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Bible names in Hebrew , Glossary

abba

abba (אבא) - dad

hell

sheol (שְׁאוֹל‏‎) - loaned

hallelujah

hallelujah (הַלְלוּיָהּ‏‎) - praise Yahweh

amen

amen (אמן) - truly so, so be it, let it come true

Jew

Yehudi (יְהוּדִי)

Effafa!

Hippats! (אִפַּתַּח) - open up!

leaven

hametz (חָמֵץ‏‎) - yeast dough

iota

yood (‏י)
- smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet

korban

korban (קָרוֹן) - gift to god
- sacrifice

Maranatha!

Maranata! (מרנאתא‎) - Our Lord, come!

mine

mane (מָנֶה)
- sum of money

Nazarene

Natcrati (נָזִיר‏‎) - dedicated to god

people

goy (גו‏‎) - pagan, people, gentile

unleavened bread

matza (מַצָּה‏‎) - from squeezing water

sadducees

Tzadukim (צְדוּקִים‏‎) - the righteous

seven-branched candlestick

menora (מְנוֹרָה) - lamp

Shekel

Shekel (שקל) - the weight

Sanhedrin

synedrion (סַנְהֶדְרִין) - sitting together
- Jewish religious court

trumpet

shofar (שׁוֹפָר)
- ram's horn

disciple

talmid (תלמיד) - disciple, follower

teacher

rabbi (רַב) - letters. my great

Pharisee

parush (פְּרוּשִׁים‏‎) - seceded

challah

hala (חַלָּה)
- special bread eaten on Shabbat

cherubim

cherubim (כְּרֻבִים‏‎) - Taurus

Temple of God

ha-Beit (הַבַּיִת‏) - House

Ten Commandments

anohi 10 (אָנֹכִי ה)
- Decalogue