List of English words of Hebrew origin

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Template:Short description Template:Wiktionarycat This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw (Template:Script) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.

There is a separate list of English words of Semitic origin other than those solely of Hebrew or Arabic origin.

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From Hebrew words

abacus
from Template:Lang Template:'avaq 'dust' (AHD), probably from Greek ἄβαξ abax 'slab' (MW)
agora (currency)
from (AHD) Template:Lang agorah 'small coin' (MW), from Greek agora "an assembly of the People" from ageirein "to assemble
aliyah
from (AHD) Template:Lang Template:'aliyah 'ascent' (MW)
almemar
from Template:Lang Template:'almemar 'bema', from Arabic المنبر al-minbar 'pulpit' (AHD)
amen
from Template:Lang Template:'amen (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD)
armageddon
from Template:Lang har megido 'mount megido' (AHD)
baal
from Template:Lang ba'al 'lord' (AHD, MW)
babel
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang balal 'confound' (SC) + in part from Akkadian 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 bāb-ilu 'gate of god' (MW)
bar mitzvah
from (AHD) Template:Lang bar miṣwah 'son of the commandment' (MW)
bath (volume)
from Template:Lang bath (MW) '10 gallons liquid measure' (AHD) from Greek βαθύς (bathus), "deep",<ref>βαθύς, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus</ref>
bat mitzvah
from (AHD) Template:Lang bath miṣwah 'daughter of the commandment' (MW)
behemoth
from (MW) Template:Lang behemoth 'beasts' (AHD)
bethel
from (AHD) Template:Lang beth'el 'house of God' (MW)
bethesda (chapel)
(OSPD) from (AHD) Greek Bethesda 'Bethesda' (WNW), probably from bayith chesed 'house of kindness' (SC)
bris
from (WNW) Template:Lang b'rith 'covenant' (MW)
brith milah
from (WNW) Template:Lang b'rith milah 'covenant of circumcision' (MW)
brouhaha
perhaps from barukh hab-ba 'blessed be he who comes' (WNW)
cab (volume)
from (MW) qab 'hollow vessel' (AHD)
cabal
from (AHD) Template:Lang qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW)
challah
from (AHD) Template:Lang ḥallah 'egg-rich yeast-leavened bread' (MW)
chazan, hazan
from Template:Lang ḥazzan 'cantor' (MW) + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian (AHD)
cherub
from (AHD) Template:Lang kerubh 'celestial hierarchy angel' (MW)
chutzpah
from (AHD) Template:Lang ḥuṣpah 'supreme self-confidence' (MW)
cider
from (AHD) Template:Lang shekhar 'strong drink' (MW)
copacetic
disputed (MW) + perhaps from Template:Lang kol beṣedeq 'all with justice' (AHD), or Template:Lang kol beseder ‘all is in order’ (MW)
cor (volume), kor (volume)
from kor (AHD, WNW) '100 gallons capacity' (MW)
corban
from (AHD) Template:Lang qorban 'offering' (MW)
dybbuk
from Template:Lang dibbuq 'wandering soul' (AHD, MW)
edenic
from (WNW) Template:Lang Template:'eden 'delight' (AHD)
ephah
from (AHD) Template:Lang ephah '1/10 homer dry measure', from Egyptian (MW)
galilee
from Latin galilaea (AHD, MW), from Template:Lang galiyl 'circle', 'circuit' (SC)
ganef
from (AHD) Template:Lang gannabh 'thief' (MW)
gerah
from (MW) Template:Lang gerah 'grain', 'bean' (AHD)
get (divorce document)
from Template:Lang get 'document of release' (MW)
golem
from Template:Lang golem (AHD) 'shapeless mass' (MW)
goy
from Template:Lang goy 'nation' (AHD, MW)
gun moll
from (AHD) Template:Lang gannabh 'thief' (MW) + from Template:Lang Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
habdalah
from (AHD) habhdalah 'separation' (MW)
haftarah, haphtarah
from (MW, WNW) patar 'separate', 'discharge' (AHD)
haggadah
from (AHD, MW) heged 'a saying' (WNW)
halacha
from Template:Lang halakhah 'way' (MW)
hallelujah, alleluia
from Template:Lang halleluyah 'praise the [[Yahweh|Template:LORD]]' (AHD, MW)
halutz
from hlṣ 'be in the vanguard' (WNW)
hebraize
from (MW) Template:Lang Template:'ibhri (AHD) 'region across [descendant]' (SC)
heder
from Template:Lang heder 'room' (MW)
homer (volume)
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang hamar 'surge up', 'swell up' (WNW), Greek ὅμηρος (hómēros), "hostage"
hosanna
from (AHD) hoshi'ah-nna 'save please' (MW)
jubilee
from (AHD) Template:Lang yobhel 'ram's horn' (MW)
judas
from (MW) Template:Lang yehuda (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC)
kabbalah, cabala
from (AHD) Template:Lang qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW)
kaddish
from (AHD, MW) qds 'sanctify' (WNW)
kashrut
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang ksr 'be appropriate' (WNW)
kibbutz
from Template:Lang qibbuṣ (MW) 'gathering' (AHD)
kibosh
disputed (AHD, MW) + perhaps from Template:Lang kabash 'tread down', 'disregard'Template:Citation needed
kiddush
from (AHD) qiddush 'sanctification' (MW)
klezmer
from (AHD) Template:Lang k'ley zemer 'musical instruments' (MW)
knesset
(OSPD) from kanas 'assemble' (AHD, WNW)
kosher
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang ksr 'be appropriate' (WNW)
chayyim
(OSPD) from ḥaim 'to life' (WNW)
leviathan
from (AHD) Template:Lang liwyathan 'sea monster, whale' (MW)
macabre
from French (danse) macabre (AHD, MW), probably from Latin (Chorea) Machabaeorum, from Template:Lang maqqebet 'hammer' (WNW), from Template:Lang naqab 'perforate' (SC)
maftir
(OSPD) from maphtir 'one that dismisses' (NI)
mahzor
from (AHD) ḥzr 'return' (WNW)
manna
from Template:Lang man (AHD, MW) (SC)
matzo
from (AHD) Template:Lang maṣah 'unleavened bread' (MW)
maven
from (AHD) Template:Lang mebhin 'one who is experienced' (MW), 'one who understands' (OED)
mazeltov
from (WNW) Template:Lang mazzal tob 'good luck' (AHD)
mazuma
from (WNW) Template:Lang mezumman 'fixed' (AHD)
megillah
from (MW, WNW) galal 'roll' (AHD)
menorah
from (AHD) Template:Lang menorah 'candlestick' (MW)
meshuga
from (AHD) Template:Lang meshugga 'crazy' (MW).
messiah
from (AHD) Template:Lang mashiaḥ 'anointed' (MW) + in part from Aramaic (AHD) meshiha 'anointed' (MW)
mezuzah
from Template:Lang mezuzah 'doorpost' (AHD, MW)
midrash
from (AHD) Template:Lang midrash 'exposition', 'explanation' (MW)
mikvah
from miqwah 'purification bath' (AHD)
minyan
from Template:Lang minyan 'number', 'count' (MW), from Aramaic (AHD)
mitzvah
from (AHD) Template:Lang miṣwah 'commandment' (MW)
mohel
from Template:Lang mohel 'person qualified to perform circumcision' (WNW)
momser
from momser 'bastard' (WNW)
mishpachah
from mishpahah 'family', 'clan' (NI)
moshav
from (AHD) Template:Lang moshabh 'dwelling' (MW)
nabla
probably from nebhel 'harp' (NI)
nachas
pleasure, satisfaction, delight; proud enjoyment (usage: I have nachas from you) (from Hebrew נחת pronounced 'nachat') (WNW)
nebel
from nebhel 'harp' (NI)
omer
from Template:Lang Template:'omer (AHD) '1/10 ephah dry capacity' (MW)
parashah
from parashah 'explanation' (MW, WNW)
pascal
from 'Pascal' (AHD, MW), from<ref>pascal. French-English translation in CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved November 10, 2012.</ref> Template:Lang pesah 'passover' (AHD, MW, OED)
paschal
from Template:Lang pasah al 'passed over' (AHD, MW, OED)
pharaoh
from Template:Lang par'oh 'ruler of ancient Egypt', from Egyptian (MW) <hiero>O1:O29</hiero> pr-'o 'great house' (AHD)
pharisee
from Aramaic (AHD) perisha 'separated', from (MW) Template:Lang parash 'separate' (SC), 'cleave' (WNW)
rabbi
from (AHD, WNW) Template:Lang rabh 'master' (MW)
rebbe
from (AHD, WNW) Template:Lang rabh 'master' (MW)
rebbetzin
from (WNW) Template:Lang rabh 'master' (MW)
sabbatical
from (MW) Template:Lang shabbat 'day of rest' (AHD)
sabra
from (AHD) ṣabar 'prickly pear' (MW)
satanic
from Template:Lang satan 'adversary' (MW), 'devil' (AHD)
schmooze
from (AHD) Template:Lang shemu'oth 'news', 'rumor' (MW)
schwa
from Template:Lang schewaTemplate:' 'unstressed mid-central vowel' (MW), probably from Syriac ܥܗܘܐܝܝܐ sewayya 'equal' (AHD)
seder
from (AHD) Template:Lang seder 'order' (MW)
selah
from (AHD) Template:Lang selah (MW) 'suspension', 'pause' (SC)
seraph
from (MW) Template:Lang saraph 'celestial being' (AHD)
shadchan
(OSPD) from shiddekh 'arrange a marriage' (NI)
shadrach
(OSPD) from (AHD) shadrach 'captive' (WNW)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
shalom
from (AHD) Template:Lang shalom 'peace' (MW)
shalom aleichem
from (AHD) Template:Lang shalom 'alekhem 'peace unto you' (MW)
shammes
from (AHD) Template:Lang shammash 'sexton' (MW)
shamus
perhaps from (AHD) Template:Lang shammash 'sexton' (MW)
shegetz
from (AHD) Template:Lang sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
shekel
from (MW) Template:Lang saqal 'weigh', from Canaanite tql (AHD)
sheol
(OSPD) from se'ol 'underworld' (AHD), perhaps from shaal 'dig' (WNW)
shibboleth
from (AHD) Template:Lang shibboleth 'stream' (MW), 'ear of grain' (OED)
shiksa
from (AHD, WNW) Template:Lang sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
shivah
from (AHD) shibh'ah 'seven' (MW)
shofar
from shophar (MW) 'ram's horn' (AHD)
siddur
from Template:Lang siddur 'arrangement' (AHD), 'order' (MW)
sukkah
from Template:Lang sukkah 'booth', 'shelter' (MW)
sycamine
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang shiqmah 'mulberry tree' (OED)
tallith
from (MW) tillel 'cover' (AHD)
talmudism
from (MW) lamad 'learn' (AHD)
teraph
from (AHD) Template:Lang teraphim 'household god' (MW)
torah
from Template:Lang tora 'law', 'instruction' (AHD)
tref
from taraph 'tear' (AHD)
tsuris
from (AHD) ṣarah 'calamity' (WNW)
tush, toches
from (AHD) Template:Lang tahath 'under', 'beneath' (MW)
tzitzit, zizith
from (AHD) Template:Lang ṣiṣith 'fringes', 'tassels' (MW)
ulpan
from aleph 'ox', 'leader' (WNW)
yeshiva
from (AHD) Template:Lang yeshibhah 'talmudic school' (MW)
yid
from Template:Lang yehudah (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC)
zaddik
from Template:Lang ṣaddiq 'just', 'righteous' (MW)

From Hebrew names

abelia
from 'Abel' (AHD, MW), from Template:Lang Hebhel 'Abel'<ref name=abel>Template:Cite web</ref> (='emptiness') (SC)
abelian
from 'Abel' (AHD, MW), from Template:Lang Hebhel 'Abel'<ref name=abel/> (='emptiness') (SC)
abigail
from (MW) Template:Lang (SC) Avigail 'Abigail' (='father of exaltation') (HH)
adam-and-eve
from Template:Lang Adam 'Adam' (MW) (='earth') (HH) + from חוה Hawwah 'Eve' (MW) (='living') (HH)
ammonite
from Template:Lang Ammon, Biblical tribe
bedlam
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang Beth Leḥem 'Bethlehem' (='house of bread')
bejesus
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (MW) (='Jehovah-saved') (SC)
benday
from (AHD) Binyamin 'Benjamin' (MW) (='son of [the] right hand') (SC) + from Old English (AHD, MW)
cassia
from Template:Lang qəṣi`â
davit
from (AHD) Template:Lang Dawid 'David' (MW) (='loving') (SC)
hamantasch
from Haman, a biblical villain (MW) + tash, multiple etimologies; from Yiddish (MW)
hansom
from 'Hansom' (MW), from 'Hans',<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> from Yohanan 'John' (='the [[Yahweh|Template:LORD]] is gracious') (HH)
jack
1 from Template:Lang Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
2 perhaps from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jacket
from Template:Lang Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jacobean
from Template:Lang Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jacquard
from 'Jacquard' (AHD, MW), from<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jacquerie
from Template:Lang Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jakes
perhaps from Template:Lang Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jeez
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (MW) (='Jehovah-saved') (SC)
jehu
from Template:Lang Yehu 'Jehu' (MW) (='Jehovah [is] He') (SC)
jeremiad
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yirmeyah 'Jeremiah' (MW) (='the Template:LORD will rise') (SC)
jeroboam
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang Yarobh'am 'Jeroboam' (='people will contend') (SC)
jesuit
from Template:Lang Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (AHD) ('Jehovah-saved') (SC)
jezebel
from (AHD) Template:Lang Izebhel 'Jezebel' (MW) (='chaste') (SC)
jimmy
from (MW) 'James' (AHD), from Template:Lang Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW, OED) (='he has protected') (AHD)
jockey
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
joe
from Template:Lang Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH)
john (washroom)
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
johnny (gown)
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
jorum
perhaps from (AHD, MW) Yehoram 'Joram' (='Jehovah-raised') (SC)
joseph
from (AHD) Template:Lang Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH)
lazar
from (AHD) Template:Lang El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH)
lazaretto
from (AHD) Template:Lang El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH) + from (MW) Template:Lang natzerath 'Nazareth' (WNW)
macadam
from 'McAdam' (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (='earth') (HH)
macadamia
from 'Macadam' (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (='earth') (HH)
marionette
from Template:Lang Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
marry (interjection)
from Template:Lang Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
mick
from Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
mickey (drink)
perhaps from (AHD) Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
miquelet
probably from Catalan Miquel (NI), from<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
moll
from Template:Lang Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
nance
from 'Nancy' (MW, AHD), probably in part from Template:Lang Ḥannah 'Anna' (OED) (='favored') (HH, SC)
nimrod
from (AHD) Template:Lang Nimrodh 'Nimrod' (='hunter') (MW)
philistine
1 from Template:Lang Pelistim 'Philistines' 'Aegean people who settled Philistia' (AHD)
2 from (MW) Template:Lang Pelesheth 'Philistia' (='rolling', 'migratory') (SC)
rube
(AHD) from Template:Lang Re'ubhen 'Reuben' (MW) (='see ye a son') (SC)
samaritan
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang Shomron 'Samaria' (='watch-station') (SC)
semitist
from Template:Lang Shem 'Shem' (MW) (='name') (SC)
simony
from (AHD) Template:Lang Shim'on 'Simon' (MW) (='hearing') (HH, SC)
sodom
from (MW) Template:Lang s'dom 'Sodom' (AHD, OED) (='burnt') (SC)
toby
from (AHD, MW) Template:Lang Toviah 'Tobias' (='goodness of Jehovah') (SC)
yankee
probably from (AHD) Template:Lang Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)

Letter names

aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yod, kaph, lamed, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, shin, taw (AHD, MW, WNW)

alpha
from Greek Άλφα alpha, perhaps from Template:Lang aleph 'ox', 'leader' (WNW) + from Canaanite 𐤀𐤋𐤐 'alp 'ox' (AHD)
beta
from Greek Βήτα beta, from Template:Lang bet 'house', probably from Phoenician (WNW) + from Canaanite 𐤁𐤉𐤕 bet 'house' (AHD)
gamma
from Greek Γάμμα gamma, perhaps from Template:Lang gimel 'ruminant beast' (WNW) + from Phoenician 𐤋𐤌𐤀𐤂 (AHD)
delta
from Greek Δέλτα delta (AHD), perhaps from Template:Lang deleth 'door' (WNW) + of Semitic origin, akin to Phoenician 𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤕 dalt 'door' (AHD)
eta
from Greek eta, perhaps from chet (WNW) 'terror' (SC) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤇𐤕 (AHD)
iota
from Greek Ιώτα iota, perhaps from Template:Lang yodh 'hand' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤉𐤏𐤕 (AHD)
kappa
from Greek Κάππα kappa, perhaps from Template:Lang kaph (WNW) 'palm of the hand' (MW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤊𐤀𐤅 (AHD)
lambda
from Greek Λάμβδα lambda, perhaps from Template:Lang lamedh 'whip', 'club' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤃 (AHD)
nu
from Greek Νυ nu, perhaps from Template:Lang nun 'fish' (WNW) + of Semitic origin (AHD)
pi
from Greek Πι pi, perhaps from Template:Lang pe 'mouth' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤐𐤄 (AHD)
rho
from Greek Ρω rho, perhaps from Template:Lang rosh 'head' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤓𐤏𐤔 (AHD)
tau
from Greek Ταυ tau, perhaps from taw (WNW) 'mark', 'cross' (MW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤕𐤀𐤅 (AHD)

See also

References

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