From Hebrew words

From Hebrew words

• abacus     from Greek abak-, abax 'slab' (MW), probably from אבק 'abaq 'dust' (AHD)
• agora (currency)     from (AHD) agorah 'small coin' (MW)
• aliyah     from (AHD) 'aliyah 'ascent' (MW)
• almemar     from 'almemar 'bema', from Arabic (AHD)
• amen     from אמן 'amen (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD)
• baal     from ba'al 'lord' (AHD, MW)
• bar mitzvah     from (AHD) בר מצוה bar miswah 'son of the law' (MW) (bat mitzvah : from (AHD) בת מצוה bath miswah 'daughter of the law' (MW))
• bath (volume)     from bath (MW) '10 gallons liquid measure' (AHD)
• behemoth     from (MW) בהמות behemot 'beasts' (AHD)
• bethel     from (AHD) ביתאל beth'el 'house of God' (MW)
• cabal     from (AHD) קַבָּלָה qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW)
• challah     from (AHD) hallah 'challah' ('egg-rich yeast-leavened bread') (MW)
• chazan, hazan     from hazzan 'cantor' (MW) + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian (AHD)
• cherub     from (AHD) כרוב kerubh 'cherub' ('celestial hierarchy angel') (MW)
• chutzpah     from (AHD) huspah 'supreme self-confidence' (MW)
• cider     from (AHD) שכר shekhar 'strong drink' (MW)
• corban     from (AHD) qorban 'offering' (MW)
• dybbuk     from dibbuq 'dybbuk' ('wandering soul') (AHD, MW)
• ephah     from (AHD) epha 'ephah' ('1/10 homer dry measure'), from Egyptian (MW)
• ganef     (AHD) from gannabh 'thief' (MW)
• gerah     from (MW) gera 'grain', 'bean' (AHD)
• get (divorce document)     from get 'document of release' (MW)
• golem     from גולם golem (AHD) 'shapeless mass' (MW)
• goy     from goy 'nation' (AHD, MW)
• gun moll     from (AHD) gannabh 'thief' (MW) + from Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) ('rebelliously')
• halacha     from halakhah 'way' (MW)
• hallelujah     from הללויה halleluyah 'praise the LORD' (AHD, MW)
• hebraize     from (MW) עברי 'ibri 'Hebrew' (AHD) ('region across [descendant]') (SC)
• heder     from hedher 'room' (MW)
• homer (volume)     from homer '100 gallons capacity' (MW), 'heap' (AHD)
• hora     from horah 'hora' ('circle dance of Romania and Israel'), from Romanian (MW), from Greek (AHD)
• jubilee     from (AHD) יובל yobhel 'ram's horn', 'jubilee' (MW)
• kabbalah     from (AHD) קַבָּלָה qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW)
• kibbutz     from קיבוץ qibbuṣ (MW) 'gathering' (AHD)
• klezmer     from (AHD) כלי זמר keley zemer 'musical instruments' (MW)
• kosher     from (AHD) כשר kasher 'fit', 'proper' (MW)
• leviathan     from (AHD) לויתן liwyathan 'sea monster' (MW)
• macabre     from French (danse) macabre (MW), perhaps from Greek Makkabios (AHD), from מכבי makkabi 'Maccabee' ('my hammer')
• manna     from מן man 'manna' (AHD, MW) ('whatness') (SC)
• matzo     from (AHD) massah 'matzo' ('unleavened bread') (MW)
• maven     from (AHD) מבין mebhin 'one who is experienced' (MW), 'one who understands' (OED)
• menorah     from (AHD) menorah 'candlestick' (MW)
• meshuga     from (AHD) משוגע meshugga' 'crazy' (MW)
• messiah     in part from (AHD) משיח mashiah 'anointed' (MW) + in part from Aramaic (AHD, MW)
• mezuzah     from mezuzah 'doorpost' (AHD, MW)
• midrash     from (AHD) midhrash 'exposition', 'explanation' (MW)
• minyan     from minyan 'number', 'count' (MW), from Aramaic (AHD)
• mitzvah     from (AHD) מצוה miṣwah 'commandment' (MW)
• moshav     from (AHD) moshabh 'dwelling' (MW)
• omer     from 'omer 'omer' (AHD) ('1/10 ephah dry capacity') (MW)
• pascal     from 'Pascal' (AHD, MW), from פסח pesah 'Passover'[citation needed]
• paschal     from פסח pesah 'Passover' (AHD, MW, OED)
• pharaoh     from par'oh 'pharaoh' (AHD) ('ruler of ancient Egypt'), from Egyptian (MW)
• rabbi     from רבי rabbi 'my master' (AHD, MW)
• sabbatical     from (MW) שׁבת sabbat 'Sabbath' ('day of rest') (AHD)
• sack  from Greek sakkos (MW), perhaps from Hebrew שק saq 'bag', 'sackcloth' (OED), from Phoenician (AHD)
• satanic     from שטן satan 'adversary' (MW), 'devil' (AHD)
• schmooze     (AHD) from shemu'oth 'news', 'rumor' (MW)
• schwa     from שוא schewa' 'schwa' ('unstressed mid-central vowel') (MW), probably from Syriac (AHD)
• seder     from (AHD) sedher 'order' (MW)
• selah     from (AHD) selah (MW) 'suspension', 'pause' (SC)
• seraph     from (MW) sarap 'seraph' ('celestial being') (AHD)
• shalom     from (AHD) shalom 'peace' (MW)
• shalom aleichem     from (AHD) shalom 'alekhem 'peace unto you' (MW)
• shammes     from (AHD) שמש shammash 'sexton' (MW)
• shamus     perhaps from (AHD) שמש shammash 'sexton' (MW)
• shekel     from שקל sheqel '252 grains weight' (MW), from Canaanite (AHD)
• shibboleth     from (AHD) שיבולת shibboleth 'stream' (MW), 'ear of grain' (OED)
• shiksa     from (AHD) sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
• siddur     from siddur 'arrangement' (AHD), 'order' (MW)
• sukkah     from sukkah 'booth', 'shelter' (MW)
• sycamine     from (AHD, MW) שִׁקמָה shiqmah 'mulberry tree' (OED)
• teraph     from (AHD) teraphim 'household god' (MW)
• torah     from tora 'law', 'instruction' (AHD)
• tush     from (AHD) תחת tahath 'under', 'beneath' (MW)
• tzitzit, zizith     from (AHD) ציצית sisith 'tzitzit' ('fringes', 'tassels') (MW)
• yeshiva     from (AHD) ישיבה yeshibhah 'talmudic school' (MW)
• zaddik     from saddiq 'just', 'righteous' (MW)