Because I have been actively involved in the Messianic Jewish Movement for more than 14 years, I tend to default to the Hebrew transliteration for Hebrew proper names and other unique words from the Scriptures. As I add posts to this blog containing such Hebrew words, I will add the English version to this page.
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Hebrew |
English |
| Abba (Aramaic) | My Father, Daddy |
| Adonai | The Lord |
| Adonai-Tzva’ot | The Lord of Hosts or Lord of Armies |
| Acharit-hayamim | End times |
| Az’azel | Scapegoat |
| B’midbar | Numbers |
| B’resheet | Genesis – In the beginning |
| B’rakhah | Blessing |
| Besorah | Good News |
| Brit Hadashah | New Covenant (or Testament) |
| Cohanim | Priests |
| D’varim | Deuteronomy |
| Elisheva | Elizabeth |
| Gei-Hinnom | Literally, “valley of Hinnom”; called the Valley of the son of Hinnom in the Tanakh. Located south of (the Old City of) Yerushalayim; where the city’s rubbish was burned; hence, metaphorically, because of the fires, hell. |
| Goy (Goyim) | Gentile(s) |
| Hag HaMatzah | Feast of Unleavened Bread |
| HaKadosh | The Holy One, a euphemism for Y-H-V-H. |
| Halakhah | The collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the Written and Oral Torah. It is based on biblical laws or “commandments”, subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic law and the customs and traditions compiled in the many books, one of the most famous of which is the sixteenth century Shulchan Aruch. |
| HaSatan | The Adversary |
| Kefa | Peter |
| Kehilah | Community ~ This is a better translation for the Greek word ekklesia. As a matter of fact, the Greek word for church is kyriakon which is not in the New Testaments. |
| Midrash | An allegorical interpretation or homiletical application of a text. The hearer is expected to understand that the maker of the midrash is not expounding the plain meaning of the text but introducing his own ideas. |
| Miryam | Mary |
| Mitzvah (Mitzvot) | Command or Commandment (Mitzvot is the plural) |
| Moshe | Moses |
| ‘olam hazeh | This age or this world |
| ‘olam haba | The world to come |
| Parokhet | The curtain, specifically the one dividing the Especially Holy Place from the rest of the temple or tabernacle. |
| Pesach | Passover |
| P’rushim | Pharisee |
| Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah | New Year or Day of Trumpets |
| Ruach HaKodesh | The Holy Spirit |
| Sh’mot | Exodus |
| Sh’mu’el | Samuel |
| Shavu’ot | Pentecost
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| Sh’khinah | Divine Presence, the manifest glory of God present with humanity. |
| Shim’on | Simeon |
| Shema or Sh’ma | Hear O Israel (Deuteronomy 6:5) |
| Shlomo | Solomon |
| S’mikhah | Laying on of hands, ordination, grant of authority |
| Tanakh | Old Testament |
| Talmid (singular) or Talmidim (plural) | Disciple(s) |
| Tsuris | Troubles |
| Tzaddik | Righteous Person |
| Tzedakah | Righteousness or Charity |
| Tzara’at | Skin Disease (leprosy) |
| Ya’akov | James or Jacob |
| Yarden | Jordan |
| Vayikra | Leviticus |
| Y’hoshua | Joshua |
| Yonah | Jonah |
| Yerushalayim | Jerusalem |
| Yeshua HaMashiach | Jesus The Messiah |
| Yochanan | John |
| Yosef | Joseph |
| Yom Kippur | Day of Atonement |
| Tzaddik | Righteous Person ~ when coupled with a definite article, i.e. the Tzaddik it means the Messiah. |
| Z’kharyah | Zachariah |
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