Hebrew Words

The First Letter of the Hebrew Transliteration

A

אב     ab          father

אחז   achaz  to grasp, take hold, take possession

אדם   adam     man, mankind.

אדמה   adamah  ground, land

אכל   akal    eat

על   al     upon, above, over

אמן   aman   ; to confirm, support

אמר   amar    to utter, say

ענה  anah    to be bowed down or afflicted

אף     aph      a nostril, nose, face, anger

עפר   aphar   dry earth, dust

ארר   arar   to curse, cursed

ערוּם  arum  crafty, shrewd, sensible

עשׂה  asah  do, make, act

עתּה  attah  now

עין    ayin   an eye

עזב   azab    to leave, forsake, loose

B

בּרא    bara        to shape, create

בּרך    barak      to kneel, bless

בּית   bayith     a house

בּן     ben        son

בּרכה  berakah   a blessing

בְּרֵאשִׁית bereshit  in the first of

בּצע   betsa     gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit

בּין      bin         to discern, consider

בּהוּ    bohu     emptiness

בּושׁ    bosh     to be ashamed

בּוּז     buz       contempt

   C

חבר   chaber   united, associate, companion

חלה   chalah     to mollify, appease, entreat the favor of

חמד   chamad    to desire, take pleasure in

חנן    chanan    to show favor, be gracious

חפץ   chaphets   to delight in, delight

חשׁב  chashab    to think, account

חטא   chata       to miss, go wrong, sin

חצות  chatsoth  division, middle, midnight

חי      chay        alive, living,

חיה    chayah     to live, living thing, animal

חיּים   chayyim   lives

חבל   chebel    cord, territory, band

חלב   cheleb    fat

חלק   cheleq    portion, tract, territory

חרפּה  cherpah   reproach

חסד   chesed    goodness, kindness

חשׁך   choshek  darkness, obscurity

חק     choq        something prescribed or owed, a statute

חוּשׁ   chush     to hasten, make haste

  D

דּעת   daath   knowledge

דּבר    dabar      essence, character

דּבק   dabaq      to cling, cleave, keep close

דּם     dam         blood

דּרשׁ   darash     to resort to, seek

דּמוּת  demuth   likeness, similitude, resembling

דּרך    derek      way, road, distance, journey, manner

E

עבד   ebed    slave, servant

עדה   edah    testimony

עדוּת  eduth  testimony

אלף  eleph    a thousand,

אלהים  elohim  God, god

אם      em         mother

אמוּנה  emunah firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

ארץ    erets     earth, land

ערם   erom     naked, nakedness

עת     eth    time

עץ     ets     tree, trees, wood

עצה   etsah    counsel, advice

F

G

גּער   gaar      to rebuke

גּמל   gamal  a camel, to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

גּן      gan      an enclosure, garden

גּרס   garas   to be crushed

גּר     ger       a sojourner

H

היה   hayah    to fall out, come to pass, become, be

I

אמרה   imrah     utterance, speech, word

אשּׁה   ishshah     woman, wife, female

J

K

כּסף  keseph  silver, money

כּלי   kilyah  a kidney

כּול   kol       the whole, all

L

למד   lamad    to exercise in, learn, instruct, learn

לשׁון   lashon   tongue

ליל   layil   night

לב    leb     inner man, mind, will, heart

ליץ   lits   to scorn

M

מגור  magor   a sojourning place, dwelling place, a sojourning

מההּ  mahah   to linger, tarry

מים   mayim   waters, water

מאד   meod     muchness, force, abundance

מדבּר  midbar   wilderness, desert

משׁפּט  mishpat  judgment, custom

מצוה  mitsvah  commandment

N

נער    naar     a boy, lad, youth, retainer

נחשׁ   nachash     a serpent

נגע    naga     to touch, reach, strike

נפח   naphach  to breathe, blow

נחמה  nechamah   comfort

נפשׁ   nephesh  a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

נשׁמה  neshamah   breath

נטה   natah  to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

נתיב   nathib     path, pathway

נצר    natsar       to watch, guard, keep

נקבה   neqebah     a female

O

עני   oni     affliction, poverty

P

פּלא    pala      to be surpassing or extraordinary, wonderful

פּנה    paneh   face

פּנים   panim   faces

פּקח   paqach  open  opened

פּה     peh       mouth

פּרי     peri       fruit

Q

קרא    qara    to call, proclaim, read, to meet.

קדשׁ    qodesh   Holy, set apart

קוּם   qum      to arise, stand up, stand

R

רחף   rachaph    to hover

רשׁע   rasha   wicked, criminal

רגל   regel     foot

ראשׁית  reshith     beginning, chief: – beginning , first

רוּח   ruach      breath, wind, spirit

S

שׂכל    sakal       to be prudent,  act wisely

שׂפה   saphah   lip, speech, edge

שׂר     sar          chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

סתר   sathar     to hide, conceal

שׁעע   shaa    to sport, take delight in, delight

שׁעשׁעים  shaashuim  a delight

שׁגה   shagah   to go astray, err

שָׁמַר   shâmar   to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to,

שׁם   shem    a name

שׁקר   sheqer    deception, disappointment, falsehood

שׁרשׁ   shoresh  a root

שׁוּב   shub      to turn back, return

שׂיח   siach      to muse, complain, talk (of), meditate

שׂוּשׂ   sis          to exult, rejoice

T

תּאבה taabah  a longing

טעם   taam   taste, judgment

תּאוה  taavah  desire, delight

טפל   taphal  to smear, plaster over, stick, glue

טפשׁ   taphash  to be gross

תּוך   tavek   midst

טרם  terem   not yet, ere, before that

תּהוּ   tohu    formless, confusion, unreality, emptiness, chaos

תּורה  torah  direction, instruction, law, teaching

טוב   tov       pleasant, agreeable, good, functional

צפן   tsaphan to hide, treasure up

צוה   tsavah     to lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

צדק  tsedeq    rightness, righteousness

צלם   tselem    an image

U

עוּד   ud     to return, go about, repeat, do again

V

W

X

Y

יהל   yachal  to wait, await

ידע   yada     to know

ידה   yadah   to throw, cast

יָרָא   yârâ’

יָרָה   yârâh    A primitive root; properly to flow as water (that is, to rain); transitively to lay or throw (especially an arrow, that is, to shoot); figuratively to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach

ירא   yare        to fear

ישׁב   yashab  to sit, remain, dwell

יטב   yatab     to be good, well, glad, or pleasing

יָצַר    yâtsar     to mould into a form

יהוה  yehôvâh self Existent or eternal; Jewish national name of God: – Jehovah, the Lord.

Z

זהב   zahab    gold

זכר   zakar    male

זלעפה  zalaphah  raging heat

זמיר  zamir   song

זד    zed  insolent, presumptuous, arrogant