List of English words of Hebrew origin
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This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter tav (ת) is transliterated as a "t" as opposed to an "s."
[editar] English words of Hebrew origin
- Abacus
- perhaps from אבק dust
- Amen
- from אמן amen ("so be it; truly")
- Armageddon
- from הר מגידו har megido ("megido mountain", the biblical location of an apocalyptic battle)
- Behemoth
- from בהמות behemot ("beasts, cattle")
- Bedlam
- from בית לחם bet lehem ("Bethlehem")
- Brouhaha
- suggested by some to be from barukh habba ("blessed be the one who comes")
- Cabal
- from קַבָּלָה qabbalah , literally meaning a "receiving", in the sense of a "received tradition"
- Cherub
- from כרוב kerubh
- Cider
- perhaps from Hebrew שכר shekhar ("intoxicating liquor")
- Chutzpah
- from hutspah
- Eden
- from edhen ("pleasure, delight")
- Golem
- from גולם golem ("unformed, incomplete")
- Gun moll
- first element perhaps from ganabh ("thief"), second element from Miryam
- Hallelujah
- from הללויה halleluyah ("praise Yahweh")
- Jeremiad
- from Yarimiyah (Jeremiah)
- Jezebel
- from Izebehl
- Jubilee
- from יובל yovel (Jubilee year)
- Kosher
- from כשר kasher ("fit, acceptable")
- Leviathan
- from לויתן livyatan ("whale, sea monster")
- Mazuma
- from מזומן mezumman ("ready")
- Manna
- from man
- Maven
- from מבין mevin ("one who understands")
- Meshuga
- from meshugga
- Messiah
- from משיח mashiach ("anointed")
- Methuselah
- from Methushelah, the Bible's longest-lived human (969 years)
- Nimrod
- from נמרוד, a mighty hunter, specifically the ancient King Nimrod (mentioned in the Book of Genesis)
- Pharaoh
- from par'oh
- Pita
- partly from Modern Hebrew pita
- Sabbath
- from שׁבת "Shabbat" ("rest")
- Sack
- from שק saq ("sackcloth") or its Phoenician cognate
- Satan
- from שטן satan ("adversary")
- Schmooze
- from shemu'oth ("news, rumours")
- Schwa
- from שווא sheva ("a neutral vowel quality")
- Shamus
- perhaps from shamash ("servant")
- Shekel
- from sheqel
- Shibboleth
- from שיבולת shibbolet ("ear of grain")
- Sodomy
- from s'dom ("Sodom")
- Tush
- from תחת tahat ("beneath")
[editar] See also
[editar] External links
- Hebrew words in English and in other languages
- Esoteric interpretation of geographical place names which might have been influenced by their meaning in Hebrew
For a list of words relating to with Hebrew language origins, see the Hebrew derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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