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Hebrew to English
Translating Hebrew words into English. How you say and spell Hebrew language words and phrases in the English language.
1,276 Questions
What does the Hebrew word bait mean?
bait is not a Hebrew word.
If you mean bayit (prounced BAH-yeet), it means "house"
If you mean bet, it means "house of"
What is the pronunciation for the Hebrew word genesis?
the word "genesis" is not a Hebrew word. It is a greek word.
If you are asking what the Hebrew word is for the first book of the Bible, it is BÄ•rÄ•shit (בר×שית)
Why is david spelled sometimes with a yud?
David can be דוד or דויד. The yud just adds clarity when writing without vowels because דוד can also be the word Dod (uncle) or Dud (water tank).
What does the Hebrew word musar mean?
Musar means discipline (used both as studying self-discipline and disciplining others).
What are all the symbols in Hebrew?
Hebrew doesn't use symbols. It uses letters. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet: × ×‘ ×’ ד ×” ו ×– ×— ט ×™ ×› ל מ × ×¡ ×¢ פ צ ק ר ש ת
Five of those letters have a different shape at the end of words: ך × ×Ÿ ×£ ×¥
What does Takiya mean in Hebrew?
It doesn't mean anything, but it's very close to the Hebrew word Tekiyah (תְּקִיעָה) which is the sound that a ram's horn makes when it is played in a synagogue on the Jewish High Holy Days. It is loosely translated as "trumpet blast".
What does the Hebrew word Dvir mean?
Dvir (דביר) has no English equivalent. It is usually translated as "holy of holies" or "inner sanctum". It refers to a special room in the Ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
What does Shiola mean in Hebrew?
Shiola has no meaning in Hebrew. But you can spell it phonetically as שיולה
Shibboleth (שִׁבֹּלֶת) means "ear of corn" or "stalk of grain". In Hebrew it is pronounced shee-BO-let, which the emphasis on the middle syllable.
The word is used to mean any custom or tradition, particularly a speech pattern, that distinguishes one group of people (an ingroup) from others (outgroups).
What does the Hebrew word lebab mean?
lebab has no meaning in Hebrew, but it's close to levav (לבב) which is an old-fashioned word for "heart."
What is the meaning of the Hebrew word mimshach?
מִמְשָׁח (mimshach) = synovia (a lubricating fluid secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.)
In ancient times מִמְשָׁח referred to the oil used to protect skin from the harsh desert, used by royalty or priests.
Tav (ת) is the 22nd and final letter of the Hebrew alphabet (frequently mistaken as the 23rd letter). It has the sound of T.
More information about Tav
Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic alphabets, including:
- Phoenician Tāw = ?
- Hebrew Tav = ת
- Aramaic Taw = ?
- Ugaritic To = ?
- Syriac Taw = ܬ
- Arabic Tāʼ = ت (in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order). Its original sound value is /t/.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek tau (Τ), Latin T, and Cyrillic Т.
Taw is believed to be derived from the Egyptian hieroglyph meaning "mark."
What does the Hebrew word mesima mean in English?
mesima depends on how you spell it in Hebrew:
- משימה = mission
- מסימה = "from Sima"
How do you say 'Thank you' in Hebrew?
"Thank you" in Hebrew is pronounced "toe-DAH".
"Thank you very much" in Hebrew is "toe-DAH rah-BAW".
What is the greek spelling for hosanna?
When written in Greek, it loses two of the original sounds (Shin and Ayin), and becomes the single word hosanna, written as ὡσαννά.
In Hebrew this is 2 words, usually hyphenated: הושיעה־נא (Hoshaʿ-na) = "Please help"
Notes:
- Na is a Hebrew particle that is attached to commands to soften them, in the way that we add the word "please"
- Christians have made this into a single word, and converted it to Greek pronunciation "Hosanna," and translate it as save we ask.
- In Jewish liturgy, the word is applied specifically to the Hosha-na Service, a cycle of prayers from which a selection is sung each morning during Sukkot, the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles. The complete cycle is sung on the seventh day of the festival, which is called Hoshana Rabbah (הושענא רבא, "Great Hosha-na".
What does quisia mean in Hebrew?
Quisa is not a recognizable English word, but if this is a name, you can spell it in Hebrew letters as קיסה
What does amior mean in Hebrew?
"amior" is not a recognizable Hebrew word, but it could be a person's name, and if so, it means "my people is light" or "my people of light"
What does the Hebrew word herem mean?
herem is not a Hebrew word, but it's close to hereem (הרי×) which is a verb that means "to lift up".
What is the Hebrew word bachurah?
Bachurah (בחורה) refers to a young woman (anything from teenage years up to about early 30's)
What does Shalom shalom shalom mean?
It means hello, goodbye, and peace to you.
One shalom is always hello, if theres a second it is hello and then goodbye. if theres all three, each definition is used once: hello, goodbye, and peace (to you)
(A note that Amen is different, it means "so be it" and may be said three times to invoke the whole power of God to a prayer, because 3 is a holy number.)
Jewish answer:
The word "shalom" may have any of the above three meanings (depending on context), whether it is repeated or not.
And the word "Amen" is never said three times in Judaism.
