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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