List of English words of Hebrew origin
- List of English words of Hebrew origin
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter tav (ת) is transliterated as a "t" as opposed to an "s."
English words of Hebrew origin
; Abacus : perhaps from אבק "dust"; Amen : from אמן "amen" ("so be it; truly"); Armageddon : from הר מגידו "har megido" ("megido mountain", the biblical location of an apocalyptic battle); Behemoth : from בהמות "behemot" ("beasts, cattle"); Bedlam : from בית לחם "bet lehem" ("Bethlehem"); Brouhaha : suggested by some to be from "barukh habba" ("blessed be the one who comes"); Cabal: from קַבָּלָה "qabbalah" , literally meaning a "receiving", in the sense of a "received tradition"; Cherub: from כרוב "kerubh"; Cider : perhaps from Hebrew שכר "shekhar" ("intoxicating liquor"); Chutzpah : from "hutspah"; Eden : from "edhen" ("pleasure, delight"); Golem : from גולם "golem" ("unformed, incomplete"); Gun moll : first element perhaps from "ganabh" ("thief"), second element from "Miryam"; Hallelujah : from הללויה "halleluyah" ("praise Yahweh"); Jeremiad : from "Yarimiyah" (Jeremiah); Jezebel : from "Izebehl"; Jubilee : from יובל "yovel" (Jubilee year); Kosher : from כשר "kasher" ("fit, acceptable"); Leviathan : from לויתן "livyatan" ("whale, sea monster") ; : from מזומן "mezumman" ("ready"); Manna : from "man"; Maven : from מבין "mevin" ("one who understands"); : from "meshugga"; Messiah : from משיח "mashiach" ("anointed"); Methuselah : from "Methushelah", the Bible's longest-lived human (969 years); Nimrod : from נמרוד, a mighty hunter, specifically the ancient King Nimrod (mentioned in the Book of Genesis); Pharaoh : from "par'oh"; Sabbath : from שׁבת "Shabbat" ("rest"); Sack : from שק "saq" ("sackcloth") or its Phoenician cognate; Satan : from שטן "satan" ("adversary"); Schmooze : from "shemu'oth" ("news, rumours"); Schwa : from שווא "sheva" ("a neutral vowel quality"); Shamus : perhaps from "shamash" ("servant"); Shekel : from "sheqel"; Shibboleth : from שיבולת "shibbolet" ("ear of grain"); Sodomy : from "s'dom" ("Sodom"); Tush : from תחת "tahat" ("beneath")
ee also
* Lists of English words of international origin
* List of English words of Yiddish origin
* Hebraism
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/teflonivan/1word.htm Hebrew words in English and in other languages]
* [http://www.geocities.com/teflonivan/1geo.htm Esoteric interpretation of geographical place names which might have been influenced by their meaning in Hebrew]
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