לאה

yi-proper noun

לאה • (leye) f, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)

leye (romanization)
leyele (romanization)


רחל

From Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél). Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).


נתן

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


משה

משה גרויסע

a stuffed shirt; person who is full of himself


בנימין

From Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין.

bor

Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין

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


אהרן

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


רות

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

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


יונה

yi-proper noun

יונה • (yoyne) m, diminutive יונהלע (yoynele)

yoyne (romanization)
yoynele (romanization)

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yoná, “Jonah”)


יהושע

yehoyshue (romanization)
yeshue (romanization)

der

Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ

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


דוד

(biblical) David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king of ancient Israel.


יוסף

yosef (romanization)
yoysef (romanization)

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


קין

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


יהודה

bor

Hebrew יְהוּדָה

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)

(biblical) Judah, Judea (a traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel)


יצחק

yitskhok (romanization)
איציק (alternative)

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


גיהנום

genem (romanization)
gehenem (romanization)
גהינם (alternative)
גענעם (alternative)
גענעמ (alternative)

גיה‧נום גי‧ה‧נום

From Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם.

Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם

(religion) hell (specifically Gehinnom in Judaism)


חנה

yi-proper noun

חנה • (khane) f, diminutive חנהלע (khanele)

khane (romanization)
khanele (romanization)

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


נבֿיא

yi-noun

נבֿיא • (novi) m, plural נבֿיאים (neviyem), feminine נבֿיאה (neviye)

novi (romanization)
neviyem (romanization)
neviye (romanization)


נבֿיאה

נבֿיאה • (neviye) f, plural נבֿיאות (neviyes)

neviye (romanization)
neviyes (romanization)


אליהו

bor

Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ

(Abrahamism, biblical) Elijah (an Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions)


ארץ־ישׂראל

From Hebrew אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל ('érets yisra'él), from אֶרֶץ ('érets, “land”) + יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

der

אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל

(biblical) the Land of Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)


יונתן

(biblical) Jonathan (a son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel)


יציאת מצרים

From Hebrew יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם (y'tsi'át mitsráyim).

bor

יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם

(biblical) Exodus (the departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses)


אייבערשטער

eybershter (romanization)
אויבערשטער (alternative)

Nominalization of the masculine nominative singular form of אייבערשט (eybersht), possibly as a semantic loan from Russian всевы́шний (vsevýšnij) or Polish Najwyższy, Wszechmogący. Compare German oberster, Höchster.

semantic loan

ני(ש)ט געדאַװנט, ני(ש)ט געלערנט, אַבי דעם אײבערשטן ניט דערצערנט

ni(sh)t gedavnt, ni(sh)t gelernt, abi dem eybershtn nit dertsernt

Do not worship, do not preach, as long as the Most High is not angered

איך האָב דאָס אַרויסגעזען פֿון זיך אַליין טאַקע, ווי אַזוי דער אייבערשטער האָט מיט מיר געפֿירט, מיט מײַן איצטיקער פּרנסה: וואָרעם ווי קום איך גאָר פֿאַרקויפֿן קעז און פּוטער אין מיטן דרינען, אַז מײַן באַבעס באַבע האָט קיין מאָל נישט געהאַנדלט מיט קיין מילכיקס? ס׳איז בנאמנות כּדאַי, איר זאָלט אויסהאָרכן די גאַנצע מעשׂה פֿון אָנהייב ביזן סוף.

1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):

I have examined this from itself alone really, how thus has the Almighty dealt with me, with my current line of work: because how entirely do I suddenly come to sell cheese and butter, if my grandmother's grandmother had never peddled any dairy products? It's truly worthwhile that you should hear out the whole story from beginning to end.

ikh hob dos aroysgezen fun zikh aleyn take, vi azoy der eybershter hot mit mir gefirt, mit mayn itstiker parnose: vorem vi kum ikh gor farkoyfn kez un puter in mitn drinen, az mayn babes babe hot keyn mol nisht gehandlt mit keyn milkhiks? s'iz benemones keday, ir zolt oyshorkhn di gantse mayse fun onheyb bizn sof.


המן

From Hebrew הָמָן (hamán), probably from Old Persian 𐎡𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (i-m-n-i-š /Imāniš/).


מכּבי

yi-noun

מכּבי • (makabi) m, plural מכּבים (makabem)

makabi (romanization)
makabem (romanization)
מכּבייער (alternative)

bor

Hebrew מַכַּבִּי


נבֿואה

yi-noun

נבֿואה • (nevue) f, plural נבֿואות (nevues)

nevue (romanization)
nevues (romanization)


שופֿט

שופֿט • (shoyfet) m, plural שופֿטים (shoyftem)

shoyfet (romanization)
shoyftem (romanization)

(biblical) Judge (ruler in ancient Israel)


עשׂרת השבֿטים

head

עשׂרת השבֿטים

yi-noun

עשׂרת השבֿטים


אימאַם

head

אימאַם • (imam) m

yi-noun

אימאַם • (imam) m


שטרעמונג

שטרעמונג • (shtremung) f, plural שטרעמונגען (shtremungen)

shtremung (romanization)
shtremungen (romanization)

Compare German Strömung. By surface analysis, שטראָם (shtrom) + ־ונג (-ung).

surf

(philosophy, politics, religion) current, stream, tendency


אַשכּנז

From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.

bor

Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז

(biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)


פּריסטער

yi-noun

פּריסטער • (prister) m, plural פּריסטערס (pristers)

prister (romanization)
pristers (romanization)

Compare German Priester, Dutch priester.


הייד

heyd (romanization)
heydn (romanization)

From Old High German heidano. Compare German Heide.


פֿאָרכצום

forkhtsum (romanization)
פֿאָרכצום (predicative)
פֿאָרכצומער (masculine nominative)
פֿאָרכצום (indefinite neuter nominative)
פֿאָרכצומע (definite neuter nominative)
פֿאָרכצומס (neuter nominative postpositional)
פֿאָרכצומע (feminine nominative)
פֿאָרכצומע (nominative plural)
פֿאָרכצומען (accusative masculine)
פֿאָרכצום (accusative indefinite neuter)
פֿאָרכצומע (accusative definite neuter)
פֿאָרכצומס (accusative neuter postpositional)
פֿאָרכצומע (accusative feminine)
פֿאָרכצומע (accusative plural)
פֿאָרכצומען (dative masculine)
פֿאָרכצום (dative indefinite neuter)
פֿאָרכצומען (dative definite neuter)
פֿאָרכצומען (dative neuter postpositional)
פֿאָרכצומער (dative feminine)
פֿאָרכצומע (dative plural)
פֿאָרכטצום (alternative)

Derived from פֿאָרכטן (forkhtn, “to fear”) + possibly צום (tsum), the former being cognate to German fürchten.


אַבֿרהם אָבֿינו

Borrowed from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ (avrahám avínu, “Abraham our father”)

bor+

אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ

(biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar)


צענטנער

Borrowed from German Zentner, ultimately from Latin centēnārius (“containing hundred”), from centum (“hundred”).


אהרן הכּהן

arn hakoyen (romanization)
אַהרן הכּהן (alternative)

/ˈaʁn̩ haˈkɔɪ̯ən/

Borrowed from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (aharón hakohén, “Aaron the priest”)

bor+

אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן

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