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In Scripture, The Eternal has many names which describe His attributes. He also has a personal name just as we do. The name of the Creator of all things is Yahweh. This is not His entire name, but this is the most you will see on this site. Because His name is holy, we don't use it casually or in a flippant manner. It is permissible to use His name in prayer, and under other circumstances, and you will occasionally see it on this site. More often you will see the Tetragrammaton: YHWH. Other names of the Most High that we use are YAH, (an abbreviated form of his name used in Scripture), The Eternal, and HaShem, meaning "The Name". Please treat any articles or information  you print that contains His name with respect.

Yeshua,  known to Christians as "Jesus".  The following information is from messianic.com:

  Yeshua is the original Hebrew proper name for Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish Rabbi (and more) who lived from about 6 B.C.E. to 27 C.E. (A.D.) In other words, Yeshua was the name His mother used when shall called Him for supper. Jesus is a mis-transliteration of the Greek mis-transliteration, Yeysu.  (Some say the name Jesus probably developed from the name of the pagan god Zeus, but there is little or no evidence for this.)  It is true that Emporer Constatine mistook Jesus for the Greek god Apollo, but that is another story. It is the most proper to call Him Yeshua, since only in the Hebrew does His name have any meaning.  In Hebrew Yeshua means both "Salvation," and the concatenated form of Yahoshua, the "L-RD who is Salvation."

I like to exlain it this way: If someone moved to the United Sates from Spain, and his name was Miguel, would we call him Miguel or Michael? We would call him Miguel of course. The name Jesus is not  a direct translation of His Hebrew name, as the Migiel -Michael example, but a mistranslation.




This word list is not meant to be all-encompassing, but to give you a good beginning in understanding certain Hebrew words and phrases. 
Abba - father
Acharit Hayamim -The latter days
Adonai -  Master
Ahava - love
Aleph - first letter in the hebrew Alphabet
Aliyah - to ascend or to return to Israel
Am - Nation or people
Avraham - Abraham
  

B'nai Yisrael  - Children of Israel
Bnai' Brit - Children of the Covenant
Bachor - First born
Bar - Son
Bat - Daughter
Bayit - House (aka Beit)
Besorah Gospel or Good news
Beit Din - Torah court of law; literally House of Judgment
Binah - understanding
Brit Am - People of the Covenant
Brit Milah - Circumcision


Chag - Feast
Chametz - leaven
Chaver - friend; Chaverim- friends; Chaveruah - fellowship
Chayim Olam - Eternal Life
Chesed- kindness or goodness
Chochmah - wisdom
Chukim - Statutes or Ordinances
 

Da'at- knowledge
Derech - way, road, path
Devar - word
 

Echad - one, oneness, compound unity
EL - God (sing.)
El Elohe Yisrael - Elohim The God of Israel
El Elyon God Most High
Eloah - (Aramaic) God
Elohim - God (plural)
El-Roi - God who Shepherds, or God my Shepherd
Emet - truth
Emunah - faith
Eretz - land
Eretz Yisrael The Land of Israel
Eved - servant or slave
Etz - Tree
Etz Chayim Tree of Life
 

Galil - Galilee
Galut - exile; diaspora
Gan- garden
Gan Eden - Garden of Eden
Gei Hinnom - hell; valley where garbage was disposed of, located outside ancient Jerusalem
Ger - stranger
Get- certificate of divorce
Gilah - rejoicing
Goy (goyim pl) person, or persons of the nations; can be applied to Israel or gentiles depending on context
 

Haftarah- The weekly reading from the prophets
Ha -  the
Ha Moshiach - The Messiah
Hallel - praise
Hodu - give thanks



Imma - mother
Ish - man
isha - woman
Ivri - Hebrew (person)
Ivrit - Hebrew (language)
 

Kadosh - set apart; holy
Kashrut - Kosher laws
Katuv - single verse of Scripture
Kavod- honor
Kohen - priest
 

Lechem - bread
Lechem HaPanayim - Bread of the Faces; Showbread in the ancient Temple
Le Olam Vaed - Forever; eternity
Lev - heart
Lo - no
Lo Ami - not my people
Lo Ruchamah - no compassion
 

Ma'ariv - evening prayer
Malach - heavenly messenger; angel
Malchut Kingdom (malchutim- pl)
Malka - queen
Manna - wafer; food of Israel in the wilderness; lit. "what is it?"
Marah - bitter
Matzah - unleavened bread
Mayim - water or waters
Melech - king
Menorah - seven branched oil light used in Tabernacle and Temple
Mezuzah - A case placed on doorposts which holds scroll.
mikvah - water immersion; baptism;
minchah-  noon prayer
Mishpochah - famiy
Mishpatim - judgements
Mitzrayim -  Egypt
Mitzvot - The commands of The Eternal
Moed - Appointed times; feasts of The Eternal
Moreh - teacher (m); Morah - (f)
Moshe - Moses


Natsar (Netzer)- Branch
Natsarim (aka Netzerim, Nazarenes) - believers in Yeshua who keep Torah. (lit.  means branches) sing. - natsari
Navi - prophet
Nephesh - soul or being
Neviim - prophets
Nissi - banner



Olam - world or earth
Olam haba - world to come
Omer - standard measurement for food in the Torah


PaRDeS - The four levels of understanding Scripture: Pashat: simple, Remez: hints or allusions, Drash: parables or allegories; Sod: hidden, mysterious
Parasha (parashot) - Torah Portion. The name of each portion is based on the first few words in Hebrew in the first sentence of each portion. There are 52 Parashot (pl), one for each Shabbat of the year.
Pesach - Passover



Rabbi - a religious teacher who is authorized to make decisions on Torah.
Rav - a rabbi who trains other rabbis
Rosh Chodesh - first day of the new month
Ruach - spirit
Ruach Hakodesh - Set Apart Spirit; Holy Spirit



Sanhedrin - Ruling council of 70 elders in Jerusalem 
Sar- Prince
Sefer Ha Chayim - Book of Scroll of Life
Selah - think on it
Shabbat - day of rest; Sabbath; the seventh day of the week
Shachrit - morning prayer
Shalom - peace
Shalom Aleichem - Peace be to you
Shamashim - elders of local congregation
Shamesh - elder
Shavuot - Feast of weeks
Shophet - judge
Shechinah The Divine Presence
Shema - hear or listen
Shemot - names
Sheol - grave or pit
Shofar - ram's horn
Siddur - prayer book
Sopher - Scribe
Sukkot - Feast of Tabernacles



tallit - prayer shawl
talmid - student; talmidah student (f)
TaNaK - Acronym for the First Covenant: Torah (Instructions); Neviim (Prophets); Ketuvim (writings)
Tefillah - prayer
Tefillin - phaylacteries
Tefillot - prayers
Tehilla -  praise
Tehillim - Psalms or praises
Teshuvah - repentance or turning back
The Shema - Deuteronomy 6:4
Tikvah - hope
Toda - thanks
toda raba - thanks very much
Torah - Instructions;the first five books of Moses; mistranslated as "law"
Tzadik -  A righteous person
Tzitzit - fringe; tzitziyot (pl) 



Yah - Poetic short form of Yahweh
Yuhudi - A Jew; yahudim (pl)
Yeshiva - School for Torah study
Yisrael - Israel
Yom - day
Yovel - jubilee or Year of Jubilee



Zera - seed












 

Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

Isaiah 51:1-2