List of English words of Hebrew origin
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This is a list of English words of Hebrew (and related Semitic) origin.
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English words of Hebrew origin
- Abacus
- probably from אבק abaq (="dust") through Greek
- Amen
- from אמן amen (="so be it; truly")
- Ashkenazi
- from אשכנזי ashkenazi (="German")
- Bar mitzvah
- from בר מצווה bar mitzvah (="son of (i.e. bound to) the commandment")
- Behemoth
- from בהמות beheymot (="beasts" or "cattle")
- Bethlehem, bedlam
- from בית לחם bet lehem (="house of bread")
- Bris
- from ברית brit via Yiddish (="covenant (of circumcision)")
- Cherub, cherubim
- from כרוב kerubh, כרובים kerubim
- Golem
- from גולם golem (="unformed, incomplete")
- Goy
- from goy ("nation, gentile")
- Hallelujah
- from הללויה halleluyah (="(let us) praise God")
- Israel
- from ישראל yisrael (="(the one who) wrestles (with) God")
- Jehu
- from Yehu an insane driver (after 2 Kings 9:20)
- Jerusalem
- from ירושלים yerushalayim (="shall inherit Shalem" [an ancient biblical city-state mentioned in the book of Genesis])
- Jubilee
- from יובל yovel (Jubilee year)
- kibbutz
- from קיבוץ kibutz (="gathering")
- Kippah
- from כיפה kippah (="half-sphere")
- Kosher
- from כשר kasher (="fit, acceptable")
- Leviathan
- from לויתן livyatan (="whale")
- Maven
- from מבין mevin via Yiddish (="one who understands")
- Messiah
- from משיח mashiach (="anointed")
- Methuselah
- from Methushelah, the oldest living human (969 years)
- Mohel
- from מוהל mohel via Yiddish
- Nimrod
- ("a mighty hunter", mentioned in the Book of Genesis)
- Rabbi
- from רבי rabi (="my teacher", or mentor")
- Sabbath
- from Shabat("rest")
- sandal
- from סנדל sandal
- Satan
- from שטן satan (="adversary")
- Schwa
- from שווא sheva "ְ"
- Sephardi
- from ספרדי sefaradi (="Spaniard")
- Seraph, seraphim
- from שרף seraf, שרפים serafim ("fiery ones")
- Shibboleth
- from שיבולת shibolet (="ear of grain")
- Tohubohu
- chaos, comes form "Tohu va'vohu" (unformed and void) from Genesis 1:2
- Torah
- from תורה
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Words with Semitic roots akin to Hebrew
- Borough
- from Chaldean פרה perach
- Cider
- akin to שכר shekhar (="intoxicating liquor")
- Cinnamon
- akin to קינמון kinamon
- Camel
- akin to גמל gamal
- Hyssop
- akin to אזוב ezov
- Mate
- akin to מת met, as in Checkmate
- Sack
- akin שק saq (="sackcloth")
- Sapphire
- akin to ספיר sapir
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See also
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