper noun

תַּרְגּוּם הַשִּׁבְעִים

תַּרְגּוּם הַשִּׁבְעִים • (targum ha-shiv‘ím) m

תַּרְגּוּם הַ שִּׁבְעִים (canonical)
targum ha-shiv‘ím (romanization)


במדבר

בַּמִּדְבָּר

בַּמִּדְבָּר or בְּמִדְבַּר • (bamidbár or b'midbár)

בַּמִּדְבָּר (canonical)
בְּמִדְבַּר (canonical)
bamidbár (romanization)
b'midbár (romanization)

Numbers (the Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah)


קהלת

קֹהֶלֶת • (kohélet)

קֹהֶלֶת (canonical)
kohélet (romanization)


נחמיה

נְחֶמְיָה • (nekhemyá)

נְחֶמְיָה (canonical)
nekhemyá (romanization)

Nehemiah (the sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)

(biblical) Nehemiah (a governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem)


עובדיה

עוֹבַדְיָה • (ovadyá) m

עוֹבַדְיָה (canonical)
ovadyá (romanization)

(biblical) Obadiah (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh)


מיכה

מִיכָה • (mikha)

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

(biblical) Micah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)

Micah (the minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah)


איוב

אִיּוֹב • (iyóv) m

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

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

(biblical) Job (a character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience)


יחזקאל

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.

Ezekiel (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

(biblical) Ezekiel (a prophet mentioned in the Bible and in the Quran)


יואל

יוֹאֵל • (yoél) m

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

(biblical) Joel (a minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons)


הושע

הוֹשֵׁעַ • (hōšḗaʿ) m

הוֹשֵׁעַ (canonical)
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)

Root
 י־שׁ־ע (y-sh-ʿ)
The masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). Attested too as Akkadian 𒁹𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 (Ausi'i).

Hosea (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)


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

Esther (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)

(biblical) Esther (the heroine of the Book of Esther)


ישעיהו

he-proper noun

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ • (y'sha'yáhu) m

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

Ancient Greek: Ἠσᾰΐᾱς (Ēsaḯās)

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).

af

Isaiah (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh)

(Abrahamism, biblical) Isaiah (a prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah)


ירמיה

he-proper noun

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

(Abrahamism, biblical) Jeremiah (an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations)

(biblical) Jeremiah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)


נחום

he-proper noun

נַחוּם • (nakhúm) m

נַחוּם (canonical)
nakhúm (romanization)

(biblical) Nahum (a book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible)

(biblical) Nahum (the minor prophet who wrote that book)


שמואל

שְׁמוּאֵל • (šəmūʾḗl) m

שְׁמוּאֵל (canonical)
šəmūʾḗl (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Σαμουήλ (Samouḗl)

→ Latin: Samūēl

→ 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”.

(biblical) Samuel (the primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel)

Samuel (one of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)

a male given name, equivalent to English Samuel


עמוס

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

(biblical) Amos (a prophet, author of the book of Amos)


מלכים

מְלָכִים (canonical)
m'lakhim (romanization)

English: Melachim


שופטים

שׁוֹפְטִים • (shoftím)

שׁוֹפְטִים (canonical)
shoftím (romanization)

(biblical) Judges (the seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh)


חגי

חַגַּי • (khagáy) m

חַגַּי (canonical)
khagáy (romanization)

Haggai (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible and the Tanakh)

(biblical) Haggai (hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Haggai)


ויקרא

וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá) m

וַיִּקְרָא (canonical)
vayikrá (romanization)

Root
 ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ)
The book is named after its first word, literally “And he called”.

Leviticus (the third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah)


יהושע

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ • (yehoshúa) m

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (canonical)
yehoshúa (romanization)

Yiddish: יהושע (yhushe)

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

Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)


תהלים

תְּהִלִּים • (tehilim)

תְּהִלִּים (canonical)
tehilim (romanization)


מלאכי

מַלְאָכִי • (mal'achí) m

מַלְאָכִי (canonical)
mal'achí (romanization)

(biblical) Malachi (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)


דברי הימים

דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים

דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים • (divréi ha-yamím) m pl

דִּבְרֵי ־הַיָּמִים (canonical)
divréi ha-yamím (romanization)

he:דברי הימים


איכה

אֵיכָה • ('eikhá)

אֵיכָה (canonical)
'eikhá (romanization)

(biblical) Lamentations (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)


שמות

שְׁמוֹת • (sh'mót)

שְׁמוֹת (canonical)
sh'mót (romanization)

The proper noun comes from the construct noun, one of the first words in the book.

(biblical) Exodus (the second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus)


רות

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

(biblical) Ruth (the resident of Moab around whom the text centers)


תנין

he-noun

תַּנִּין • (tanin) m (plural indefinite תַּנִינִים)

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

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

cog

Aramaic תַּנִּינָא

der

(biblical, by extension) An enemy of Yahweh or Israel


יונה

desctree

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

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

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

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


דברים

he-proper noun

דְּבָרִים • (d'varím) m

דְּבָרִים (canonical)
d'varím (romanization)

Deuteronomy (the fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah)


חודש

he-noun

חודש / חֹדֶשׁ • (khódesh) m (dual indefinite חודשיים / חָדְשַׁיִם, plural indefinite חודשים / חֳדָשִׁים, plural construct חודשי / חָדְשֵׁי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

חֹדֶשׁ (canonical)
khódesh (romanization)
חודשיים (dual indefinite)
חָדְשַׁיִם (dual indefinite)
חודשים (indefinite plural)
חֳדָשִׁים (indefinite plural)
חודשי (construct plural)
חָדְשֵׁי־ (construct plural)
חֹדֶשׁ (indefinite singular)
חׇדְשִׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חׇדְשֵׁנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֹדֶשׁ (definite singular)
חׇדְשְׁךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חׇדְשֵׁךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חׇדְשְׁכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חׇדְשְׁכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חֹדֶשׁ־ (construct singular)
חׇדְשׁוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חׇדְשָׁהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חׇדְשָׁם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חׇדְשָׁן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
חדשיים (dual indefinite)
חָדְשַׁיִם (dual indefinite)
חדשיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חָדְשַׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חָדְשֵׁינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
החדשיים (definite dual)
הַחָדְשַׁיִם (definite dual)
חָדְשֶׁיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חדשייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חָדְשַׁיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חָדְשֵׁיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
חָדְשֵׁיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
חָדְשֵׁי־ (construct dual)
חָדְשָׁיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חָדְשֶׁיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
חָדְשֵׁיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
חָדְשֵׁיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
חֳדָשִׁים (indefinite plural)
חֳדָשַׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
חֳדָשֵׁינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַחֳדָשִׁים (definite plural)
חֳדָשֶׁיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
חֳדָשַׁיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
חָדְשֵׁי־ (construct plural)
חֳדָשָׁיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
חֳדָשֶׁיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)

he-decl

חדשיים\חָדְשַׁיִם

→ Yiddish: חודש (khoydesh)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ, “new moon”), Phoenician 𐤇𐤃𐤔 (ḥdš, “new moon, month”).

וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ אתי (אַתְּ) הלכתי (הֹלֶכֶת) אֵלָיו הַיּוֹם לֹא־חֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא שַׁבָּת וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם׃

Tanach, 2 Kings [[s:he:T09b04#ד_כג|4:23]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And he said: ‘Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath.’ And she said: ‘It shall be well.’

vayómer madúa' 'át holékhet 'eláv hayóm lo-khódesh v'ló shabát vatómer shalóm.
wayyṓmer maddū́aʿ ʾatt hōléḵeṯ ʾēlāw hayyōm lō-ḥṓḏeš wəlō šabbāṯ wattṓmer šālōm.

(biblical) first day of the month, the day of the new moon


לבן

he-proper noun

לָבָן • (laván) m

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).


אנציקלופדיה

he-noun

אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיָה

אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיוֹת

אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיָה • (entsiklopédya) f (plural indefinite אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיוֹת)

אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיָה (canonical)
entsiklopédya (romanization)
אֶנְצִיקְלוֹפֶּדְיוֹת (indefinite plural)

From New Latin encyclopaedīa and its borrowings in European languages; ultimately from a false univerbated form of Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “education”, literally “rearing of a child”).

der

he:אנציקלופדיה


ישוע

he-proper noun

יֵשׁוּעַ • (yēšū́aʿ) m

יֵשׁוּעַ (canonical)
yēšū́aʿ (romanization)

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

→ English: Yeshua

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

der

וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו קַדְמִיאֵל וּבָנָיו בְּנֵי־יְהוּדָה כְּאֶחָד לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים בְּנֵי חֵנָדָד בְּנֵיהֶם וַאֲחֵיהֶם הַלְוִיִּם׃

Tanach, Ezra [[s:he:T35a03#ג_ט|3:9]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God; the sons of Henadad also, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

wayyaʿămōḏ yēšū́aʿ bānāw wəʾeḥāw qaḏmīʾēl ūḇānāw bənē-yəhūḏā kəʾeḥāḏ lənaṣṣḗaḥ ʿal-ʿōśē hamməlāḵā bəḇēṯ hāʾĕlōhīm bənē ḥēnāḏāḏ bənēhem waʾăḥēhem haləwiyyīm.

(biblical) Yeshua or Jeshua as the name of multiple people in the Bible, sometimes anglicized in translation as Joshua or Jesus


תנ״ך

he-proper noun

הַתָּנָ״ךְ • (ha-tanákh) m

הַתָּנָ״ךְ (canonical)
ha-tanákh (romanization)

Acronym of תּוֹרָה, נְבִיאִים, כְּתוּבִים (torá, n'vi'ím, k'tuvím, “Torah, Prophets, Writings”), the three major divisions of the Jewish Bible.

acronym

תּוֹרָה, נְבִיאִים, כְּתוּבִים

(biblical, Judaism) Tanakh (the body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament)


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

(biblical) Jesse (the son of Obed and the father of king David)


אשר

he-proper noun

אָשֵׁר • ('ashér) m

אָשֵׁר (canonical)
'ashér (romanization)

[ʔɔˑˈʃeː.eʀ]

(biblical) Asher (eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah)


שת

Root
 שׁ־י־ת (sh-y-t)
Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎚 (št) and Arabic اِسْت (ist).


ספרייה

he-noun

ספרייה / סִפְרִיָּה • (sifriyá) f (plural indefinite סִפְרִיּוֹת, singular construct ספריית / סִפְרִיַּת־)

סִפְרִיָּה (canonical)
sifriyá (romanization)
סִפְרִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)
ספריית (construct singular)
סִפְרִיַּת־ (construct singular)
ספרייה (indefinite singular)
סִפְרִיָּה (indefinite singular)
ספרייתי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סִפְרִיָּתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ספרייתנו (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
סִפְרִיָּתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הספרייה (definite singular)
הַסִּפְרִיָּה (definite singular)
ספרייתך (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרִיָּתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ספרייתך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרִיָּתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ספרייתכם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרִיַּתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ספרייתכן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרִיַּתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ספריית־ (construct singular)
סִפְרִיַּת־ (construct singular)
ספרייתו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרִיָּתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ספרייתה (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרִיָּתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ספרייתם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִפְרִיָּתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ספרייתן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִפְרִיָּתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִפְרִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)
ספריותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סִפְרִיּוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סִפְרִיּוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסִּפְרִיּוֹת (definite plural)
סִפְרִיּוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ספריותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרִיּוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִפְרִיּוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרִיּוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִפְרִיּוֹת־ (construct plural)
סִפְרִיּוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרִיּוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִפְרִיּוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִפְרִיּוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

ספרייה\סִפְרִיָּה

־ִיָּה (“a place for”) + סֵפֶר (“book”). Coined by Itamar Ben-Avi in the sense of bookstore.

יהודית אמרה לי שהגיעו לספרייה ספרים חדשים אתמול.

Yehudit told me the library got new books yesterday.


דוד

he-proper noun

דָּוִד • (davíd) m

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)

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

(biblical) David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Old Testament; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon)


דרקון

he-proper noun

דַּרְקוֹן • (darkón) m

דַּרְקוֹן (canonical)
darkón (romanization)

דַּרְכּוֹן (darkón)

Darkon, the name of a minor biblical figure mentioned in Ezra 2:56 and again in Nehemiah 7:58.


אברהם

אַבְרָהָם • (avrahám) m

אַבְרָהָם (canonical)
avrahám (romanization)

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m)
Greek: Αβραάμ (Avraám)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 (abraham)
→ Russian: Авраа́м (Avraám)
→ Latin: Abrāhām, Abrāhāmus
Italian: Abramo
Portuguese: Abraão

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܰܒܪܳܗܳܡ

Either:
* “Father of many”, from אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) as glossed in Genesis 17:4–5;
* “Father is exalted”, from אַב (aḇ) + רם (rám, “exalted, high”) (whence also אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”).).


יששכר

head

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

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

(biblical) Issachar (ninth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)

(biblical) Issachar (one of the Israelite tribes, descended from Issachar)


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.

(biblical) Reuben (first son of Jacob, by his wife Leah). Also Reuven


אונן

אוֹנָן • (onán) m

→ English: Onan

→ Ancient Greek: Αὐνάν (Aunán)

From the root א־נ־ן . The root itself is denominal from the name of the biblical character Onan, whose name in turn means "mourner".


שד

he-noun

שֵׁד • (shed) m (plural indefinite שֵׁדִים, feminine counterpart שֵׁדָה)

שֵׁד (canonical)
shed (romanization)
שֵׁדִים (indefinite plural)
שֵׁדָה (feminine)

Root
 שׁ־ו־ד (sh-w-d)
Compare Aramaic ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā) and Akkadian 𒀭𒆘 (šēdum, “a protective deity”), from which the former derives.

cog

A demon, devil, fiend, sprite, bogey, fantom, genie, ghost, phantom, poltergeist, shade, spirit.


חור

he-noun

חוּר • (khúr) m


פלג

→ Ancient Greek: Φαλέγ (Phalég)

→ English: Peleg

→ Latin: Phaleg

he:פלג
he:פלג (דמות מקראית)

(biblical) Peleg (one of the two sons of Eber)


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


יובל

he-proper noun

יוּבַל • (yuvál) m

Root
 י־ב־ל (y-b-l)
Related to אוּבָל ('uvál, “stream”) and Arabic وَبَلَ (wabala, “to rain heavily”).

cog

(biblical, Torah) Jubal (a son of Lamech and Ada)


יוון

he-proper noun

יוון / יָוָן • (yāwān, yaván) f

יָוָן (canonical)
yāwān (romanization)
yaván (romanization)

→⇒ German: Gauner

Likely descended from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “Ion, ancestor of the Ionians”); compare the alternative forms Ἰάων (Iáōn) and Ἰάϝων (Iáwōn).

der

בְּנֵי יֶפֶת גֹּמֶר וּמָגוֹג וּמָדַי וְיָוָן וְתֻבָל וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתִירָס׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0110#י_ב|10:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

B'néi Yéfet: Gómer u-Magóg u-Madái v-Yaván v-Tuvál u-Méshekh v-Tirás.

(biblical) Javan (the fourth son of Japheth)


גמל

he-verb

גָּמַל • (gamál) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִגְמַל)

גָּמַל (canonical)
gamál (romanization)
נִגְמַל (passive)
גָּמַלְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
גָּמַלְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
גָּמַלְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
גָּמַלְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
גְּמַלְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
גְּמַלְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
גָּמַל (masculine past singular third-person)
גָּמְלָה (feminine past singular third-person)
גָּמְלוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
גּוֹמֵל (masculine present singular)
גּוֹמֶלֶת (feminine present singular)
גּוֹמְלִים (masculine plural present)
גּוֹמְלוֹת (feminine plural present)
אגמול (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶגְמֹל (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נגמול (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נִגְמֹל (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תגמול (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּגְמֹל (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּגְמְלִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּגְמְלוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תגמולנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תִּגְמֹלְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יגמול (future masculine singular third-person)
יִגְמֹל (future masculine singular third-person)
תגמול (feminine future singular third-person)
תִּגְמֹל (feminine future singular third-person)
יִגְמְלוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תגמולנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תִּגְמֹלְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
גמול (imperative masculine singular)
גְּמֹל (imperative masculine singular)
גִּמְלִי (feminine imperative singular)
גִּמְלוּ (imperative masculine plural)
גמולנה (feminine imperative plural)
גְּמֹלְנָה (feminine imperative plural)


אביר

he-noun

אַבִּיר • (abír) m (plural indefinite אַבִּירִים, plural construct אַבִּירֵי־, feminine counterpart אַבִּירָה)

אַבִּיר (canonical)
abír (romanization)
אַבִּירִים (indefinite plural)
אַבִּירֵי־ (construct plural)
אַבִּירָה (feminine)

(biblical) a great horse, an ox or a strong working bull


פרש

פָּרַשׁ (canonical)
parásh (romanization)
פָּרַשְׁתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
פָּרַשְׁנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
פָּרַשְׁתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
פָּרַשְׁתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
פְּרַשְׁתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
פְּרַשְׁתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
פָּרַשׁ (masculine past singular third-person)
פָּרְשָׁה (feminine past singular third-person)
פָּרְשׁוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
פּוֹרֵשׁ (masculine present singular)
פּוֹרֶשֶׁת (feminine present singular)
פּוֹרְשִׁים (masculine plural present)
פּוֹרְשׁוֹת (feminine plural present)
אפרוש (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶפְרֹשׁ (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נפרוש (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נִפְרֹשׁ (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תפרוש (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּפְרֹשׁ (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּפְרְשִׁי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּפְרְשׁוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תפרושנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תִּפְרֹשְׁנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יפרוש (future masculine singular third-person)
יִפְרֹשׁ (future masculine singular third-person)
תפרוש (feminine future singular third-person)
תִּפְרֹשׁ (feminine future singular third-person)
יִפְרְשׁוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תפרושנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תִּפְרֹשְׁנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
פרוש (imperative masculine singular)
פְּרֹשׁ (imperative masculine singular)
פִּרְשִׁי (feminine imperative singular)
פִּרְשׁוּ (imperative masculine plural)
פרושנה (feminine imperative plural)
פְּרֹשְׁנָה (feminine imperative plural)

(biblical) to make clear, expound clearly


מלח

מֶלַח • (mélaḥ) m (plural indefinite מְלָחִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

מֶלַח (canonical)
mélaḥ (romanization)
מְלָחִים (indefinite plural)

Root
 מ־ל־ח (m-l-kh)
From Proto-West Semitic *milḥ-. Compare Aramaic מִלְחָא (milḥā), Classical Syriac ܡܠܚܐ (milḥā), Arabic مِلْح (milḥ), Maltese melħ.

הֲלֹא לָכֶם לָדַעַת כִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נָתַן מַמְלָכָה לְדָוִיד עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעוֹלָם לוֹ וּלְבָנָיו בְּרִית מֶלַח׃

Tanach, 2 Chronicles [[s:he:T25b13#יג_ה|13:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Ought ye not to know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

haló lakhém la-dá'at ki Adonái Elohéi Yisraél natán mamlakhá l-Davíd 'al Yisraél l'olám lo ul-vanáv brit mélaḥ

(figurative, biblical) permanence, continuity


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)
→ 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)

Root
 י־ס־ף (y-s-p)
Third-person singular jussive of הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), thus meaning “may he add”.

(biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)


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 Canaan meaning "lowlands."


אסא

אָסָא • (ása) m

(biblical) Asa (the third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat)


נפל

he-verb

נָפַל • (nafál) (pa'al construction, infinitive ליפול / לִפֹּל, future ייפול / יִפֹּל, imperative נפול / נְפֹל, passive participle נָפוּל)

נָפַל (canonical)
nafál (romanization)
ליפול (infinitive)
לִפֹּל (infinitive)
ייפול (future)
יִפֹּל (future)
נפול (imperative)
נְפֹל (imperative)
נָפוּל (participle passive)
נָפַלְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
נָפַלְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
נָפַלְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
נָפַלְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
נְפַלְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
נְפַלְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
נָפַל (masculine past singular third-person)
נָפְלָה (feminine past singular third-person)
נָפְלוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
נוֹפֵל (masculine present singular)
נוֹפֶלֶת (feminine present singular)
נוֹפְלִים (masculine plural present)
נוֹפְלוֹת (feminine plural present)
אפול (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶפֹּל (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
ניפול (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נִפֹּל (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תיפול (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּפֹּל (future masculine second-person singular)
תיפלי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּפְּלִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תיפלו (future masculine plural second-person)
תִּפְּלוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תיפולנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תִּפֹּלְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
ייפול (future masculine singular third-person)
יִפֹּל (future masculine singular third-person)
תיפול (feminine future singular third-person)
תִּפֹּל (feminine future singular third-person)
ייפלו (future masculine plural third-person)
יִפְּלוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תיפולנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תִּפֹּלְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
נפול (imperative masculine singular)
נְפֹל (imperative masculine singular)
נִפְלִי (feminine imperative singular)
נִפְלוּ (imperative masculine plural)
נפולנה (feminine imperative plural)
נְפֹלְנָה (feminine imperative plural)

וַיִּשְׁכְּנוּ מֵחֲוִילָה עַד־שׁוּר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה אַשּׁוּרָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו נָפָל׃

Tanach, [[s:he:T0125#כה_יח|25:18]], with translation of the English Standard Version:

They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.

(biblical) To reside, to dwell, to settle.

וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה עִמּוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם עַל־מֵי מֵרוֹם פִּתְאֹם וַיִּפְּלוּ בָּהֶם׃

Tanach, Joshua [[s:he:T0611#יא_ז|11:7]], with translation of the New International Version:

So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,

(biblical) To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force).


זמר

he-noun

זֶמֶר • (zémer) m (plural indefinite זְמָרִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

זֶמֶר (canonical)
zémer (romanization)
זְמָרִים (indefinite plural)

זֹאת הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֵלוּ; שׁוֹר שֵׂה כְשָׂבִים וְשֵׂה עִזִּים. אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר; וְאַקּוֹ וְדִישֹׁן וּתְאוֹ וָזָמֶר.

Tanach, [[s:he:T0514#|14:4-5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

These are the beasts which ye shall eat; the ox, the sheep, and the goat.
The hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

zot habəhemá ashér tochélu, shor se chəsavím vəse 'izzím. ayyál utzəví vəyaḥmúr, vəaqó vədishón utəó vazámer.

(biblical) one of the seven kosher beasts, whose identity is unknown. Probably the giraffe.


תרפים

תְּרָפִים • (t'rafím) m pl

תְּרָפִים (canonical)
t'rafím (romanization)

וְלָבָן הָלַךְ לִגְזֹז אֶת־צֹאנוֹ וַתִּגְנֹב רָחֵל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִים אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ׃

Tanach, Genesis [[s:he:T0131#לא_יט|31:19]], with translation of the New International Version:

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods.

V-Laván halákh ligzóz et tsonó va-tignóv Raḥél et ha-t'rafím ashér le-avíha


יהודית

he-proper noun

יְהוּדִית • (y'hudít) f

יְהוּדִית (canonical)
y'hudít (romanization)

→ Ancient Greek: Ιουδίθ (Ioudíth)

→ Old Armenian: Յուդիթ (Yuditʻ)

Armenian: Հուդիթ (Huditʻ)

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→ 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

→ Hungarian: Judit

→ Irish: Iúidit; ⇒ Leabhar Iúidit

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→ 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:

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

→ English: Yehudit (learned)

→ Finnish: Jehudit (learned)

→ German: Jehudit (learned)

→ Urdu: یہودیت (yahūdīt) (learned)

→ Yiddish: יהודית (yehudes) (learned)

...דַּבֶּר-נָא אֶל-עֲבָדֶיךָ אֲרָמִית כִּי שֹׁמְעִים אֲנָחְנוּ וְאַל-תְּדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ יְהוּדִית בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל-הַחֹמָה.

Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1036#לו_יא|36:11]], with translation of the New International Version:

...Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it; don't speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.

...dabber-ná el-'avadécha aramít ki šomə'ím anáḥnu vəal-tədabbḗr 'immánu yəhudít bəoznḗ ha'ám ašer 'al-haḥomá.

(biblical) Judith (the protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith)


בראשית

he-proper noun

בְּרֵאשִׁית • (bereshít) m

בְּרֵאשִׁית (canonical)
bereshít (romanization)

[baʀ̟eːʔˈʃiːiθ]

From the opening phrase of the first book of the Torah: בְּ־ (b'-, “in”) + רֵאשִׁית (reshít, “beginning”), literally “in [the] beginning”.

(religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible)


ירד

יֶרֶד • (yéred) m

From Proto-Semitic *warad-. Cognate to Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎄 (yrd, “to go down”), Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, “to come, to arrive”), Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, “to descend”) and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, “to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream”).

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(biblical) Jared (a man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah)


בריא

בָּרִיא (canonical)
barí (romanization)
בְּרִיאָה (feminine)
בְּרִיאִים (masculine plural)
בְּרִיאוֹת (feminine plural)

וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה לְעֶגְלוֹן מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב; וְעֶגְלוֹן אִישׁ בָּרִיא מְאֹד.

Tanach, [[s:he:T0703#ג_יז|3:17]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab; Now Eglon was a very fat man.

vayyaqrév et-hamminḥá lə'eglón mélech moáv; və'eglón ish barí məód.


סרט

he-noun

סֶרֶט • (séret) m (plural indefinite סְרָטִים, singular construct סֶרֶט־, plural construct סִרְטֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

סֶרֶט (canonical)
séret (romanization)
סְרָטִים (indefinite plural)
סֶרֶט־ (construct singular)
סִרְטֵי־ (construct plural)
סֶרֶט (indefinite singular)
סִרְטִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סִרְטֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסֶּרֶט (definite singular)
סִרְטְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִרְטֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִרְטְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִרְטְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סֶרֶט־ (construct singular)
סִרְטוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִרְטָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִרְטָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִרְטָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סְרָטִים (indefinite plural)
סרטיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סְרָטַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סְרָטֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסְּרָטִים (definite plural)
סְרָטֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סרטייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סְרָטַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סִרְטֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִרְטֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סִרְטֵי־ (construct plural)
סְרָטָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סְרָטֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סִרְטֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סִרְטֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Root
 ס־ר־ט (s-r-ṭ)
The root ס־ר־ט occurs but postbiblically and its words are utterly Aramaic borrowings or derivations from it.
A native cognate to Arabic شَرَطَ (šaraṭa) would be **שָׂרַט (śāraṭ) but is only included in Bibles by textual corruption and is missing in Biblical Hebrew dictionaries and critical editions of the Tanakh postdating the long nineteenth century.

(by extension, photography) film (a medium used to capture images in a camera)

(by extension, countable) film (the sequence of still images itself; a movie)


ניצב

ניצב / נִצָּב • (nitsáv) m

נִצָּב (canonical)
nitsáv (romanization)


אסר

he-verb

אָסַר • (asár) (pa'al construction, present אוֹסֵר, future יֶאֱסֹר, passive participle אָסוּר, passive counterpart נֶאֱסַר)

אָסַר (canonical)
asár (romanization)
אוֹסֵר (present)
יֶאֱסֹר (future)
אָסוּר (participle passive)
נֶאֱסַר (passive)
אָסַרְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
אָסַרְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
אָסַרְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
אָסַרְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
אֲסַרְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
אֲסַרְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
אָסַר (masculine past singular third-person)
אָסְרָה (feminine past singular third-person)
אָסְרוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
אוֹסֵר (masculine present singular)
אוֹסֶרֶת (feminine present singular)
אוֹסְרִים (masculine plural present)
אוֹסְרוֹת (feminine plural present)
אאסור (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
אֶאֱסֹר (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נאסור (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
נֶאֱסֹר (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תאסור (future masculine second-person singular)
תֶּאֱסֹר (future masculine second-person singular)
תֶּאֶסְרִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תֶּאֶסְרוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תאסורנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תֶּאֱסֹרְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יאסור (future masculine singular third-person)
יֶאֱסֹר (future masculine singular third-person)
תאסור (feminine future singular third-person)
תֶּאֱסֹר (feminine future singular third-person)
יֶאֶסְרוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תאסורנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תֶּאֱסֹרְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
אסור (imperative masculine singular)
אֱסֹר (imperative masculine singular)
אִסְרִי (feminine imperative singular)
אִסְרוּ (imperative masculine plural)
אסורנה (feminine imperative plural)
אֱסֹרְנָה (feminine imperative plural)

Compare with Arabic أَسَرَ (ʔasara, “to capture, seize”)


חם

Root
 ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m)
Compare Arabic حَمِيم (ḥamīm, “hot”), Eblaite 𒉿𒈬𒌈 (à-mu-tum /ḥammū/, “hot”).

(biblical) Ham (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)


חשמל

he-noun

חַשְׁמַל • (khashmál) m (singular construct חַשְׁמַל־)

חַשְׁמַל (canonical)
khashmál (romanization)
חַשְׁמַל־ (construct singular)

Unknown; possibly cognate with Akkadian 𒋤𒉘 (elmešu). The modern sense of electricity was coined by Judah Leib Gordon in 1880, based on the fact that Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber, alloy of gold and silver”), from which electricity is derived, was used to translate the term in the Septuagint.

cog

וּמִתּוֹכָהּ כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ׃

Tanach, Ezekiel [[s:he:T1201#א_ד|1:4]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

and out of the midst thereof as the colour of electrum, out of the midst of the fire.

umitokháh k'éin hakhashmál mitókh ha'ésh.
ūmittōḵāh kəʿēn haḥašmal mittōḵ hāʾēš.

וָאֵרֶא כְּעֵין חַשְׁמַל כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ בֵּית־לָהּ סָבִיב מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָעְלָה

Tanach, Ezekiel [[s:he:T1201#א_כז|1:27]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And I saw as the colour of electrum, as the appearance of fire round about enclosing it, from the appearance of his loins and upward;

va'ére k'éin khashmál k'mar'e-'ésh beit-láh savív mimar'é motnáv ul'má'la
wāʾḗre kəʿēn ḥašmal kəmarʾē-ʾēš bēṯ-lāh sāḇīḇ mimmarʾē moṯnāw ūləmā́ʿlā

וּמִמָּתְנָיו וּלְמַעְלָה כְּמַרְאֵה־זֹהַר כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַלָה׃

Tanach, Ezekiel [[s:he:T1208#ח_ב|8:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of electrum.

umimotnáv ul'má'la k'mar'e-zóhar k'éin hakhashmála.
ūmimmoṯnāw ūləmáʿlā kəmarʾē-zṓhar kəʿēn haḥašmálā.

(biblical) Meaning uncertain. Often translated as: electrum, amber


ברק

he-proper noun

בָּרָק • (barák) m

Root
 ב־ר־ק (b-r-q)
From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.

(biblical) Barak (the commander of the army of Deborah in the Old Testament)


שאול

שָׁאוּל • (sha'úl) m

שָׁאוּל (canonical)
sha'úl (romanization)

Root
 שׁ־א־ל (sh-ʾ-l)
Passive participle of שָׁאַל (sha'ál, “to ask, to borrow”). Proper noun follows from Adjective.

(biblical) Saul (the first king of Israel in the Old Testament)


קדש

he-noun

קָדֵשׁ • (kadesh) m (feminine counterpart קדשה)

קָדֵשׁ (canonical)
kadesh (romanization)
קדשה (feminine)


שלם

שָׁלַם (canonical)
shalám (romanization)
שָׁלַמְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
שָׁלַמְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
שָׁלַמְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
שָׁלַמְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
שְׁלַמְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
שְׁלַמְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
שָׁלַם (masculine past singular third-person)
שָׁלְמָה (feminine past singular third-person)
שָׁלְמוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
שׁוֹלֵם (masculine present singular)
שׁוֹלֶמֶת (feminine present singular)
שׁוֹלְמִים (masculine plural present)
שׁוֹלְמוֹת (feminine plural present)
אֶשְׁלַם (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נִשְׁלַם (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תִּשְׁלַם (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּשְׁלְמִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּשְׁלְמוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תִּשְׁלַמְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יִשְׁלַם (future masculine singular third-person)
תִּשְׁלַם (feminine future singular third-person)
יִשְׁלְמוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תִּשְׁלַמְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)

(biblical) to be safe (mind, body or state)

(biblical) to be resigned to a treaty or covenant


פרה

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

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

cog

(literal) to bring forth, grow fruit

(figurative) to be fruitful, multiply, increase


תמר

he-proper noun

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”).

(biblical) Tamar (a daughter-in-law of Judah)

Tamar (a daughter-in-law of Judah)
Tamar (a daughter of David)

(biblical) Tamar (a daughter of Absalom)

Tamar (a daughter-in-law of Judah)
Tamar (a daughter of Absalom)


מזל

he-noun

מַזָּל • (mazál) m (plural indefinite מַזָּלוֹת)

מַזָּל (canonical)
mazál (romanization)
מַזָּלוֹת (indefinite plural)

→ Judeo-Arabic: מזל (mazzal)

→ Ladino: mazal

→ Yiddish: מזל (mazl)

⇒ English: mazel tov, schlimazel

desc

⇒ Ancient Greek: κακομάζαλος (kakomázalos)

Likely from Akkadian 𒌓𒁕 (manzaltum). Compare Aramaic מַזָּלָא (mazzālā, “constellation; luck, destiny”) (Classical Mandaic ࡌࡀࡍࡆࡀࡋࡀ (manzala, “constellation; zodiac sign”)).

cog

וְהִשְׁבִּית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִים אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמוֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּמְסִבֵּי יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאֶת־הַמְקַטְּרִים לַבַּעַל לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵחַ וְלַמַּזָּלוֹת וּלְכֹל צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם׃

Tanach, 2 Kings [[s:he:T09b23#כג_ה|23:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to offer in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that offered unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

v'hishbít 'et-hak'marím 'ashér nat'nú mal'khéi y'hudá vay'katér babamót b'aréi y'hudá um'sibéi y'rushaláyim v'et-ham'kat'rím labá'al lashémesh v'layaréakh v'lamazalót ul'khól ts'vá hashamáyim.
wəhišbīṯ ʾeṯ-hakkəmārīm ʾăšer nāṯənū maləḵē yəhūḏā wayəqaṭṭēr babbāmōṯ bəʿārē yəhūḏā ūməsibbē yərūšālā́yim wəʾeṯ haməqaṭṭərīm labbáʿal laššémeš wəlayyārḗaḥ wəlammazzālōṯ ūləḵōl ṣəḇā haššāmā́yim.


נער

he-noun

נַעַר • (ná'ar) m (plural indefinite נְעָרִים, feminine counterpart נַעֲרָה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

נַעַר (canonical)
ná'ar (romanization)
נְעָרִים (indefinite plural)
נַעֲרָה (feminine)
נַעַר (indefinite masculine singular)
נַעֲרִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נַעֲרֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנַּעַר (definite masculine singular)
נַעַרְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעֲרֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעַרְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעַרְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעַר־ (construct masculine singular)
נַעֲרוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נַעֲרָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
נְעָרִים (indefinite masculine plural)
נעריי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נְעָרַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נְעָרֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּעָרִים (definite masculine plural)
נְעָרֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נערייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נְעָרַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעֲרֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעֲרֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעֲרֵי־ (construct masculine plural)
נְעָרָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נְעָרֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נַעֲרֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
נַעֲרָה (feminine indefinite singular)
נַעֲרָתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נַעֲרָתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנַּעֲרָה (definite feminine singular)
נַעֲרָתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעֲרָתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעֲרַתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעֲרַתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעֲרַת־ (construct feminine singular)
נַעֲרָתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרָתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרָתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נַעֲרָתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
נְעָרוֹת (feminine indefinite plural)
נערותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נַעֲרוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
נַעֲרוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַנְּעָרוֹת (definite feminine plural)
נַעֲרוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
נערותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעֲרוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
נַעֲרוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעֲרוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
נַעֲרוֹת־ (construct feminine plural)
נַעֲרוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
נַעֲרוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
נַעֲרוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎐𐎓𐎗 (nʿr, “boy, servant boy”).

(biblical) boy, physically able young man. Also, a servant.


משפט

מִשְׁפָּטִים

מִשְׁפָּט • (mishpát) m (plural indefinite מִשְׁפָּטִים, singular construct מִשְׁפַּט־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

מִשְׁפָּט (canonical)
mishpát (romanization)
מִשְׁפָּטִים (indefinite plural)
מִשְׁפַּט־ (construct singular)

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר שָׁפַט הַמֶּלֶךְ […]
vayishm'ú kol-yisra'él et-hamisphát ashér shafát hamélekh […]

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; […]

(biblical) A judgment, verdict, ruling: the ruling of a court.

[…] וְשָׁמְרוּ דֶּרֶךְ ה׳ לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט […]
[…] v'shamrú dérekh H. la'asót tz'daká umishpát […]

[…] and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; […]

(biblical) Justice, righteousness, just and righteous action.


פרץ

פֶּרֶץ (canonical)
pérets (romanization)

Root
 פ־ר־ץ (p-r-ts)
From the same root as Etymology 1, in the קֶטֶל (qéṭel) pattern.

he-l

קֶטֶל (qéṭel)

he-pattern-link

קֶטֶל (qéṭel)

(biblical) Perez (the father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob)


תנשמת

he-noun

תִּנְשָׁמוֹת

תִּנְשֶׁמֶת • (tinshémet) f (plural indefinite תִּנְשָׁמוֹת)

תִּנְשֶׁמֶת (canonical)
tinshémet (romanization)
תִּנְשָׁמוֹת (indefinite plural)

וְזֶה לָכֶם הַטָּמֵא בַּשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל-הָאָרֶץ הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר וְהַצָּב לְמִינֵהוּ : וְהָאֲנָקָה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָׁמֶת

Tanach, [[s:he:T0311#|11:29-30]], with translation of the New International Version:

Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard. The gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.

vəzé lachém hatamé bashéretz hashorétz 'al haáretz haḥóled vəha'achbár vəhatzáv ləminéhu : vəhaanaqá vəhakóaḥ vəhalətaá vəhaḥómet vəhatinshémet

(biblical) one of the eight unclean animals, whose identity is unknown. Probably the chameleon.


חנות ספרים

חֲנוּת סְפָרִים

חנויות ספרים

חֲנֻיּוֹת סְפָרִים

חֲנוּת סְפָרִים • (khanút sfarím) f (plural indefinite [חֲנוּת]]_סְפָרִים " lang="he">חנויות ספרים / חֲנֻיּוֹת סְפָרִים)

חֲנוּת סְפָרִים (canonical)
khanút sfarím (romanization)
חנויות ספרים (indefinite plural)
חֲנֻיּוֹת סְפָרִים (indefinite plural)


במה

בָּמָה • (bamá) f (plural indefinite בָּמוֹת, singular construct בָּמַת־, plural construct בָּמוֹת־)

בָּמָה (canonical)
bamá (romanization)
בָּמוֹת (indefinite plural)
בָּמַת־ (construct singular)
בָּמוֹת־ (construct plural)

(biblical) sacrificial altar built in such a high place

(theater) stage (a platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given)


(biblical) A particular cantillation mark: where it appears, it follows a word that has what is normally a conjunctive mark and makes it disjunctive.


מלכת אסתר

head

מַלְכַּת אֶסְתֵּר

מַלְכַּת אֶסְתֵּר • (malkát 'estér)

מַלְכַּת אֶסְתֵּר (canonical)
malkát 'estér (romanization)


שף

שָׁף (canonical)
sháf (romanization)
שַׁפְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
שַׁפְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
שַׁפְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
שַׁפְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
שַׁפְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
שַׁפְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
שָׁף (masculine past singular third-person)
שָׁפָה (feminine past singular third-person)
שָׁפוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
שָׁף (masculine present singular)
שָׁפָה (feminine present singular)
שָׁפִים (masculine plural present)
שָׁפוֹת (feminine plural present)
אָשׁוּף (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נָשׁוּף (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תָּשׁוּף (future masculine second-person singular)
תָּשׁוּפִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תָּשׁוּפוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תשופנה (feminine future plural second-person)
תָּשֹׁפְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יָשׁוּף (future masculine singular third-person)
תָּשׁוּף (feminine future singular third-person)
יָשׁוּפוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תשופנה (feminine future plural third-person)
תָּשֹׁפְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
שׁוּף (imperative masculine singular)
שׁוּפִי (feminine imperative singular)
שׁוּפוּ (imperative masculine plural)
שופנה (feminine imperative plural)
שֹׁפְנָה (feminine imperative plural)


גוספל

he-noun

גּוֹסְפֶּל • (gospel) m (no plural forms)

גּוֹסְפֶּל (canonical)
gospel (romanization)

gospel music
gospel music#English:_Q180268


כוסמת

כוסמת / כֻּסֶּמֶת • (kusémet) f

כֻּסֶּמֶת (canonical)
kusémet (romanization)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎋𐎒𐎎 / 𐎋𐎝𐎎 (ksm / ks̀m, “spelt”).


חרש

he-noun

חֶרֶשׂ • (khéres) m

חֶרֶשׂ (canonical)
khéres (romanization)

חֶרֶס חרס#Hebrew

(biblical) Alternative spelling of חֶרֶס (“clay, ceramics, earthenware”).


גד

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

cog

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


התנצל

he-verb

הִתְנַצֵּל • (hitnatsél) (hitpa'el construction)

הִתְנַצֵּל (canonical)
hitnatsél (romanization)
הִתְנַצַּלְתִּי (feminine first-person masculine past singular)
הִתְנַצַּלְנוּ (feminine first-person masculine past plural)
הִתְנַצַּלְתָּ (masculine past second-person singular)
הִתְנַצַּלְתְּ (feminine past second-person singular)
הִתְנַצַּלְתֶּם (masculine past plural second-person)
הִתְנַצַּלְתֶּן (feminine past plural second-person)
הִתְנַצֵּל (masculine past singular third-person)
הִתְנַצְּלָה (feminine past singular third-person)
הִתְנַצְּלוּ (feminine masculine past plural third-person)
מִתְנַצֵּל (masculine present singular)
מִתְנַצֶּלֶת (feminine present singular)
מִתְנַצְּלִים (masculine plural present)
מִתְנַצְּלוֹת (feminine plural present)
אֶתְנַצֵּל (feminine first-person future masculine singular)
נִתְנַצֵּל (feminine first-person future masculine plural)
תִּתְנַצֵּל (future masculine second-person singular)
תִּתְנַצְּלִי (feminine future second-person singular)
תִּתְנַצְּלוּ (future masculine plural second-person)
תִּתְנַצֵּלְנָה (feminine future plural second-person)
יִתְנַצֵּל (future masculine singular third-person)
תִּתְנַצֵּל (feminine future singular third-person)
יִתְנַצְּלוּ (future masculine plural third-person)
תִּתְנַצֵּלְנָה (feminine future plural third-person)
הִתְנַצֵּל (imperative masculine singular)
הִתְנַצְּלִי (feminine imperative singular)
הִתְנַצְּלוּ (imperative masculine plural)
הִתְנַצֵּלְנָה (feminine imperative plural)

:וַיִּתְנַצְּלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֶדְיָם מֵהַר חוֹרֵב

Tanach, [[s:he:T0233#לג_ו|33:6]], with translation of the American Standard Version:

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

wayyit̲naṣṣəlû b̲ənê yiśrāʾēl ʾet̲ ʿed̲yām mēhar ḥôrēb̲
vayitnats'lú v'néi yisra'él et edyám mehár khorév

(biblical, outdated) to strip, to take off from oneself.


יאיר

he-proper noun

יָאִיר • (ya'ír) m

desctree

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

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰαΐρ (Iaḯr)


קולנוע

he-noun

קוֹלְנוֹעִים

קוֹלְנוֹעֵי־

קוֹלְנוֹעַ • (kolnóa') m (plural indefinite קוֹלְנוֹעִים, singular construct קוֹלְנוֹעַ־, plural construct קוֹלְנוֹעֵי־)

קוֹלְנוֹעַ (canonical)
kolnóa' (romanization)
קוֹלְנוֹעִים (indefinite plural)
קוֹלְנוֹעַ־ (construct singular)
קוֹלְנוֹעֵי־ (construct plural)

Roots
 ק־ו־ל (q-w-l)
 נ־ו־ע (n-w-ʿ)
From קוֹל (kol, “sound”) + נוֹעַ (nóa, “motion”).

compound

(uncountable) Cinema, film: movies taken collectively.


שמרית

he-proper noun

שִׁמְרִית • (Shimrit) f

שִׁמְרִית (canonical)
Shimrit (romanization)


קין

Possibly from the verb קָנָה (kanáh, “to get, to create”)

וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת קַיִן

Tanach, Genesis [[s:he:T0104#ד_א|4:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain

(biblical) Cain (the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel)


מכשף

מכושף מכושף#Hebrew


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)

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

cog

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.’

va-yhí k-mishlósh ḥodashím va-yugád li-Yhudá lemór zantá Tamár kalatékha v-gam hinéh hará li-znuním va-yómer Yhudá hotsiúha v-tissaréf

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

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


טרול

he-noun

טְרוֹל • (t'ról) m (plural indefinite טרולים, singular construct טרול־, plural construct טרולי־)

טְרוֹל (canonical)
t'ról (romanization)
טרולים (indefinite plural)
טרול־ (construct singular)
טרולי־ (construct plural)

טרול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ʰᵉ

(originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) troll (a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)


יצחק

יִצְחָק (canonical)
yitskhák (romanization)
yiṣḥāq (romanization)

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

→ Yiddish: יצחק (yitskhok)

(biblical) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)


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

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

(biblical) Elisheba (the wife of Aaron, mentioned in Exodus 6:23)


*A turned, reversed or inverted נ; the specific orientation is not meaningful.

(biblical) A Masoretic notation of unclear significance.


מרדכי

he-proper noun

מָרְדֳּכַי or מָרְדְּכַי • (mordocháy or mord'cháy) m

מָרְדֳּכַי (canonical)
מָרְדְּכַי (canonical)
mordocháy (romanization)
mord'cháy (romanization)

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→ Ancient Greek: Μαρδοχαῖος (Mardokhaîos)

Greek: Μαρδοχαίος (Mardochaíos)

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

→ Russian: Мардохе́й (Mardoxéj)

→ English: Mordecai

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).

אִישׁ יְהוּדִי הָיָה בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה וּשְׁמוֹ מָרְדֳּכַי בֶּן יָאִיר בֶּן־שִׁמְעִי בֶּן־קִישׁ אִישׁ יְמִינִי׃

Tanach, Esther [[s:he:T3302#ב_ה|2:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

There was a certain Jew in Shushan the castle, whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

'ísh y'hudí hayá b'shushán habirá ush'mó mordocháy ben ya'ír ben-shim'í ben-kísh 'ísh y'miní.
ʾīš yəhūḏī hāyā bəšūšan habbīrā ūšəmō mordŏḵay ben yāʾīr ben-šimʿī ben-qīš ʾīš yəmīnī.


גלעד

he-proper noun

גִּלְעָד • (gil'ád) m

גִּלְעָד (canonical)
gil'ád (romanization)

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי מִתֹּשָׁבֵי גִלְעָד אֶל־אַחְאָב חַי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו אִם־יִהְיֶה הַשָּׁנִים הָאֵלֶּה טַל וּמָטָר כִּי אִם־לְפִי דְבָרִי׃

Tanach, 1 Kings [[s:he:T09a17#יז_א|17:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said unto Ahab: ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.’

vay-yómer Eliyáhu hat-Tishbí mit-toshavéi Gil‘ád el Aḥ’áv ḥai Adonái Elohéi Yisra’él ashér ‘amádti lefanáv im yihyéh has-shaním ha-éleh tal u-matár ki im lᵉfi dᵉvari.

(biblical) Gilead (a region east of the Jordan river)


יעקב

יַעֲקֹב • (ya'akóv) m

יַעֲקֹב (canonical)
ya'akóv (romanization)

→ 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)

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

Root
 ע־ק־ב (ʿ-q-b)
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From עקב (“heel”).


מלכי־צדק

he-proper noun

מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק

מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק • (malki-tsédek) m

מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק (canonical)
malki-tsédek (romanization)

Proper name attested in Genesis, 14:18 and in Psalms 110:4.
The name is a nominal phrase, translating to "my king (מלך) is righteousness (צדק)".
It has been suggested that the occurrence in Psalms 110:4 is not originally intended as a proper name.
The standard translation of על־
דברתי מלכי־צדק is "after the order of Melchizedek", but the New Jewish Publication Society of America Version (1985) translates "a rightful king by My decree".

(biblical) Melchizedek (a king and priest mentioned in the book of Genesis; contemporary of Abraham)


נשיא

he-noun

נָשִׂיא • (nasí) m (plural indefinite נְשִׂיאִים, singular construct נְשִׂיא־, plural construct נְשִׂיאֵי־, feminine counterpart נְשִׂיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]

נָשִׂיא (canonical)
nasí (romanization)
נְשִׂיאִים (indefinite plural)
נְשִׂיא־ (construct singular)
נְשִׂיאֵי־ (construct plural)
נְשִׂיאָה (feminine)

(biblical and historical) A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe.


מדינה

מְדִינָה • (m'diná) f (plural indefinite מְדִינוֹת, singular construct מְדִינַת־, plural construct מְדִינוֹת־)

מְדִינָה (canonical)
m'diná (romanization)
מְדִינוֹת (indefinite plural)
מְדִינַת־ (construct singular)
מְדִינוֹת־ (construct plural)

Root
 ד־י־ן (d-y-n)
Likely borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā), itself formed from the root of דין (“to judge”), denoting the place where judgement takes place. Cognate with Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “city”).

bor

Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā)


עשו

he-proper noun

עֵשָׂו • ('esáv, ʿēśāw) m

עֵשָׂו (canonical)
'esáv (romanization)
ʿēśāw (romanization)


מצה

he-noun

מַצָּה • (matsá) f

Uncertain; it has traditionally been linked to מָצַץ (“to suck”) (with a literal meaning of "something that is sucked up or drained [out]", presumably referring to the leaven), but this derivation is not without its problems. Various alternate etymologies have been suggested, including that it may be a non-Semitic loanword (compare Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-bread or cake”)) or that it may befrom the root נ־צ־ה relating to haste (meaning "something that is prepared in haste").
 Root
 מ־צ־ץ (m-ts-ts)

cog

אֹהֵב פֶּשַׁע אֹהֵב מַצָּה

Tanach, Proverbs [[s:he:T2817#יז_יט|17:19]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

He loveth transgression that loveth strife;

'ohév pésha' 'ohév matsá
ʾōhēḇ péšaʿ ʾōhēḇ maṣṣā


קריוקי

he-noun

קַרְיוֹקִי • (karyóki) m

קַרְיוֹקִי (canonical)
karyóki (romanization)

Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke, literally “empty orchestra”), from 空 (から, kara) + オーケストラ (ōkesutora, from English orchestra).

bor

instrumental version
instrumental version

(uncountable) karaoke (a form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music)


חרס

he-noun

חֶרֶס • (khéres) m (singular construct חֶרֶס־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

חֶרֶס (canonical)
khéres (romanization)
חֶרֶס־ (construct singular)

From Hittite 𒂁 (ḫarši-, “a kind of rough pottery vessel”); in the Tanakhic passages it does not mean the material itself, but only a kind of vessel, which apparently derives from Asia Minor with the borrowing. Other Semitic languages have instead of this word a phono-semantic matching, under which are Classical Syriac ܚܶܙܦܳܐ (ḥezəp̄ā), Classical Syriac ܚܶܨܦܳܐ (ḥeṣəp̄ā, “piece of pottery”), whence Arabic خَزَف (ḵazaf), and Ge'ez ጻሕብ (ṣaḥb), ጻኅብ (ṣaḫb, “earthen vessel”).


חנה

he-proper noun

חַנָּה • (kḥaná) f [pattern: קַטְלָה]

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

(biblical) Hannah (mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament)


אחז

אָחָז • (akház) m

(biblical) Ahaz (a king of Judah mentioned in the book of Kings)


טיט

he-noun

טִיט • (tít, ṭîṭ) m

טִיט (canonical)
tít (romanization)
ṭîṭ (romanization)

Root
 ט־ו־ט (ṭ-w-ṭ)
From Proto-Semitic *ṭīn- (“clay”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒅎 (ṭīdum) and Arabic طِين (ṭīn).


תרח

(biblical) Terah (the father of Abraham)


רבשקה

he-proper noun

רַבְשָׁקֵה • (ravshaké) m

רַבְשָׁקֵה (canonical)
ravshaké (romanization)