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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 (ת) 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. == From Hebrew words == ; abacus : from Greek ἀβαξ ''abax'' 'slab' (MW), probably from אבק abaq'' 'dust' (AHD) ; agora (currency) : from (AHD) אגורה ''agorah'' 'small coin' (MW) ; aliyah : from (AHD) עלייה aliyah'' 'ascent' (MW) ; almemar : from אלממר almemar'' 'bema', from Arabic المنبر ''al-minbar'' 'pulpit' (AHD) ; amen : from אמן amen'' (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD) ; baal : from בעל ''ba'al'' 'lord' (AHD, MW) ; babel : from (AHD, MW) בלל ''balal'' 'confound' (SC) + in part from Akkadian 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 ''bāb-ilu'' 'gate of god' (MW) ; bar mitzvah : from (AHD) בר מצוה ''bar miswah'' 'son of the law' (MW) ; bath (volume) : from בַּת ''bath'' (MW) '10 gallons liquid measure' (AHD) ; bat mitzvah : from (AHD) בת מצוה ''bath miswah'' 'daughter of the law' (MW) ; behemoth : from (MW) בהמות ''behemot'' 'beasts' (AHD) ; bethel : from (AHD) ביתאל ''beth'el'' 'house of God' (MW) ; bethesda (chapel) : (OSPD) from (AHD) Greek ''Bethesda'' 'Bethesda' (WNW), probably from ''bayith checed'' 'house of kindness' (SC) ; bris : from (WNW) ברית ''berith'' 'covenant' (MW) ; brith milah : from (WNW) ''berith 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) קַבָּלָה ''qabbalah'' 'received (lore)' (MW) ; challah : from (AHD) חלה ''ḥallah'' 'egg-rich yeast-leavened bread' (MW) ; chazan, hazan : from חזן ''ḥazzan'' 'cantor' (MW) + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian (AHD) ; cherub : from (AHD) כרוב ''kerubh'' 'celestial hierarchy angel' (MW) ; chutzpah : from (AHD) חֻצְפָּה ''ḥuspah'' 'supreme self-confidence' (MW) ; cider : from (AHD) שכר ''shekhar'' 'strong drink' (MW) ; copacetic : disputed (MW) + perhaps from כל בצדק ''kol betsedeq'' 'all with justice' (AHD) ; cor (volume), kor (volume) : from ''kor'' (AHD, WNW) '100 gallons capacity' (MW) ; corban : from (AHD) קָרְבָּן ''qorban'' 'offering' (MW) ; dybbuk : from דיבוק ''dibbuq'' 'wandering soul' (AHD, MW) ; edenic : from (WNW) עדן eden'' 'delight' (AHD) ; ephah : from (AHD) איפה ''epha'' '1/10 homer dry measure', from Egyptian (MW) ; galilee : from Latin ''galilaea'' (AHD, MW), from גליל ''galiyl'' 'circle', 'circuit' (SC) ; ganef : from (AHD) גנב ''gannabh'' 'thief' (MW) ; gerah : from (MW) גרה ''gera'' 'grain', 'bean' (AHD) ; get (divorce document) : from גט ''get'' 'document of release' (MW) ; golem : from גולם ''golem'' (AHD) 'shapeless mass' (MW) ; goy : from גוי ''goy'' 'nation' (AHD, MW) ; gun moll : from (AHD) גנב ''gannabh'' 'thief' (MW) + from מִרְיָם ''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 הלכה ''halakhah'' 'way' (MW) ; hallelujah, alleluia : from הללויה ''halleluyah'' 'praise the ' (AHD, MW) ; halutz : from ''hlc'' 'be in the vanguard' (WNW) ; hebraize : from (MW) עברי ibri'' (AHD) 'region across ()' (SC) ; heder : from חדר ''hedher'' 'room' (MW) ; homer (volume) : from (AHD, MW) חמר ''hamar'' 'surge up', 'swell up' (WNW) ; hora : from הוֹרָה ''horah'' 'circle dance of Romania and Israel', from Romanian ''horă'' (MW), from Turkish ''hora'', perhaps from Greek χορός ''khoros'' 'round dance' (AHD) ; hosanna : from (AHD) ''hoshi'ah-nna'' 'save please' (MW) ; jubilee : from (AHD) יובל ''yobhel'' 'ram's horn' (MW) ; judas : from (MW) יהודה ''yehuda'' (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC) ; kabbalah, cabala : from (AHD) קַבָּלָה ''qabbalah'' 'received (lore)' (MW) ; kaddish : from (AHD, MW) ''kds'' 'sanctify' (WNW) ; kashrut : from (AHD, MW) כשר ''ksr'' 'be appropriate' (WNW) ; kibbutz : from קיבוץ ''qibbuṣ'' (MW) 'gathering' (AHD) ; kibitz : from Yiddish קיבעצן ''kibetsn'' (MW), from German ''gibitz'' 'peewit' (AHD) + in part from קבץ ''qabazh'' 'grasp', 'collect' ; kibosh : disputed (AHD, MW) + perhaps from כבש ''kabash'' 'tread down', 'disregard' ; kiddush : from (AHD) ''qiddush'' 'sanctification' (MW) ; klezmer : from (AHD) כלי זמר ''keley zemer'' 'musical instruments' (MW) ; knesset : (OSPD) from ''kanas'' 'assemble' (AHD, WNW) ; kosher : from (AHD, MW) כשר ''ksr'' 'be appropriate' (WNW) ; lambdacism : perhaps from ''lamedh'' 'whip, 'club' (WNW) + from Phoenician (AHD) ; lambdoid : perhaps from ''lamedh'' 'whip, 'club' (WNW) + from Phoenician (AHD) ; lehayim : (OSPD) from ''l'chaim'' 'to life' (WNW) ; leviathan : from (AHD) לויתן ''liwyathan'' 'sea monster, whale' (MW) ; macabre : from French ''(danse) macabre'' (AHD, MW), probably from Latin ''(Chorea) Machabaeorum'', from מקבה ''maqqaba'' 'hammer' (WNW), from נקב ''naqab'' 'perforate' (SC) ; maftir : (OSPD) from ''maphtir'' 'one that dismisses' (NI) ; mahzor : from (AHD) ''hzr'' 'return' (WNW) ; manna : from מן ''man'' (AHD, MW) (SC) ; matzo : from (AHD) מצה ''massah'' 'unleavened bread' (MW) ; maven : from (AHD) מבין ''mebhin'' 'one who is experienced' (MW), 'one who understands' (OED) ; mazeltov : from (WNW) ''mazzal tob'' 'good luck' (AHD) ; mazuma : from (WNW) מזומן ''mezumman'' 'fixed' (AHD) ; megillah : from (MW, WNW) ''galal'' 'roll' (AHD) ; menorah : from (AHD) מנורה ''menorah'' 'candlestick' (MW) ; meshuga : from (AHD) משוגע ''meshugga 'crazy' (MW). Source: from Deuteronomy (in Hebrew: Devarim, the 5th book of the Torah) 28:34: You will go mad (= meshuga) from the sight of your eyes that you will see. Apparently this is the only place where the word appears. ; messiah : from (AHD) משיח ''mashiah'' 'anointed' (MW) + in part from Aramaic (AHD) ''meshiha'' 'anointed' (MW) ; mezuzah : from מְזוּזָה ''mezuzah'' 'doorpost' (AHD, MW) ; midrash : from (AHD) מדרש ''midhrash'' 'exposition', 'explanation' (MW) ; mikvah : from ''miqwah'' 'purification bath' (AHD) ; minyan : from מִנְיָן ''minyan'' 'number', 'count' (MW), from Aramaic (AHD) ; mitzvah : from (AHD) מצוה ''miṣwah'' 'commandment' (MW) ; mohel : from מוהל ''mohel'' 'person qualified to perform circumcision' (WNW) ; momser : from ''momser'' 'bastard' (WNW) ; mishpachah : from ''mishpahah'' 'family', 'clan' (NI) ; moshav : from (AHD) מוֹשָׁב ''moshabh'' 'dwelling' (MW) ; nabla : probably from ''nebhel'' 'harp' (NI) ; nachas : from ''nach'' 'rest' (WNW) ; nebel : from ''nebhel'' 'harp' (NI) ; omer : from עמר omer'' (AHD) '1/10 ephah dry capacity' (MW) ; parashah : from ''parashah'' 'explanation' (MW, WNW) ; pascal : from 'Pascal' (AHD, MW), from〔(pascal ). French-English translation in CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved November 10, 2012.〕 פסח ''pesah'' 'passover' (AHD, MW, OED) ; paschal : from פסח על ''pasah al'' 'passed over' (AHD, MW, OED) ; pharaoh : from פרעה ''par'oh'' 'ruler of ancient Egypt', from Egyptian (MW) ; pharisee : from Aramaic (AHD) ''perisha'' 'separated', from (MW) פרש ''parash'' 'separate' (SC), 'cleave' (WNW) ; rabbi : from (AHD, WNW) רב ''rabh'' 'master' (MW) ; rebbe : from (AHD, WNW) רב ''rabh'' 'master' (MW) ; rebbetzin : from (WNW) רב ''rabh'' 'master' (MW) ; rhotacism : perhaps from ''rosh'' 'head' (WNW) + from Phoenician (AHD) ; sabbatical : from (MW) שׁבת ''sabbat'' 'day of rest' (AHD) ; sabra : from (AHD) ''sabhar'' 'prickly pear' (MW) ; satanic : from שטן ''satan'' 'adversary' (MW), 'devil' (AHD) ; schmooze : from (AHD) שמועות ''shemu'oth'' 'news', 'rumor' (MW) ; schwa : from שוא ''schewa 'unstressed mid-central vowel' (MW), probably from Syriac ܥܗܘܐܝܝܐ ''sewayya'' 'equal' (AHD) ; seder : from (AHD) סדר ''sedher'' 'order' (MW) ; selah : from (AHD) סֶלָה ''selah'' (MW) 'suspension', 'pause' (SC) ; seraph : from (MW) שׂרף ''sarap'' 'celestial being' (AHD) ; shadchan : (OSPD) from ''shiddekh'' 'arrange a marriage' (NI) ; (shadrach ) : (OSPD) from (AHD) ''shadrach'' 'captive' (WNW) ; shalom : from (AHD) שָׁלוֹם ''shalom'' 'peace' (MW) ; shalom aleichem : from (AHD) שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם ''shalom 'alekhem'' 'peace unto you' (MW) ; shammes : from (AHD) שמש ''shammash'' 'sexton' (MW) ; shamus : perhaps from (AHD) שמש ''shammash'' 'sexton' (MW) ; shegetz : from (AHD) שקץ ''sheqes'' 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW) ; shekel : from (MW) שקל ''saqal'' 'weigh', from Canaanite ''tql'' (AHD) ; sheol : (OSPD) from ''se'ol'' 'underworld' (AHD), perhaps from ''shaal'' 'dig' (WNW) ; shibboleth : from (AHD) שיבולת ''shibboleth'' 'stream' (MW), 'ear of grain' (OED) ; shiksa : from (AHD, WNW) שקץ ''sheqes'' 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW) ; shivah : from (AHD) ''shibh'ah'' 'seven' (MW) ; shofar : from ''shophar'' (MW) 'ram's horn' (AHD) ; siddur : from סידור ''siddur'' 'arrangement' (AHD), 'order' (MW) ; sukkah : from סוכה ''sukkah'' 'booth', 'shelter' (MW) ; sycamine : from (AHD, MW) שִׁקמָה ''shiqmah'' 'mulberry tree' (OED) ; tallith : from (MW) ''tillel'' 'cover' (AHD) ; talmudism : from (MW) ''lamad'' 'learn' (AHD) ; teraph : from (AHD) תרפים ''teraphim'' 'household god' (MW) ; tom : from (AHD) תאום ''t'om'' 'twin' (MW) ; torah : from תּוֹרָה ''tora'' 'law', 'instruction' (AHD) ; tref : from ''tarap'' 'tear' (AHD) ; tsuris : from (AHD) ''tsarah'' 'calamity' (WNW) ; tush : from (AHD) תחת ''tahath'' 'under', 'beneath' (MW) ; tzitzit, zizith : from (AHD) ציצית ''sisith'' 'fringes', 'tassels' (MW) ; ulpan : from ''alef'' 'ox', 'leader' (WNW) ; yanqui : from 'Yankee' (MW), probably from (AHD) יוחנן ''Yohanan'' 'John' (MW) (='the is gracious') (HH) ; yeshiva : from (AHD) ישיבה ''yeshibhah'' 'talmudic school' (MW) ; yid : from יהודה ''yehuda'' (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC) ; zaddik : from צדיק ''saddiq'' 'just', 'righteous' (MW) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of English words of Hebrew origin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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