Appendix M
Glossary of Hebrew Words in these Mitzvot
derived from the
Complete Jewish Bible
(Transliterated)
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]
[E]
[F]
[G]
[H]
[I]
[J]
[K]
[L]
[M]
[N]
[O]
[P]
[Q]
[R]
[S]
[T]
[U]
[V]
[W]
[X]
[Y]
[Z]
A* | ||
'Amora | - | Gomorrah |
'Aved-N'go | - | Abed-Nego |
Ach'av | - | Ahab |
acharit-hayamim | - | latter (end of) days |
Achlai | - | Ahlai |
ADONAI | - | LORD |
ADONAI-Tzva'ot | - | LORD of Hosts |
ADONAI-Yir'eh | - | The Lord will see to it (provides) |
Adoshem | - | a manufactured word to substitute for "ADONAI" |
Aharon | - | Aaron |
Aleinu | - | a prayer in the Siddur ("It is our duty") |
aliyah | - | ascent (literal); also, ascending to the bimah; emigration to Israel |
aliyot | - | plural of aliyah |
Amidah | - | a prayer in the Siddur (also called the Sh'moneh Esreh) |
Amoni | - | Ammonite |
Aram | - | Armenia, Syria |
Aravah | - | Plains |
Aron Hakodesh | - | ark that houses Torah scroll |
Asaf | - | Asaph |
Ashkenazim | - | residents of middle Europe |
Atzmon | - | Azmon |
Avimelekh | - | Abimelech |
Avigayil | - | Abigail |
Aviv | - | the season of Spring (an agricultural reference) |
Avot | - | fathers; also a tractate of the Talmud (see Pirke Avot) |
Avraham | - | Abraham |
Avram | - | Abram |
Ayin | - | Ain |
Azaryah | - | Azariah |
Az'azel | - | the Passover scapegoat |
B* | ||
B'liya'al | - | "Belial" in the HKJ; literal meaning: "worthlessness"; synonym for Satan |
B'midbar | - | Book of Numbers (in the desert) |
b'rakhah | - | blessing |
B'rakhot | - | blessings; also a tractate of the Talmud |
B'reshit | - | Book of Genesis (in the beginning) |
B'rit Chadasha | - | New Covenant (sometimes meaning New Covenant Scriptures or New Testament) |
b'rit milah | - | covenant circumcision (cutting) |
Ba'al | - | Ugaritic reference to foreign gods |
Ba'al-Zibbul | - | Beelzebub |
Ba'al-Zibbul | - | Beelzebub |
Bar | - | son (Aramaic) |
Bar-Nabba | - | Barnabas |
Bar/Bat Mitzvah | - | time of becoming accountable as an adult, and assuming adult responsibilities in the synagogue (literally: "Son/Daughter of Commandment") |
Bar-Sabba | - | Barsabas |
Bar-Talmai | - | son of Bartholomew |
Bar-Timai (son of Timai) | - | Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus) |
bat | - | daughter (Aramaic) |
batei din | - | plural of beit din |
Bava Metziah | - | a tractate of the Talmud |
Bavel | - | Babylon |
Bavli | - | Babylonian |
Be'eroti | - | Berothite |
Be'er-Sheva | - | Beersheba |
beit din | - | see bet din |
Beliya'al | - | Belial; one of the fallen angels who is now a demon |
ben | - | son |
Ben-Halfai | - | son of Alphaeus |
Ben-Ya'akov | - | son of James/Jacob |
Berotah | - | Berothah |
bet din | - | Jewish court of law |
Bet-Lechem | - | Bethlehem |
Bil'am | - | Balaam |
bimah | - | raised platform & table from which the Torah scroll is read |
Binyamin | - | Benjamin |
Birkat Cohanim | - | Priestly Blessing (Aaronic Benediction) |
Birkat HaCohanim | - | see Birkat Cohanim |
Birkat HaMazon | - | Grace after the meal (blessing over the food) |
C* | ||
Chafetz Chayim | - | Rabbi Meir Kagan, aka Yisrael Meir HaKohen, writer, teacher & codifier of Jewish law |
chalalah | - | a profaned woman |
challah | - | a special kind of bread (also hallah) |
chametz | - | also, spelled hametz; food that contains leaven or is otherwise unsuitable to be eaten at Passover or during the Feast of Unleavened Bread |
charoset | - | sweet, pasty, gray-colored mixture containing apples, nuts, spices, etc., eaten at the Passover seder |
chazan | - | cantor |
chelev | - | forbidden fat (to eat) |
chillul HaShem | - | Public or conspicuous misbehaviour that dsicredits or disgraces God |
Chinuch | - | a commentator and codifier of mitzvot (also HaChinuch) |
Chumash | - | Book that contains the Torah & Haftarah (traditionally related weekly readings from other parts of the Bible) |
cohanim | - | priests (also kohanim) |
cohanim g'dolim | - | high priests (also kohanim g'dolim) |
cohen | - | priest (also kohen) |
Cohen Gadol | - | High Priest (also Kohen Gadol) |
Cohen HaGadol | - | the High Priest (also Kohen HaGadol) |
Cretans | - | Cretians |
D* | ||
D'varim | - | Book of Deuteronomy (words) |
Dammesek | - | Damascus |
dibeyr | - | used herein to mean "verbatim commandment" |
dibrot | - | plural of dibeyr |
Divrei-HaYamim Bet | - | Book of 2 Chronicles |
dor l'dor | - | generation to generation |
E* | ||
echad | - | composite "one"; also, "only" |
Edomi | - | Edomite |
Efrat | - | Efrathah |
Efrayim | - | Ephraim |
ekklesia | - | a Greek word meaning "body of believers" or "church" |
El | - | God |
El'azar | - | Eleazar, Lazarus |
Eli | - | My God |
Eliyahu | - | Elijah |
El Shaddai | - | God Almighty |
Eloheinu (Eloheynu) | - | our God |
Elokeinu (Elokeynu) | - | a manufactured word to substitute for "Eloheinu (Eloheynu)" |
Elohim | - | God |
Elyon | - | the Most High |
Emori | - | Amorites |
Eretz | - | land |
Eretz Yisrael | - | Land of Israel |
erev | - | evening |
erev Shabbat | - | Sabbath evening (after sundown on Friday) |
F* | ||
G* | ||
g'rushah | - | a divorced woman |
Gadi | - | Gadites |
Galil | - | Galilee |
galut | - | diaspora, dispersion of the Jewish people |
Geichazi | - | Geihazi |
Gei-Hinnom | - | Gehanna, Valley of Hinnom |
Gemara | - | a component of the Talmud |
ger | - | proselyte |
gerim | - | plural of ger |
get | - | a Jewish writ of divorce, aka bill of divorcement |
gezeirah | - | a law promulgated to prevent violating a commandment of Torah |
gid hanasheh | - | sinew of the thigh |
Gid'on | - | Gideon |
Gil'ad | - | Gilead (a person & a place) |
Girgashi | - | Girgashites |
Gitti | - | Gittite |
Giy'ah | - | Gibeah |
Goy | - | Gentile |
Goyim | - | plural of Goy (Gentiles) |
Goyishe | - | Gentile (adjective) |
H* | ||
Ha'Elyon | - | the Most High |
HaAretz | - | the Land (usually referring to the Land of Israel) |
Haftarah | - | selections of books from the Nev'im & Ketuvim of the Tanakh that are traditionally read in the synagogue along with the Torah during services and as part of personal devotions |
HaChinuch | - | a codifier and commentator mitzvot (also Chinuch) |
HaG'dulah | - | Throne of the Majesty |
halachah | - | law; body of Jewish law; legal interpretation of the Talmud |
halachic | - | adjective referring to halachah |
halachically | - | adverb referring to halachah |
hallah | - | challah - a kind of bread |
Hamat | - | Hamath |
hametz | - | see chametz |
Hanokh | - | Enoch |
HaShem | - | substitute name for God (literally: "The Name") |
Hatzar-Adar | - | Hazar Addar |
Hatzar-'Einom | - | Hazar Enan |
Hatzar-Hatikhon | - | Hazar Hatticon |
Havah | - | Eve |
Havdalah | - | separation (usually refers to a ceremony commemorating the end of the Sabbath and beginning of the work-week) |
Havran | - | Hauran |
Hefer | - | Hepher |
Hetlon | - | Hethlon |
Hevel | - | Abel |
Hilchot Gedolot | - | a work by Simon Kairo published in the 8th Century |
Hitti | - | Hittite(s) |
Hivi | - | Hivite(s) |
Horey | - | Horeb |
I* | ||
Iyar | - | Second month on the biblical Jewish calendar; comes after Nisan |
Iyov | - | Job, Book of Job |
J* | ||
K* | ||
K'far-Nachum | - | Capernaum |
K'hat | - | Kohathites |
K'nizi | - | Kenizzites |
K'riot | - | Kerioth, a town in the south of Judea |
K'rov Yisrael | - | Gentiles who identify closely with the Jewish Community |
K'rovei Yisrael | - | plural of K'rov Yisrael |
Kadmoni | - | Kadmonites |
Kal Nidre | - | see Kol Nidre |
kal va-chomer | - | a Talmudic rule of hermeneutics (less to more) |
Kanah | - | Cana (a place) |
Karmel | - | Carmel (a place) |
Kasdin | - | Chaldeans |
kashering | - | making meat kosher by salting and soaking |
kashrut | - | the practice of keeping kosher |
kavanah | - | attitude of focussed intention of the heart in prayer |
Kayin | - | Cain |
Kedushah | - | A prayer in the Siddur that is imbedded in the Amidah |
Kefa | - | Peter |
kehilah | - | congregation, assembly, community |
kehillah) | - | see kehilah |
Kena'an | - | Canaan |
Kena'ani | - | Canaanite(s) |
Keni | - | Kenites |
Ketuvim | - | Holy writings (a section of the Hebrew Scriptures) |
khukah | - | statute, ordinance |
Kiddush | - | a Jewish ceremony blessing God over wine |
kiddushin | - | sanctification |
Kinneret | - | Chinnereth |
Kitvey B'rit Chadasha | - | New Covenant Scriptures (New Testament) |
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch | - | abbreviated Code of Jewish Law |
kodesh | - | holy |
kohanim | - | priests (also cohanim) |
kohanim g'dolim | - | high priests (also cohanim g'dolim) |
Kohelet | - | Book of Ecclesiastes |
kohen | - | priest (also cohen) |
Kohen Gadol | - | High Priest (also Cohen Gadol) |
Kohen HaGadol | - | the High Priest (also Cohen HaGadol) |
kol | - | all |
Kol Nidre | - | "All Vows"; a Yom Kippur liturgical declaration |
kosher | - | ceremonially clean for eating, according to biblical or rabbinical standards |
koshering | - | see kashering |
L* | ||
L'mah sh'vaktani? | - | lama sabachthani? (Why have you deserted me?) |
L'vanon | - | Lebanon |
L'vi'im | - | Levites |
lashon hara | - | evil or negative speech |
Lavan | - | Laban |
Lud | - | Lydda |
lulav | - | (1) a palm branch; (2) three species of plants tied together, consisting of a palm branch, thick branches of trees, and river willows |
M* | ||
m'chitzah | - | partition |
M'lakhim Alef | - | Book of 1 Kings |
M'nasheh | - | Manasseh |
M'nashi | - | Manassites |
M'ribot-Kadesh | - | Meribah by Kadesh |
m'zuzah | - | scroll containing words of Torah attached to doorpost |
m'zuzot | - | plural of m'zuzah |
Machayim | - | land of the Mahavites |
Machlah | - | Mahlah |
Machlon | - | Mahlon |
Magdalit | - | Magdalene |
Maimonides | - | Moshe be Maimon, aka Rambam (philosopher, theologian & codifier of Jewish law) |
Makkoth | - | a tractate of Talmud |
Malakhi | - | Book of Malachi |
Malki-Tzedek | - | Melchizedek |
mamzer | - | bastard |
man | - | manna |
Manoach | - | Manoah |
maror | - | bitter herbs |
Marta | - | Martha |
Mattiyahu | - | Matthew |
Meishakh | - | Meshach |
Meir HaCohen, Yisroel | - | The "Chafetz Chaim" (writer, scholar, teacher, codifier of Jewish law) |
Metushelach | - | Methuselah |
mezuzah | - | see m'zuzah |
mezuzot | - | see m'zuzot |
Midyan | - | Midian (nation of the Midianites) |
Mikhah | - | Book of Micah |
Millkhah | - | Milcah |
Minchah | - | Jewish afternoon service |
Miryam | - | Miraim, Mary |
Mishlei | - | Book of Proverbs |
Mishna | - | alternative transliterated spelling of "Mishnah" |
Mishnah | - | a component of the Talmud |
Mishneh Torah | - | compilation of laws gleaned from both Scripture and Talmud |
mishpat | - | judgment |
mitzvah | - | commandment (either God's exact words or a restatement of them, e.g. Maimonides' "Sefer HaMitzvot"); in another context, an act of kindness or compassion |
mitzah d'oraita | - | Commandment of Torah |
mitzah d'rabbanan | - | rabbincal commandment |
mitzvot | - | plural of mitzvah |
mitzvot aseh | - | positive commandments |
mitzvot lo ta'aseh | - | negative commandments |
Mo'av | - | Moab |
Mo'avi | - | Moabite |
Modeh Ani | - | blessing of thankfulness said when awakening in the morning ("I am grateful") |
mohel | - | covenant surgeon (circumciser) |
Molekh | - | an idol image worshipped by the Ammonites (also spelled Molech) |
Moshe | - | Moses |
Motza'ei-Shabbat | - | Saturday night (time immediately following Shabbat) |
Musaf | - | extra Jewish service on Shabbat afternoon |
N* | ||
N'tilat-yadayim | - | unwashed hands |
n'veilah | - | meat from an animal that dies of its own accord |
Nachrai | - | Naharai |
Natan | - | Nathan the prophet |
Natzeret | - | Nazareth |
Naval | - | Nabal |
Nazir | - | Nazarite |
Nechemyah | - | Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah |
Negev | - | South |
Nev'im | - | Prophets, prophetic books of the Bible |
neveilah | - | see n'veilah |
niddah | - | impurity, uncleanness, a woman's menstruation |
Nisan | - | The first month of the biblical Jewish calendar |
Nissan | - | alternative spelling of Nisan |
nissuin | - | consummation of marriage |
No'ah | - | Noah |
Noach | - | Noah |
nudnik | - | pest (Yiddish) |
O* | ||
Olam hazeh | - | this world, this age |
omer | - | a measure of grain (associated with counting 50 days to Shavuot) |
Oved | - | Obed |
P* | ||
P'lishtim | - | Philistines |
P'rizi | - | Perizzite(s) |
P'rushim | - | Pharisees |
parasha | - | weekly Torah reading (singular) |
parashiyot (or parashot) | - | weekly Torah readings (plural) |
parokhet | - | veil |
Parush | - | Pharisee |
Pekach | - | Pekah |
Pesach | - | Passover |
Pesachim | - | a tractate of the Talmud |
Pidyon HaBen(im) | - | ceremony of redemption of the firstborn Israelite male (im - plural) |
Pinchas | - | Phinehas |
Pirke Avot | - | "Ethics of the Father" (a tractate of the Talmud |
Pruzbul | - | a legal procedure to avoid releasing debts in a Sabbatical Year |
Q* | ||
R* | ||
Rachav | - | Rahab |
Rambam | - | Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, aka Maimonides (philisopher, theologian & codifier of the Jewish law) |
Ramot | - | Ramoth (a place) |
Rav | - | Rabbi |
Re'iveni | - | Reubenites |
Refa'im | - | Rephaim |
Refidim | - | Rephidim |
Remalyah | - | Remaliah |
responsum | - | a written reply by a rabbi or Talmudic scholar on a matter of Jewish law |
Rivkah | - | Rebecca |
Rivlah | - | Riblah |
Rosh Chodesh | - | see Rosh-Hodesh |
Rosh HaShanah | - | Jewish term for Yom T'ruah (literally: "Head of the Year"); an "appointed time" and "High Holy Day" that falls on the first day of the seventh month (Tishrei) |
Rosh-Hodesh | - | New Moon, first day of the month |
Ruach | - | Spirit |
Ruach HaKodesh | - | Holy Spirit |
Rut | - | Ruth, also Book of Ruth |
S* | ||
s'rafim | - | seraphim |
S'dom | - | Sodom |
Sanhedrin | - | Supreme Court of ancient Israel; a tractate of Talmud |
Sarai | - | Sarah |
seder | - | ritual Passover meal (literally: "order") |
sedarim | - | plural of seder |
sefer | - | book |
Sefer HaChinuch | - | mitzvah compilation written by HaChinuch (literally: "Book of Education") |
Sefer HaMitzvot | - | Book of Commandments (also title of Book authored by Maimonides) |
Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar | - | Concise Book of Mitzvot |
sefer k'riytut | - | divorce (noun), bill of divorcement |
Sefer Mitzvot Gadol | - | Big Book of Commandments, by Moses of Coucy (1st half of the 13th Century) |
Sefer Mitzvot Katan | - | Little Book of Commandments, by Isaac ben Joseph of Corveil (2nd half of the 13th Century) |
Sefer Torah | - | Torah scroll (literally: "Book of Law") |
seifer | - | see sefer |
sekhel | - | shrewdness (Yiddish) |
Sephardim | - | Original meaning: Jews from the Iberian Peninsula; today's usage includes Jews from North Africa and the Middle East |
Seudat HaAdon | - | Table of the Lord (The Lord's Supper; Holy Communion) |
sh'chitah | - | slaughter, ritual slaughter |
sh'eilah | - | test question |
Sh'felah | - | Lowlands |
Sh'khem | - | Shechem or Sichem |
Sh'khinah | - | Presence (glory) of God |
sh'ma | - | hear |
Sh'ma | - | major Jewish prayer/proclamation quoted from Deuteronomy 6:4-9 |
Sh'mini Atzeret | - | annual Sabbath day following the seventh day of Sukkot; often called the eighth day of Sukkot |
sh'mittah | - | release, discharge (of debts) |
Sh'mitah | - | the Sabbatical Year |
Sh'moneh Esreh | - | a prayer in the Siddur (also called the Amidah) |
Sh'mot | - | Book of Exodus (names) |
Sh'ol | - | Sheol (grave pit, a place awaiting eternal judgment) |
sh'varim | - | several short unwavering sounds |
Sha'ul | - | Saul, Paul |
Shabbat | - | Sabbath |
Shabbat shalom | - | Sabbath peace; hello/goodbye on the Sabbath |
Shachrit | - | traditional morning service |
Shaddai | - | the Almighty |
Shadrakh | - | Shadrach |
shaliach | - | apostle; emissary |
shalach | - | divorce (verb) |
shalom | - | godly peace; hello/goodbye |
Shalom aleikhem | - | Peace be to you! |
shamash | - | servant, deacon, synagogue official |
shamashim | - | plural of shamash |
shatneitz | - | kinds of things, stuff |
Shavuot | - | Feast of Weeks; appointed time (annual Sabbath) 50 days from Yom HaBikkurim; aka "Pentecost" within Christianity (literally: "Weeks") |
shebuat bittui | - | verbal oath |
shebuat shav | - | false oath |
Shechinah | - | see Sh'khinah |
shechitah | - | see sh'chitah |
shekel | - | a monetary coin (one-fifth of an ounce of silver) |
Shelosh-'Esreh Middot HaRakhamim | - | "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy" |
Shim'on | - | Simeon, Simon |
Shimshon | - | Samson |
shlichim | - | persons who are sent out, apostles; plural of shaliach<> |
Shlomo | - | Solomon |
Shochet | - | slaughterer |
shofar | - | a musical instrument (trumpet) made from the hollow horn of an animal |
shofarot | - | plural of shofar |
Shoftim | - | Book of Judges |
Shomron | - | Samaria |
Shulchan Adonai | - | Table of the Lord (The Lord's Supper, Holy Communion) |
Shulchan HaAdon | - | Table of the Lord (The Lord's Supper, Holy Communion) |
Shulchan Aruch | - | Code of Jewish Law (literally: "set table") |
Shunamit | - | Shunammite |
Sibrayim | - | Sibraim |
Sichon | - | Sihon |
Siddur | - | traditional Jewish prayer book |
Sila | - | Silas |
Skeva | - | Sceva |
suf | - | reed (Yom Suf translates to "Sea of Reeds" or "Red Sea") |
sukkah | - | the singular form of sukkot; literally, a booth or tabernacle |
Sukkot | - | Feast of Tabernacles (literally: "Booths"); an appointed time consisting of 8 days that fall soon after Yom Kippur; the 1st day of Sukkot is an annual Sabbath |
T* | ||
t'fillin | - | phylacteries |
t'kiah | - | a single unwavering sound |
T'oma | - | Thomas |
t'reifah | - | meat from an animal that is killed by a beast in the field |
t'ruah | - | blowing (a series of short broken notes) |
t'vul yom | - | bathed but ceremonially unclean until sundown |
tallit gadol | - | prayer shawl having fringes on the corners (literally: "large tallit") |
tallit katan | - | under-garment having fringes on the corners (literally: "small tallit") |
talmid | - | disciple |
talmidah | - | female disciple |
talmidim | - | disciples |
Talmud | - | extra-biblical writing of the "oral tradition" |
Talmud Bavli | - | Babylonian Talmud |
Talmudic | - | adjective referring to the Talmud |
Tanakh | - | the Hebrew Scriptures (Torah, Prophets, Writings); aka "Old Testament" |
taryag | - | six hundred thirteen (613) |
Tavita | - | Tabitha |
TB | - | Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) |
Tefillin | - | see t'fillin |
Tehillim | - | Book of Psalms |
tevul yom | - | see t'vul yom |
Tirtzah | - | Tirzah |
Tishrei | - | seventh month on the biblical Jewish calendar |
Tishri | - | alternative transliterated spelling of "Tishrei" |
Torah | - | teaching of God; Pentateuch; Mosaic Law |
tractate | - | a treatise; a book (major division) of the Talmud |
treif | - | see treyf |
treifah | - | see t'reifah |
treyf | - | any unkosher food (Yiddish) |
tsuris | - | trouble (Yiddish) |
Tuval | - | Tubal |
Tz'dad | - | Zedad |
tz'dakah | - | see tzedakah |
Tz'lof'chad | - | Zelophehad |
Tz'dukim | - | Sadducees |
Tz'ruyah | - | Zeruiah |
Tzaddik | - | righteous man |
Tzadok | - | Zadak the priest |
Tzara'at | - | leprosy |
tzedakah | - | charity |
Tzelek | - | Zelek |
Tzipporah | - | Zipporah |
Tzin | - | Zin |
tzitzit | - | fringe |
tzitziyot | - | plural of tzitzit |
Tziyon | - | Zion; the Jewish homeland; a place near Jerusalem; land of Israel; Mt. Zion in Israel |
tzor'ah | - | Zorah |
tzva'ot | - | of Hosts (as in ADONAI-Tzva'ot) |
U* | ||
Uziyah | - | King Uzziah (see also Uziyahu) |
unkosher | - | ceremonially unclean; not for eating |
Uriyah | - | Uriah |
Ur-Kasdim | - | Ur of the Chaldeans |
Uziyahu | - | King Uzziah (see also Uziyah) |
V* | ||
Vadi of Egypt | - | River (brook) of Egypt |
Vayikra | - | Book of Leviticus |
W* | ||
X* | ||
Y* | ||
Y'ho'achaz | - | Jehoahaz |
Y'ho'adan | - | Jehoaddan |
Y'ho'ash | - | Jehoas |
Y'hoshua | - | Joshua, Book of Joshua |
Y'hoyada | - | Jehoiada |
Y'hudah | - | Judah, Judas |
Y'kholyahu | - | Jecholiah |
Y'vusi | - | Jebusite |
Ya'akov | - | Jacob; James |
Yafo | - | Joppa |
Yah | - | sacred name of God |
Yarden | - | Jordan |
Yarov'am | - | Jeraboam |
Yechezkel | - | Book of Ezekiel |
Yehoshafat | - | Jehoshaphat |
Yericho | - | Jericho |
Yerivai | - | Jeribai |
Yerusha | - | Jerusha |
Yerushalayim | - | Jerusalem |
Yeshayahu | - | Isaiah, Book of Isaiah |
Yeshua | - | Jesus (literally: "salvation"); a variation of the name Y'hoshua |
Yiftach | - | Jepthah |
Yir'eh | - | provider |
Yirmeyahu | - | Jeremiah, Book of Jeremiah |
Yishai | - | Jesse |
Yishma'el | - | Ishmael |
Yisrael | - | Israel, Jacob's new name |
Yitmah | - | Ithmah |
Yitro | - | Jethro |
Yitz'chak | - | Isaac (laughter) |
Yoma | - | a tractate of the Talmud |
Yom HaBikkurim | - | Day of Firstfruits |
Yom HaDin | - | Feast of Trumpets; aka Rosh HaShanah; aka Yom HaShofar aka Zich'ron T'ruah; (literally: "Day of Judgment") |
Yom HaKippurim | - | see Yom Kippur |
Yom HaShofar | - | Feast of Trumpets; aka Yom T'ruah; aka Rosh HaShanah; aka Zich'ron T'ruah; aka Yom HaDin (literally: "Day of the Shofar") |
Yom Kippur | - | Day of Atonement (the 10th day of Tishrei) |
Yom Kippurim | - | see Yom Kippur |
Yom T'ruah | - | Feast of Trumpets; aka Rosh HaShanah; aka Yom HaShofar aka Zich'ron T'ruah; aka Yom HaDin (literally: "Day of Blowing") |
Yosef | - | Joseph |
Yoshavya | - | Joshaviah |
Yotam | - | Jotham |
Yovel | - | Jubilee Year |
yud | - | the Hebrew letter having the sound of the English "y" |
Z* | ||
Z'rubavel | - | Zerubbabel |
Zava'ah | - | ethical will |
Zavad | - | Zabad |
Zich'ron T'ruah | - | Feast of Trumpets; aka Yom T'ruah; aka Rosh HaShanah; aka Yom HaShofar; aka Yom HaDin (literally: "Remembrance of Blowing") |
Zifron | - | Ziphron |
Zikharyah | - | Book of Zechariah |
zonah | - | a harlot |
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