List of English words of Hebrew origin

This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster 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'.
==From Hebrew words==
; abacus : from Greek abak-, abax 'slab' (MW), probably from אבק 'abaq 'dust' (AHD)
; agora : 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 ' (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 'Blaise Pascal' (AHD, MW), from פסח pesah 'Passover'
; 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)
==From Hebrew names==
; abelia : from '[=Clarke Abel' (AHD, MW), from הבל Hebhel 'Abel' (from a word meaning 'emptiness': SC)
; abelian : from 'Niels Abel' (AHD, MW), from הבל Hebhel 'Abel' (from a word meaning 'emptiness' : SC)
; abigail : from 'Abigail' (MW), from Avigail (from a phrase meaning 'father of exaltation': HH)
; adam-and-eve : from אדם Adham 'Adam' + from חוה Hawwah 'Eve' (MW) (from words meaning respectively 'earth' and 'living': HH)
; babel : from בבל Babhel, from an Akkadian phrase meaning 'gate of God' (MW)
; bedlam : from 'Bedlem' (AHD, MW), from בית לחם Beth Lechem 'Bethlehem' (from a phrase meaning 'house of bread')
; bejesus : from (AHD) Yeshua' 'Jesus' (MW) (from a word meaning 'savior': HH)
; davit : from (AHD) Dawidh 'David' (MW) (from a word meaning 'loving': SC)
; galilee : from Latin (MW) galilaea 'Galilee' (AHD), from galiyl 'circle', 'circuit' (SC)
; hansom : from 'Joseph Hansom' (MW), from 'Hans', from Yohanan 'John' (from a phrase meaning 'the Lord is gracious': SC, HH)
; jack : from Yohanan 'John' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'the Lord is gracious': SC, HH) + perhaps in part from Ya'qob 'Jacob' (from a word meaning 'He has protected') (AHD)
; jakes : perhaps from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (from a word meaning 'He has protected') (AHD)
; jeez : from (AHD) Yeshua' 'Jesus' (MW) (from a word meaning 'savior': HH)
; jehu : from Yehu 'Jehu' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'Jehovah [is] He': SC)
; jeremiad : from (AHD) Yirmeyah 'Jeremiah' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'the will rise': SC)
; jeroboam : from 'Jeroboam' (AHD, MW), from Yarov'am 'Jeroboam' (from a phrase meaning 'people will contend': SC)
; jesuit : from Yeshua' 'Jesus' (AHD) (from a word meaning 'savior': HH)
; jimmy : from 'Jimmy' (MW), from 'James', from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' 'Jacob' (from a word meaning 'He has protected') (AHD)
; jezebel : from (AHD) איזבל Izebhel 'Jezebel' (MW) (from a word meaning 'chaste': SC)
; joe : from Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (from a word meaning 'He shall add': HH)
; john : from (AHD) Yohanan 'John' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'the Lord is gracious': SC, HH)
; jorum : perhaps from 'Joram' (AHD, MW), from Yehoram 'Joram' (from a phrase meaning 'Jehovah-raised': SC)
; joseph : from (AHD) Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (from a word meaning 'He shall add': HH)
; judas : from (MW) יהודה yehuda (AHD) (from a word meaning 'celebrated': SC)
; lazar : from (AHD) El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'God is my help: HH)
; lazaretto : from (AHD) El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'God is my help: HH) + from 'Nazareth' (AHD, MW), from נָצְרַת‎ Nazhrath 'Nazareth' (from a word meaning 'truth', 'sprout', 'separate')
; macadam : from John Loudon McAdam (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (from a word meaning 'earth': HH)
; macadamia : from John Macadam (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (from a word meaning 'earth': HH)
; marry (interjection) : from Miryam 'Mary' (AHD), 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (perhaps from a word meaning 'rebelliously' [SC] or perhaps from Egyptian [HH])
; moll : from Miryam 'Mary' (AHD), 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (perhaps from a word meaning 'rebelliously' [SC] or perhaps from Egyptian [HH]) 
; nance : from 'Nancy' (MW, AHD), probably in part from חנה Channah 'Anna' (OED) (from a word meaning 'He has favored': HH)
; nimrod : from נמרוד Nimrodh (AHD, MW)
; philistine : 1 from פלשתים Pelistim 'Aegean people who settled Philistia' (AHD) 2 from 'Philistia' (MW), from פלשת Pelesheth 'Philistia' (from a word meaning 'rolling', 'migratory': SC)
; rube : (AHD) from Re'ubhen 'Reuben' (MW) (from a phrase meaning 'see ye a son': SC)
; samaritan : from (MW) Greek Samareia 'Samaria' (AHD), from Shomron (from a word meaning 'watch-station': SC)
; semitist : from Shem 'Shem' (MW) (from a word meaning 'name': SC)
; simony : from (AHD) Shim'on 'Simon' (MW) (from a word meaning 'hearkening': HH)
; sodom : from (MW) סדום s'dom 'Sodom' (AHD, OED) (from a word meaning 'burnt': SC)
; toby : from Greek Tobias (AHD, MW), from Toviah 'Tobias' (from a phrase meaning 'God is good': HH)
; tom : from 'Thomas' (AHD), from t'om 'twin' (MW)
==Letter names==
aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, vav, zayin, heth, teth, yod, kaph, lamed, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, shin, tav (AHD, MW)
==See also==
*List of English words of Yiddish origin
==References==
*AHD: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: 3rd or 4th edition
*HH: A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges
*MW: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: 10th or 11th edition
*OED: Oxford English Dictionary: online edition
*SC: Strong's Concordance
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