Yiddish

1,046 words that reached Yiddish from Semitic languages. Extracted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unreviewed.

־ה · -eModern Hebrew · “The singular suffix for feminine nouns derived f”
־ים · -emModern Hebrew · “The plural suffix for masculine nouns derived fr”
־ות · -esModern Hebrew · “The plural suffix for feminine nouns derived fro”
־ן · -nModern Hebrew · “Used to form nouns denoting people of a certain ”
־ס · -sModern Hebrew · “Marks the plural form of regular nouns ending in”
־טע · -teAramaic · “Sometimes used to form feminine equivalents of m”
מרא־דאתראAramaic · “chief rabbi (especially of a small town or commu”
מישכּבֿ־זכרModern Hebrew · “gay male anal sex”
ספֿקModern Hebrew · “possibly either … or, maybe … and maybe …”
לא־יוצלחModern Hebrew · “good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well”
כּזבֿ־ושקרModern Hebrew · “utter falsehood, barefaced lie, deceit”
נע־ונדModern Hebrew · “homeless, wandering”
אַבֿרהם אָבֿינוModern Hebrew · “Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an ”
חופּה וקידושיןModern Hebrew · “marriage ceremony, nuptials, wedding”
בת־מזלModern Hebrew · “lucky woman”
ברציפותModern Hebrew · “consecutively”
טעם־חושModern Hebrew · “sense of taste”
מהפּכהModern Hebrew · “revolution”
הקדוש ברוך הואModern Hebrew · “the Holy One, blessed be He (a euphemism for God”
אַחריותModern Hebrew · “responsibility”
ברוכים־הבאָיםModern Hebrew · “welcome (to more than one person)”
ארץ־ישׂראלModern Hebrew · “the Land of Israel (a Biblical region of Western”
חריפֿותModern Hebrew · “acumen, sagacity, astuteness, shrewdness, insigh”
עליו השלוםModern Hebrew · “may he rest in peace, (literally, "peace be upon”
אַ חוץ פֿון · a khuts funModern Hebrew · “besides, except”
אַ כּלל · a klalModern Hebrew · “in short, in sum”
אַדרבא · aderabeAramaic · “on the contrary”
אדמה · adomeModern Hebrew · “earth”
אדון · adoynModern Hebrew · “lord; mister (title)”
אדוני · adoynayModern Hebrew · “Adonai, The Lord, God”
אדוני · adoyniModern Hebrew · “my lord; mister (title)”
אַפֿיקומן · afikoymenModern Hebrew · “afikomen”
אַפֿילו · afileModern Hebrew · “even (emphasizing a comparison or implying an ex”
אַגדתּא · agadeteModern Hebrew · “a rabbinic legend, Aggadah”
אַגבֿ · agevAramaic · “incidentally, by the way”
אַגבֿ־אורחא · agev-urkheJewish Babylonian Aramaic · “incidentally”
עגלה · agoleModern Hebrew · “wagon, cart, carriage”
אַהבֿה · ahaveModern Hebrew · “love”
אַהבֿת נפֿש · ahaves nefeshModern Hebrew · “intimate love”
אחשורוש · akhashveyreshModern Hebrew · “Ahasuerus (biblical character)”
אַחדות · akhdesModern Hebrew · “unity”
אַחרון · akhrenModern Hebrew · “last”
אחרון אחרון חבֿיבֿ · akhren akhren khovevModern Hebrew · “last but not least”
אחריות · akhroyesModern Hebrew · “Unpointed form of אַחריות (akhrayes).”
אַכסניא · akhsanyeAncient Greek · “inn, tavern”
אַחוץ · akhutsModern Hebrew · “except (with the exception of)”
אכזריות · akhzoryesModern Hebrew · “viciousness”
עקיבא · akiveModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Akiva”
עקרה · akoreModern Hebrew · “infertile, barren woman”
עקשן · akshnModern Hebrew · “a stubborn or obstinate person.”
על־כן · al-kheynModern Hebrew · “therefore”
על־פּי · al-piModern Hebrew · “according to”
אַלף · alefModern Hebrew · “aleph (first letter of the Hebrew script)”
עליכם שלום · aleykhem sholemModern Hebrew · “A traditional greeting.”
עליה · alieModern Hebrew · “aliyah (ascent to the bimah)”
עלילת־דם · aliles-damModern Hebrew · “blood libel (antisemitic conspiracy theory)”
אַלקאָהאָל · alkoholArabic · “alcohol (class of compounds)”
אַלמנה · almunaModern Hebrew · “widow”
עם · amModern Hebrew · “nation, people”
עמידה · amideModern Hebrew · “Amidah”
עמך · amkhoModern Hebrew · “the masses, the common people”
עם־האָרץ · amoretsModern Hebrew · “person unlearned in traditional Jewish subjects”
אַמורא · amoyreAramaic · “One of the Amoraim, sages of the Gemara.”
אַני־מאמין · ani-maymenModern Hebrew · “credo, dogma”
עניוות · anivesModern Hebrew · “modesty, humility”
אַפּיקורס · apikoyresAncient Greek · “heretic, unbeliever”
אַפּותּיקי · apoy'tekeModern Hebrew · “A large amount of money; a fortune”
אַפּשיטא · apshiteModern Hebrew · “certainly; all the more”
אַריכות · arikhesModern Hebrew · “length”
אהרן · arnModern Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to Eng”
אהרן הכּהן · arn hakoyenModern Hebrew · “Aaron (the elder brother of Moses in the Book of”
אַרורה · arureModern Hebrew · “shrew, termagant, scold”
אריה · aryeModern Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew”
עשׂרת־ימי־תּשובֿה · aseres-yemey-tshuveModern Hebrew · “Ten Days of Repentance”
אַשכּנז · áshkenazModern Hebrew · “Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)”
אַשכּנזי · ashkenaziModern Hebrew · “Ashkenazi (person)”
אתחלתּא · ashkhltaModern Hebrew · “beginning”
אַסרן · asrnModern Hebrew · “to forbid”
אַסותא · asuseAramaic · “bless you, gesundheit (response to someone sneez”
אַטלעס · atlesRussian · “satin”
עצבֿות · atsvesModern Hebrew · “sadness, melancholy”
אַבֿדה · aveydeModern Hebrew · “loss”
עוולה · avleModern Hebrew · “sin”
עבודה · avoydeModern Hebrew · “worship, service, work”
אַבֿרהם · avremlModern Hebrew · “Abraham (Biblical character)”
עזה · azeModern Hebrew · “Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the”
בעל־יועץ · baal-yoyetzModern Hebrew · “consultant, advisor”
בדחן · badkhnModern Hebrew · “wedding jester”
באַקאַליי · bakaleyPolish · “groceries”
באַכר־על־כאַזאַל · bakhr-el-khazalArabic · “Bahr el Ghazal (river in South Sudan)”
בקשה · bakosheModern Hebrew · “request, plea”
בעל · balModern Hebrew · “Used to create compounds with Hebrew-origin noun”
בעל־תּשובֿה · bal-tshuveModern Hebrew · “baal teshuva (a person who repents after transgr”
בעל־הבית · balebosModern Hebrew · “master of the house, head of the household, host”
בעל־חי · balkhayModern Hebrew · “animal”
בעל־צדקה · baltsdokeModern Hebrew · “philanthropist”
במדבר · bamidberModern Hebrew · “Numbers”
בר־מזל · bar mázlModern Hebrew · “lucky man”
בר־מינן · barmenenModern Hebrew · “corpse, cadaver”
בת־קול · bas-kolModern Hebrew · “The voice of God; the mystical manner in which G”
בת־מלכּה · bas-malkeModern Hebrew · “princess (queen's daughter)”
בת־מיצווה · bas-mitsveModern Hebrew · “bat mitzvah”
בת־ישׂראל · bas-yisroelModern Hebrew · “Jewish woman, Jewess”
בדידות · bdidesModern Hebrew · “seclusion; solitude; loneliness”
בערך · be'erekhModern Hebrew · “approximately (imprecise but close to in quantit”
בדלות · bedalesModern Hebrew · “impoverished, indigent”
באמת · beemesModern Hebrew · “truly, really, genuinely”
בפֿירוש · befeyreshModern Hebrew · “explicit”
בפֿרט · befratModern Hebrew · “in particular”
בפֿרהסיא · befresyeAncient Greek · “in public, publicly, openly”
בגד · begedModern Hebrew · “garment, item of clothing”
בהדרגה · behadrogeModern Hebrew · “gradually”
בהסכּם · beheskemModern Hebrew · “by common agreement”
בהמה · beheymeModern Hebrew · “cow, head of cattle”
בהלה · beholeModern Hebrew · “confusion, clamour, commotion”
בעיקר · beikerModern Hebrew · “principally”
בחרם · bekheyremModern Hebrew · “under oath”
בכי־טובֿ · bekhi-toyvModern Hebrew · “for the better”
בחינם · bekhinemModern Hebrew · “for free”
במשך · bemeshekhModern Hebrew · “during”
בן־בית · ben-bayesModern Hebrew · “family member, member of the household”
בן־מלך · ben-meylekhModern Hebrew · “prince (son of the king)”
בן־נח · ben-noyekhModern Hebrew · “avaricious man, miser, scrooge”
בן־ישׂראל · ben-yisróelModern Hebrew · “Israelite, Jew”
בנעימותדיק · beneimesdikModern Hebrew · “pleasant”
באותו־רגע · beoyse-regeModern Hebrew · “immediately, at that very moment”
בראש · beroshModern Hebrew · “at the head, at the forefront, in first”
בריה · beryeModern Hebrew · “expert”
בשעת · beshasModern Hebrew · “while”
בשלום · besholemModern Hebrew · “in peace”
בשתּיקה · beshtikeModern Hebrew · “silently”
בשׂמים · besomemModern Hebrew · “spices”
בעצם · betsmModern Hebrew · “basically, intrinsically, fundamentally, as a ma”
בטוח · betuekhModern Hebrew · “confident”
בין־השמשות · beyn-hashmoshesModern Hebrew · “twilight; dusk”
בית · beysModern Hebrew · “beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)”
בית־הכּסא · beys-hakiseModern Hebrew · “bathroom”
בית המקדש · beys-hamikdeshModern Hebrew · “Temple in Jerusalem”
בית־עולם · beys-oylemModern Hebrew · “cemetery (tract of land in which the dead are bu”
ביצה · beytseModern Hebrew · “egg”
בזיון · bezoyenModern Hebrew · “shame”
בפֿני כּל עם ועדה · bifney kol am veeydeModern Hebrew · “before everyone, in front of everyone”
בכלל · bikhlalModern Hebrew · “generally”
בלבול · bilblModern Hebrew · “false accusation, frameup”
בימה · bimeModern Hebrew · “bima (the platform in a Synagogue where the Tora”
במקום · bimkemModern Hebrew · “substitute”
בנימין · binyuminModern Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew”
בזכות · bizkhusModern Hebrew · “By virtue of; on account of”
בחינה · bkhineModern Hebrew · “test”
בחור · bokherModern Hebrew · “young man, youngster; bachelor”
ברוך השם · borekh hashemModern Hebrew · “baruch Hashem, thank God”
ברוך שפּטרני · borekh shepotraneModern Hebrew · “good riddance”
ברוך־הבא · borekhabeModern Hebrew · “welcome, reception”
ברוך־הבא · borekhaboModern Hebrew · “welcome! (to one person)”
בשׂר ודם · boser vedomModern Hebrew · “flesh and blood”
בית־דין · bote-dinemModern Hebrew · “beth din (court of Jewish law)”
בבֿלי · bovliModern Hebrew · “Babylonian”
בוגד · boygerModern Hebrew · “traitor”
בולט · boyletModern Hebrew · “outstanding; clear; marked; distinct; vivid; obv”
בורא · boyreModern Hebrew · “creator (the deity that created the world)”
בורא־עולם · boyre-oylemModern Hebrew · “God”
בורר · boyrerModern Hebrew · “arbitrator”
ברירה · breyreModern Hebrew · “choice, option, alternative”
בראשית · breyshesModern Hebrew · “Book of Genesis”
בריאה · brieModern Hebrew · “creation”
ברית · brisModern Hebrew · “bris”
ברכה · brokheModern Hebrew · “blessing”
בשׂורה · bsureModern Hebrew · “news, tidings, message”
בור · burModern Hebrew · “ignoramus, fool”
ברוך · BurikhModern Hebrew · “Baruch: a male given name from Hebrew”
בושה · busheModern Hebrew · “shame; embarrassment”
בבֿל · buveylModern Hebrew · “Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of”
ד״ר · D'rModern Hebrew · “Dr., Dr: title used for those with doctoral degr”
דווקא · dafkeAramaic · “necessarily”
דלות · dalesModern Hebrew · “poverty”
דם · damModern Hebrew · “blood”
דמשׂק · damesekModern Hebrew · “Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient ”
דת · dasModern Hebrew · “religion; creed”
דאַוונען · davnenModern Hebrew · “to pray, daven”
דיין · dayenModern Hebrew · “religious judge”
דאגה · daygeModern Hebrew · “worry, anxiety, concern”
דגל · deglModern Hebrew · “flag”
דהײַנו · dehayneAramaic · “viz; to wit; for instance; namely”
דרך־ארץ · derkheretsModern Hebrew · “respect”
דעה · deyeModern Hebrew · “opinion, knowledge, influence”
דיבוק · dibekModern Hebrew · “dybbuk”
דמיון · dimyenModern Hebrew · “imagination, fantasy”
דין · dinModern Hebrew · “religious law”
דירה · direModern Hebrew · “apartment (domicile occupying part of a building”
דחק · dkhakModern Hebrew · “difficulty, extremity”
דגש · dogeshModern Hebrew · “dagesh (Hebrew diacritical mark)”
דור · dorModern Hebrew · “generation (stage in genealogical succession)”
דרום · doremModern Hebrew · “south”
דוד · dovedModern Hebrew · “David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king”
דוגמא · dugmeAramaic · “example”
דבֿיקות · dveykesModern Hebrew · “mystical attachment or ecstasy (often in connect”
אפֿשר · efsherModern Hebrew · “perhaps, maybe”
אחד · ekhodModern Hebrew · “the Oneness of God”
אלא · eleModern Hebrew · “but, but if”
אלף · elefModern Hebrew · “thousand (pl. אַלפֿים)”
אלול · elelModern Hebrew · “Elul (the twelfth month of the civil year and th”
אליעזר · elyezerModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Eliezer and Elazar”
אליהו · elyohuModern Hebrew · “Elijah (an Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic re”
אליהו הנבֿיא · elyohu hanoviModern Hebrew · “the Prophet Elijah”
אמת · emesModern Hebrew · “truth”
אמונה · emuneModern Hebrew · “religion, faith; creed”
ערך · erekhModern Hebrew · “Only used in set phrases.”
ערבֿ · erevModern Hebrew · “eve (the evening or night before a holiday)”
אתרוג · esregModern Hebrew · “citron (fruit)”
אסתּר · esterModern Hebrew · “Esther (Biblical character)”
עצם · etsemModern Hebrew · “in itself, as such”
אבֿן־בוחן · evn-boykhnModern Hebrew · “touchstone”
אבֿן־נגף · evn-negefModern Hebrew · “stumbling block”
אבֿן־טובֿ · evn-tovModern Hebrew · “gem, jewel”
אבֿיון · evyenModern Hebrew · “pauper”
עד · eydModern Hebrew · “witness”
עדות · eydesModern Hebrew · “witness”
עדן · eydnModern Hebrew · “Eden, Garden of Eden”
עין־הרע · eyn-horeModern Hebrew · “evil eye”
עסק · eysekModern Hebrew · “business, work, profession, occupation”
עשׂו · eysevModern Hebrew · “Esau (Biblical character)”
אשת איש · eyshes ishModern Hebrew · “married woman; another man's wife”
עצה · eytseModern Hebrew · “A suggestion, a piece of advice or counsel.”
אבֿר · eyverModern Hebrew · “limb”
פֿיסטאַשקע · fistashkeArabic · “pistachio (fruit)”
גבאי · gabeModern Hebrew · “gabbai (synagogue functionary who serves to coll”
גדלות · gadlesModern Hebrew · “arrogance”
גלח · galekhModern Hebrew · “priest (Christian, especially Catholic, and East”
גם · gamModern Hebrew · “also”
גם־אתּם · gam-atemModern Hebrew · “same to you, likewise”
גן · ganModern Hebrew · “garden”
גן־עדן · gan-eydnModern Hebrew · “Garden of Eden (place where Adam and Eve first l”
גנבֿ · ganefModern Hebrew · “thief, fraudster”
גשמיות · gashmiesModern Hebrew · “worldliness, materiality”
גבֿריאל · GavriyelModern Hebrew · “a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to Eng”
גאווה · gayveModern Hebrew · “arrogance”
גזלן · gazlenModern Hebrew · “thief”
גמרא · gemoreAramaic · “Talmud”
גיהנום · genemModern Hebrew · “hell (specifically Gehinnom in Judaism)”
גאונות · geoynesModern Hebrew · “intellectual brilliance”
גט · getModern Hebrew · “divorce”
גאולה · geuleModern Hebrew · “redemption”
גזירה · gezeyreModern Hebrew · “edict, decree”
גבור · giberModern Hebrew · “hero”
גימל · gimlModern Hebrew · “gimel (third letter of the Hebrew script)”
גדול־הדור · godl-hadorModern Hebrew · “a gadol hador, an incredibly revered rabbi consi”
גאָון · goenModern Hebrew · “genius”
גלות · golesModern Hebrew · “exile”
גמור · gomerModern Hebrew · “complete”
גרוש · goreshModern Hebrew · “a divorcé, a divorced man”
גולם · goylemModern Hebrew · “golem”
גורל · goyrlModern Hebrew · “fate, destiny”
גוססן · goysesnModern Hebrew · “to be on one's deathbed, be dying”
גוף · gufModern Hebrew · “body”
גופֿא · gufeAramaic · “to the point, keeping to the subject at hand”
גוזמא · guzmeAramaic · “exaggeration”
גבֿיר · gvirModern Hebrew · “a rich person (someone of great wealth)”
גבֿול · gvulModern Hebrew · “border, limit, boundary”
גבֿורה · gvureModern Hebrew · “courage, bravery, heroism”
גזר־דין · gzar-dinAramaic · “punishment (especially a harsh one)”
הפֿגנה · hafgoneModern Hebrew · “a protest, a demonstration”
הפֿסקה · hafsokeModern Hebrew · “break, intermission”
הפֿטרה · haftoreModern Hebrew · “Haftarah”
הגם · hagamModern Hebrew · “although (in spite of the fact that)”
הגדה · hagodeModern Hebrew · “Haggadah (the text which is recited at Seder dur”
הקדמה · hakdomeModern Hebrew · “foreword, preface”
הלבשה · halbosheModern Hebrew · “attire, clothing”
הלעיטני · haliteyniModern Hebrew · “glutton, pig”
הלכה · halokheModern Hebrew · “Halacha”
הנהגה · hanhogeModern Hebrew · “conduct, behavior”
הנאָה · hanoeModern Hebrew · “fun”
הרגשה · hargosheModern Hebrew · “feeling”
הריגה · harigeModern Hebrew · “slaughter (killing of many people)”
השם · HashemModern Hebrew · “Hashem, God”
השערה · hashoreModern Hebrew · “guess, hypothesis, assumption, conjecture”
השפּעה · hashpoeModern Hebrew · “influence”
התחלה · haskholeModern Hebrew · “beginning”
השׂכּלה · haskoleModern Hebrew · “enlightenment”
הצלחה · hatslokheModern Hebrew · “success”
הצלחה און ברכה · hatslokhe un brokheModern Hebrew · “break a leg”
הבֿדלה · havdoleModern Hebrew · “Havdalah (ceremony to mark the end of the Sabbat”
הבנה · havoneModern Hebrew · “ability to understand, comprehension”
הברה · havoreModern Hebrew · “pronunciation (system of; esp. Hebrew)”
הבטחה · havtokheModern Hebrew · “assurance”
הזהרה · hazhoreModern Hebrew · “warning”
הפֿקר · hefkerModern Hebrew · “abandoned, (no longer maintained, forsaken, dese”
הערה · heoreModern Hebrew · “note”
הרגש · hergeshModern Hebrew · “feeling”
הסכּם · heskemModern Hebrew · “agreement, entente”
התּר · heterModern Hebrew · “permission”
הוצאה · hetsoeModern Hebrew · “expense”
הבֿדל · hevdlModern Hebrew · “difference; distinction”
הבל · hevlModern Hebrew · “Abel, the son of Adam.”
היקף · heykefModern Hebrew · “perimeter”
היות · heyoysModern Hebrew · “whereas”
היזק · hezekModern Hebrew · “loss, damage”
התלהבֿות · hislayvesModern Hebrew · “enthusiasm, ardor”
התנצלות · hisnatslesModern Hebrew · “apology”
התעוררות · hisoyreresModern Hebrew · “(spiritual) awakening”
התפּעלות · hispaylesModern Hebrew · “enthusiasm, rapture, thrill”
הגר · hogorModern Hebrew · “Hagar”
המן · homenOld Persian · “Haman”
הרים־וגבֿעות · horim-ugvoesModern Hebrew · “many, lots, loads; the moon and the stars”
הרבֿ · horovModern Hebrew · “rabbi (title preceding name)”
הורג · hoyregModern Hebrew · “murder victim”
הוספֿה · hoysofeModern Hebrew · “raise, addition, supplement (as wages)”
עיבור־יאָר · iber-yorModern Hebrew · “leap year (366-day year in the Gregorian calenda”
איבערחזרן · iberkhazernModern Hebrew · “To repeat; to go over; to learn”
עיקר · ikerModern Hebrew · “main point”
עילוי · ileModern Hebrew · “boy genius, child prodigy”
אם־ירצה־השם · im-yirtse-hashemModern Hebrew · “God willing”
אימאַם · imamArabic · “imam (Muslim leader)”
ענין · inyenModern Hebrew · “matter, issue, situation”
ארגון · irgunModern Hebrew · “the Irgun”
איש־מפּי־איש · ish-mepi-ishModern Hebrew · “orally, by oral tradition”
איסלאַם · islamArabic · “Islam (religion)”
עבֿרי · ivreModern Hebrew · “reading in Hebrew (a lesson in a cheder)”
עבֿרי · ivriModern Hebrew · “A Hebrew.”
עבֿריתּ · ivritModern Hebrew · “Modern Israeli Hebrew”
אייר · iyerModern Hebrew · “Iyar (the eighth month of the civil year and the”
קבלה · kaboleModern Hebrew · “Kabbalah”
קדיש · kadeshAramaic · “kaddish”
קדחת · kadokhesModern Hebrew · “malaria”
קאַפֿע · kafeArabic · “café (coffee shop)”
כּלה · kaleModern Hebrew · “bride, bride-to-be”
כּמה · kameModern Hebrew · “many”
קמיע · kameyeModern Hebrew · “amulet (especially one for good luck)”
קנאָי · kanoeModern Hebrew · “zealot”
קנאות · kanoesModern Hebrew · “Unpointed form of קנאָות (kanoes).”
כּפּרה · kaporeModern Hebrew · “expiation, redemption”
קאַפּויער · kapoyerModern Hebrew · “opposite, contrary”
קרקע · karkeModern Hebrew · “ground, land”
כּעס · kasModern Hebrew · “anger”
קשיא · kasheAramaic · “question, problem”
כּשרן · kashernModern Hebrew · “to kasher; to render food kosher”
כּשרות · kashresModern Hebrew · “kashrut (the Jewish dietary laws); kosherness”
קצבֿ · katsevModern Hebrew · “butcher”
קאַווע · kaveArabic · “coffee”
כּוונה · kavoneModern Hebrew · “intention”
קין · KaynModern Hebrew · “Cain (the son of Adam and Eve who killed his bro”
קאַיאָר · kayorBiblical Hebrew · “early dawn”
כּעסן · kaysnModern Hebrew · “angry person”
כּזבֿן · kazvnModern Hebrew · “liar”
כּדאַי · kedayModern Hebrew · “worthwhile, profitable, advisable.”
כּדי · kedeyModern Hebrew · “so that”
כּהונה · kehuneModern Hebrew · “priesthood”
כּלבֿ · kelevModern Hebrew · “cur, mutt, mongrel, stray dog, vicious dog, dero”
קעמל · kemlProto-Semitic · “camel (beast of burden)”
כּסף · kesefModern Hebrew · “silver; money”
כּתר · keserModern Hebrew · “A crown, chiefly the metal one on a Torah scroll”
קשת שמים · keshes shomayemModern Hebrew · “rainbow”
כּבֿיכול · kevyokhlModern Hebrew · “as it were”
קדר · keydarModern Hebrew · “A witch or sorceror specifically of the Tatar et”
כּפֿלען · keyflenModern Hebrew · “to multiply”
כּלי · keyleModern Hebrew · “tool, instrument”
קבֿר · keyverModern Hebrew · “grave”
כּזית · kezayesModern Hebrew · “a portion (of food) the size of an olive”
כפירה · kfireModern Hebrew · “heresy, apostacy”
חד־גדיא · khadgadyeAramaic · “Chad Gadya”
כאַלאַט · khalatArabic · “loose robe, housecoat”
חלה · khaleModern Hebrew · “challah”
חול־המועד · khalemoyedModern Hebrew · “Chol HaMoed”
חלשות · khaloshesModern Hebrew · “fainting spell”
חמאַס · khamásModern Hebrew · “Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and”
חמור · khamerModern Hebrew · “donkey, jackass, fool”
חמישה־עשׂר · khamishoserModern Hebrew · “Tu BiShvat”
חנה · khaneModern Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Hanna”
חנוכּה · khanekeModern Hebrew · “Hanukkah”
חריף · kharefModern Hebrew · “whiz, person with a keen mind”
חרטה · kharoteModern Hebrew · “regret”
חרפּה · kharpeModern Hebrew · “shame, disgrace”
חס־ושלום · khas-vesholemModern Hebrew · “God forbid”
חשכות · khashkhesAramaic · “profound darkness”
חתמענען · khasmenenModern Hebrew · “sign (to write one's signature)”
חווה · khaveModern Hebrew · “Eve (first woman & wife of Adam)”
חבֿר · khaverModern Hebrew · “friend, buddy, comrade”
חבֿרותא · khavruseAramaic · “fellowship (company of people that shares the sa”
חיה · khayeModern Hebrew · “animal”
חיה־רעה · khaye-roeModern Hebrew · “wild beast”
חייל · khayelModern Hebrew · “army”
חיים · khayemModern Hebrew · “life”
חזיר · khazerModern Hebrew · “pig”
חזן · khaznModern Hebrew · “cantor; leader of a congregation or other group ”
חסד · khesedModern Hebrew · “generosity, favor”
חטא · khetModern Hebrew · “sin”
חבֿרה · khevreModern Hebrew · “a friend group.”
חבֿרון · khevrenModern Hebrew · “Hebron (a city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy”
חדר · kheyderModern Hebrew · “cheder (an elementary school for Jewish children”
חיפֿה · kheyfeModern Hebrew · “Haifa (a city in Israel)”
חפֿץ · kheyfetsModern Hebrew · “object, physical thing”
חלק · kheylekModern Hebrew · “part, piece, portion, fraction”
חלבֿ · kheylevModern Hebrew · “chelev (non-kosher fat from a kosher animal), ta”
חן · kheynModern Hebrew · “grace, charm, appeal”
חרם · kheyremModern Hebrew · “excommunication, expulsion from the Jewish commu”
חשק · kheyshekModern Hebrew · “desire”
חשבון · khezhbnModern Hebrew · “bill, check”
חיריק · khirekModern Hebrew · “hiriq (Hebrew diacritical mark)”
חיות · khiyesModern Hebrew · “life”
חזיון · khizoyenModern Hebrew · “prophetic vision”
חקירה · khkireModern Hebrew · “inquiry, investigation”
חדש · khodeshModern Hebrew · “new”
חגא · khogeAramaic · “non-Jewish holiday”
חגא טבֿא · khoge toveAramaic · “happy... merry...! a greeting used when speaking”
חוק · khokModern Hebrew · “rule; law; regulation; custom”
חכם · khokhemModern Hebrew · “wise man”
חלל · kholelModern Hebrew · “space, void (empty volume)”
חלום · kholemModern Hebrew · “dream”
חלילה · kholileModern Hebrew · “God forbid, heaven forbid”
חמץ · khometsModern Hebrew · “chametz (foods with leavening agents that are fo”
חרד · khoredModern Hebrew · “A Haredi, an ultra-Orthodox Jew.”
חרוץ · khoretsModern Hebrew · “a diligent man”
חשובֿ · khoshevModern Hebrew · “important”
חסיד · khosidModern Hebrew · “Hasid”
חתן · khosnModern Hebrew · “groom, bridegroom, fiancé”
חצוף · khotsefModern Hebrew · “an arrogant, insolent man”
חודש · khoydeshModern Hebrew · “month”
חולה · khoyleModern Hebrew · “sick person”
חורש · khoyreshModern Hebrew · “bribe, hush money”
חושד זײַן · khoyshed zaynModern Hebrew · “to suspect”
חוטא · khoyteModern Hebrew · “sinner”
חובֿ · khoyvModern Hebrew · “debt, obligation”
חשד · khshadModern Hebrew · “doubt”
חשיבֿות · khshivesModern Hebrew · “importance, significance”
חסידות · khsidesModern Hebrew · “Hasidism, Chassidus”
חתימה · khsimeModern Hebrew · “signature”
חתיכה · khtikheModern Hebrew · “piece”
חצות · khtsosModern Hebrew · “midnight”
חומש · khumeshModern Hebrew · “A Chumash; the Torah (Pentateuch) in book form, ”
חומרא · khumreModern Hebrew · “stringency”
כומוס · khumusArabic · “hummus”
חושים · khushemModern Hebrew · “bewildered person”
חוצפּה · khutspeAramaic · “chutzpah; audacity”
כּמעט · kimatModern Hebrew · “almost, nearly”
קינאה · kineModern Hebrew · “jealousy, envy”
כּישוף · kishefModern Hebrew · “magic”
כּסלו · kislevModern Hebrew · “Kislev (third month)”
כּיתּה · kiteModern Hebrew · “class, grade”
קיצור · kitserModern Hebrew · “summary”
קיום · kiyemModern Hebrew · “existence, survival”
כּלל · klalModern Hebrew · “not at all”
כּלפּי · klapeModern Hebrew · “regarding, with respect to”
כּלי־קודש · kle-koydeshModern Hebrew · “a person hired by a Jewish community, a member o”
כּלי־זיין · klezayenModern Hebrew · “weapon”
קלעזמער · klezmerModern Hebrew · “klezmer musician”
קללה · kloleModern Hebrew · “curse”
כּנען · knaanModern Hebrew · “Canaan (biblical character)”
קנס · knasModern Hebrew · “fine (fee levied as punishment)”
קניה · kniyeModern Hebrew · “a purchase”
קדוש · kodeshModern Hebrew · “martyr”
קול · kolModern Hebrew · “voice, cry”
כּל־ימיו · kol-yomevModern Hebrew · “all of one's life”
קמץ · kometsModern Hebrew · “kamatz (Hebrew diacritical mark)”
קהל · koolModern Hebrew · “a Jewish community”
קאָראַן · koranArabic · “Qur'an”
קרבן · korbnModern Hebrew · “victim”
קרובֿ · korevModern Hebrew · “male relative”
כּוס · kosModern Hebrew · “cup”
קשה · kosheModern Hebrew · “difficult”
כּשר · kosherModern Hebrew · “kosher”
כּבֿוד · kovedModern Hebrew · “honor”
כּהן · koyenModern Hebrew · “priest, cohen”
כּולל · koylelModern Hebrew · “inclusive”
כּולל · koylelModern Hebrew · “kollel (institute for advanced study of the Talm”
כּולל זײַן · koylel zaynModern Hebrew · “to include”
קולות · koylesModern Hebrew · “commotion, racket (especially a loud one)”
קונה · koyneModern Hebrew · “customer, client”
קורח · koyrekhModern Hebrew · “Korah”
כּזבֿ · kozevModern Hebrew · “lie, falsehood”
קריאת־שמע · krishmeModern Hebrew · “Kriat Shema, recitation of the Shema”
קריעת־ים־סוף · kriyes-yam-sufModern Hebrew · “Parting of the Red Sea”
כּתבֿ · ksavAramaic · “writing”
כּתובֿים · ksuvemModern Hebrew · “Ketuvim”
קטורת · któyresModern Hebrew · “incense”
קודשא בריך הוא · kudshe brikh huAramaic · “the Holy One, blessed be He (a euphemism for God”
כּולו · kuleModern Hebrew · “completely; wholly; entirely”
קבֿרות · kvoresModern Hebrew · “graveyard”
לחלוטין · lakhlutnModern Hebrew · “totally, entirely”
לײַם · laymPersian · “lime (citrus fruit)”
לפֿי · lefiModern Hebrew · “according to, per”
לגבי · legabeModern Hebrew · “about, regarding”
להכעיס · lehakhesModern Hebrew · “spite”
להבֿדיל · lehavdlModern Hebrew · “lehavdil; excuse the comparison”
לחיים · lekhayemModern Hebrew · “A blessing, a toast, and an expression of goodwi”
למען־השם · leman-hashemModern Hebrew · “for God's sake”
למאַי · lemáyAramaic · “why (for what reason)”
למעשׂה · lemayseModern Hebrew · “in fact, actually, in practice”
למשל · lemoshlModern Hebrew · “for example, e.g.”
לפּחות · lepokhesModern Hebrew · “at least (at a lower limit)”
לשם · leshemModern Hebrew · “for, for the sake of, for the purpose of”
לשם־שמים · lesheym-shomayemModern Hebrew · “for the love of God, for God's sake”
לסוף · lesofModern Hebrew · “finally, in the end”
לטובֿת · letoyvesModern Hebrew · “for, for the sake of”
לץ · letsModern Hebrew · “joker (person who makes jokes or fools around)”
לבֿ · levModern Hebrew · “heart”
לוויה · levayeModern Hebrew · “funeral”
לבֿנה · levoneModern Hebrew · “moon”
לבֿנון · levonenModern Hebrew · “Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle Ea”
לוויתן · levyosnModern Hebrew · “leviathan (Biblical sea monster)”
לאה · leyeModern Hebrew · “Leah”
ליצן · leytsnModern Hebrew · “jester, practical joker”
לזכּרון · lezikornModern Hebrew · “in memory of”
ליקוי · likeModern Hebrew · “eclipse”
לכבֿוד · likhvoydModern Hebrew · “for, to, dedicated to”
לילית · lilesModern Hebrew · “Lilith”
להוט · loetModern Hebrew · “eager”
לומדיש · lomdishModern Hebrew · “erudite, scholarly, bookish”
לשון · loshnModern Hebrew · “language (system of communication using words or”
לשון־הרע · loshn-horeModern Hebrew · “gossip (talk about other people)”
לבֿן · lovnModern Hebrew · “Laban (biblical character)”
לא · loyModern Hebrew · “no, not so”
לוח · luekhModern Hebrew · “the Biblical tablets of the Ten Commandments”
לולבֿ · lulevModern Hebrew · “lulav”
מיישבֿ זײַן זיך · m'yashev zayn zikhModern Hebrew · “to decide what to do, to make up one's mind”
מה · maModern Hebrew · “what?”
מה־בכּך · ma-bekakhModern Hebrew · “so what”
מבול · mabelModern Hebrew · “flood, deluge”
מה־דאָך · madekhMiddle High German · “if... even”
מדרגה · madreygeModern Hebrew · “level”
מפֿטיר · mafterModern Hebrew · “maftir (person who reads the Haftarah)”
מגיד · magedModern Hebrew · “maggid, an itinerant preacher”
מגפֿה · mageyfeModern Hebrew · “plague, epidemic”
מאַהאַלע · mahaleArabic · “mahalla, district, neighborhood, quarter of a ci”
מכּבי · makabiModern Hebrew · “Maccabee”
מכּה · makeModern Hebrew · “plague”
מחליט זײַן · makhlet zaynModern Hebrew · “to decide”
מחמת · makhmesModern Hebrew · “because”
מחנה · makhneModern Hebrew · “crowd, multitude”
מכשיר · makhsherModern Hebrew · “appliance, device, tool, utensil”
מכשפֿה · makhsheyfeModern Hebrew · “witch”
מלאך · malekhModern Hebrew · “angel”
מלכּה · malkeModern Hebrew · “queen”
מלכות · malkhesModern Hebrew · “kingdom, realm (often in a religious sense)”
מלשין · malshnModern Hebrew · “only used in מלשין זײַן (malshn zayn)”
ממש · mameshModern Hebrew · “really, very, truly”
ממזר · mamzerModern Hebrew · “mamzer”
מן · manModern Hebrew · “manna”
מפּיל־קינד · mapl-kindModern Hebrew · “stillborn”
מפּלען · maplenModern Hebrew · “to miscarry”
מפּלה · mapoleModern Hebrew · “miscarriage, downfall”
מערכה · marokheModern Hebrew · “fate, plight”
מאַרוויכער · marvikherModern Hebrew · “an inveterate thief”
מס · masModern Hebrew · “tax”
משׂא · maseModern Hebrew · “a burden”
משקה · mashkeModern Hebrew · “liquor”
משכּון · mashknAramaic · “a pledge (the pledged object specifically)”
משמעות · mashmoesModern Hebrew · “probably, likely”
מסכּים · maskemModern Hebrew · “agreeing, in agreement”
משׂכּיל · maskilModern Hebrew · “an enlightened person; an adherent of the Haskal”
מתמיד · másmedModern Hebrew · “geek”
מטבע · matbeyeModern Hebrew · “coin”
מתּנה · matoneModern Hebrew · “present, gift”
מאַטראַץ · matratsArabic · “mattress”
מצה · matseModern Hebrew · “matzo”
מצבֿ · matsevModern Hebrew · “situation, condition”
מצבֿה · matseyveModern Hebrew · “tombstone”
מציל זײַן · matsl zaynModern Hebrew · “to rescue, save”
מצליח · matsliekhModern Hebrew · “only used in מצליח זײַן (matsliekh zayn)”
מצליח זײַן · matsliekh zaynModern Hebrew · “to succeed”
מאדים · maydemModern Hebrew · “Mars (the fourth planet in the solar system)”
מים · mayimModern Hebrew · “water”
מאכל · maykhlModern Hebrew · “food, meal, dish (specific type of food)”
מעלה · mayleModern Hebrew · “advantage, virtue”
מאמר · maymerModern Hebrew · “saying, expression”
מערבֿ · mayrevModern Hebrew · “west”
מעשׂה · mayseModern Hebrew · “story, tale, narrative”
מעתּיק · maytekModern Hebrew · “translator”
מזיק · mazekModern Hebrew · “demon, devil”
מזל · mazlModern Hebrew · “astrological sign”
מזל־טובֿ · mazl-tovModern Hebrew · “a general good wish on a happy occasion”
מדינה · medineModern Hebrew · “country”
מדינת־ישׂראל · medines-yisroelModern Hebrew · “State of Israel (official name of Israel: a coun”
מדרש · medreshModern Hebrew · “Midrash (body of Rabbinic literature)”
מפֿרש · mefareshModern Hebrew · “commentator, exegete”
מגילה · megileModern Hebrew · “megillah”
מהומה · mehumeModern Hebrew · “turmoil; tumult; wild panic”
מהות · mehusModern Hebrew · “substance, matter”
מחבר · mekhaberModern Hebrew · “author”
מכשף · mekhashefModern Hebrew · “sorcerer, wizard”
מחיה · mekháyeModern Hebrew · “a pleasure, a joy”
מחויבֿ · mekhuyevModern Hebrew · “obligated”
מלמד · melamedModern Hebrew · “melamed (teacher in a cheder)”
מלאָכה · melokheModern Hebrew · “handicraft (trade requiring skill of hand)”
מלוכה · melukheModern Hebrew · “state, government”
מעלופּן · melupnAramaic · “the name of the shuruk diacritic in Yiddish”
ממשלה · memsholeModern Hebrew · “A government.”
מנהל · menahelModern Hebrew · “director (of a yeshiva)”
מנורה · menoyreModern Hebrew · “menorah, candelabrum, hanukkiah”
מנוחה · menukheModern Hebrew · “rest”
מרידה · merideModern Hebrew · “riot, rebellion”
מת · mesModern Hebrew · “dead body, corpse, cadaver”
מעת־לעת · mes-lesModern Hebrew · “day (a 24 hour period)”
מסכתּא · mesekhteAramaic · “Mishnaic or Talmudic tractate”
משך · meshekhModern Hebrew · “long (describing the duration of something)”
משרת · meshoresModern Hebrew · “assistant, servant, minion”
משוגע · meshugeModern Hebrew · “crazy”
משוגעים · meshugoimModern Hebrew · “madmen, crazy people”
משומד · meshumedModern Hebrew · “apostate”
מתיבֿתּא · mesifteAramaic · “Mesivta, an Orthodox Jewish secondary school tha”
מסירה · mesireModern Hebrew · “mesirah, denunciation”
מסורה · mesoyreModern Hebrew · “tradition”
מסוגל · mesuglModern Hebrew · “apt, capable, charmed”
מסוכּן · mesúknModern Hebrew · “dangerous, perilous”
מעטשעט · metshetArabic · “mosque”
מציאה · metsiyeModern Hebrew · “bargain (purchase, transaction)”
מעוברת · meuberesModern Hebrew · “pregnant”
מאיר · meyerModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Meyer”
מילא · meyleModern Hebrew · “whatever”
מלך · meylekhModern Hebrew · “king”
ממיתן · meymesnModern Hebrew · “to kill”
מבֿין · meyvnModern Hebrew · “expert, connoisseur, know-it-all”
מזג · mezegModern Hebrew · “character, nature, disposition”
מזומן · mezumenModern Hebrew · “currency”
מזוזה · mezuzeModern Hebrew · “mezuzah”
מדבר · midberModern Hebrew · “desert”
מיאוס · miesModern Hebrew · “ugly”
מיכאל · MikhoelModern Hebrew · “the Archangel Michael”
מקווה · mikveModern Hebrew · “mikveh (ritual bath)”
מילה · mileModern Hebrew · “circumcision”
מלחמה · milkhomeModern Hebrew · “war”
ממילא · mimeyleModern Hebrew · “as a matter of course”
מין · minModern Hebrew · “species, kind, type”
מינאַרעט · minaretArabic · “minaret (mosque tower)”
מינהג · minegModern Hebrew · “custom (traditional practice)”
מנחה · minkheModern Hebrew · “Mincha (afternoon prayer)”
מנין · minyenModern Hebrew · “a minyan (a quorum of ten required for certain r”
משבת לשבת · mishabes leshabesModern Hebrew · “from Shabbat to Shabbat”
מישנה · mishneModern Hebrew · “Mishna (part of the Talmud)”
משפּטן · mishpetnModern Hebrew · “to judge (to sit in judgment on, pass sentence o”
משפּחה · mishpokheModern Hebrew · “family, kin”
מתחייבֿ זײַן · miskhayev zaynModern Hebrew · “to oblige, compel”
מתנגד · misnagedModern Hebrew · “One of the Misnagdim, a Jewish group that oppose”
מספּר · misperModern Hebrew · “number (numeral)”
מתיאש זײַן זיך · misyaesh zayn zikhModern Hebrew · “to be disappointed, to be disillusioned, to lose”
מצרים · mitsrayemModern Hebrew · “Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)”
מיצרי · mitsriModern Hebrew · “Egyptian (person from Egypt)”
מיצרית · mitsrisModern Hebrew · “Egyptian woman”
מי־יודע · miyedeyeModern Hebrew · “who knows?”
מזרח · mizrekhModern Hebrew · “east”
מקום · mokemModern Hebrew · “place, locale”
מקור · mokerModern Hebrew · “source (metaphorical)”
מלא · moleModern Hebrew · “tipsy; drunk”
מרדכי · mordkheModern Hebrew · “Mordecai (biblical character)”
מסור · moserModern Hebrew · “informant”
משיח · moshiekhModern Hebrew · “messiah”
משל · moshlModern Hebrew · “fable, allegory, metaphor, parable”
מודה · moydeModern Hebrew · “only used in מודה זײַן (moyde zayn)”
מודה זײַן · moyde zaynModern Hebrew · “to acknowledge, concede, accept”
מוח · moyekhModern Hebrew · “brain”
מוהל · moyelModern Hebrew · “mohel, circumcisor”
מופֿת · moyfesModern Hebrew · “miracle (wonderful event attributed to supernatu”
מוחל זײַן · moykhl zaynModern Hebrew · “to be sorry”
מולד · moyledModern Hebrew · “new moon”
מורא · moyreModern Hebrew · “fear, apprehension”
מוסד · moysedModern Hebrew · “institution”
משה · moysheModern Hebrew · “Moses”
משה רבינו · moyshe rabeyneModern Hebrew · “Honorific of Moses, literally "Moses our teacher”
מושבֿ · moyshevModern Hebrew · “residence, dwelling, settlement (esp. a dirty on”
מושל · moyshlModern Hebrew · “ruler, sovereign”
מום · mumModern Hebrew · “deformity, blemish”
נדן · nadnAramaic · “dowry”
נפֿקא · nafkeAramaic · “whore”
נחת · nakhesModern Hebrew · “pleasure, satisfaction (especially the pleasure ”
נאַר · narModern Hebrew · “fool (person lacking judgment or intelligence)”
נפֿש · nefeshModern Hebrew · “soul (person)”
נגינה · negineModern Hebrew · “music”
נקבֿה · nekeyveModern Hebrew · “female”
נקמה · nekomeModern Hebrew · “revenge”
נעלם · nelemModern Hebrew · “only used in נעלם ווערן (nelem vern)”
נהרג · neregModern Hebrew · “injury, wound”
נס · nesModern Hebrew · “miracle”
נשמה · neshomeModern Hebrew · “soul”
נסיעה · nesieModern Hebrew · “trip, journey”
נצח · netsekhModern Hebrew · “eternity”
נבֿלה · neveyleModern Hebrew · “carcass (body of a dead animal)”
נבֿיאה · neviyeModern Hebrew · “prophetess”
נבֿיאים · neviyemModern Hebrew · “Nevi'im”
נבֿואה · nevueModern Hebrew · “prophecy”
ניפֿטר · nifterModern Hebrew · “dead person (honourable)”
ניגון · nignModern Hebrew · “melody; tune”
נכנע · nikhneModern Hebrew · “humble or subservient person”
ניכפּה · nikhpeModern Hebrew · “epilepsy”
נמאס · nimesModern Hebrew · “boring”
ניסן · nisnModern Hebrew · “Nisan (the seventh month of the civil year and t”
נתפּעל ווערן · nispoel vernBiblical Hebrew · “be impressed”
נתפּעל זײַן · nispoel zaynBiblical Hebrew · “be impressed”
נחום · nokhemModern Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English Nahum”
נחלה · nokhleModern Hebrew · “inheritance”
נקי · nokiModern Hebrew · “clean; pure”
נתן · nosnModern Hebrew · “Nathan (an Old Testament prophet who advised Kin”
נוצרי · notstriModern Hebrew · “Christian (person)”
נבֿיא · noviModern Hebrew · “prophet”
נוי סוכּה · noy sukeModern Hebrew · “sukkah decorations”
נואף · noyefModern Hebrew · “adulterer”
נח · noyekhModern Hebrew · “Noah”
נותן · noysnModern Hebrew · “giver, donor”
אָדם · odemModern Hebrew · “Adam”
אָדר · oderModern Hebrew · “Adar (sixth month)”
עוף · ofModern Hebrew · “bird”
עליה־השלום · ole-hasholemModern Hebrew · “may she rest in peace, peace be upon her”
אָמן · oméynModern Hebrew · “amen (so be it)”
אָרון · orenModern Hebrew · “ark (box)”
אָרון־קודש · oren-koydeshModern Hebrew · “ark for storing Torah scrolls”
ערבֿ · orevModern Hebrew · “guarantor (of a debt)”
ערל · orlModern Hebrew · “gentile, non-Jew”
ערלה · orleModern Hebrew · “foreskin”
אות · osModern Hebrew · “letter (symbol used for writing)”
עתיד · osedModern Hebrew · “the future”
אסור · oserModern Hebrew · “forbidden”
אָבֿ · ovModern Hebrew · “ancestor, patriarch”
אָבֿ · ovAkkadian · “Av, the eleventh month of the civil year and the”
עבֿר · overModern Hebrew · “the past”
אוי · oyBiblical Hebrew · “oh, ah, ugh, oy”
עולה · oyleModern Hebrew · “immigrant to Israel”
עולם · oylemModern Hebrew · “public”
עולם־הבא · oylem-habeModern Hebrew · “the world to come”
עולם־הזה · oylem-hazeModern Hebrew · “the earthly world (as opposed to heaven or the a”
עונג · oynegModern Hebrew · “pleasure; enjoyment”
אוצר · oytserModern Hebrew · “treasure (collection of valuables)”
פּחדן · pakhdnModern Hebrew · “coward”
פּחד · pakhedModern Hebrew · “fear, anxiety”
פּרעה · pareAncient Egyptian · “Pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)”
פּרנסה · parnoseModern Hebrew · “source of income, living, livelihood”
פּרשה · parsheModern Hebrew · “parashah”
פרצוף · partsefModern Hebrew · “face, mug”
פּתח · pasekhModern Hebrew · “patach (Hebrew diacritical mark)”
פּאַסכע · paskheModern Hebrew · “Easter”
פּזרנות · pazronesModern Hebrew · “largesse, generosity”
פּרץ · peretsModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Peretz”
פּאה · peyeModern Hebrew · “sidelock”
פּרי · peyreModern Hebrew · “fruit”
פּסח · peysekhModern Hebrew · “Passover, Pesach”
פּינקס · pinkesModern Hebrew · “town-register, notebook”
בכור · pkhorModern Hebrew · “firstborn son”
בכורה · pkhoyreModern Hebrew · “right of the firstborn; inheritance by means of ”
פּליטה · pleyteModern Hebrew · “escape, getaway”
פּלשתּי · plishtiModern Hebrew · “Philistine (person from Philistia)”
פּליט · poletModern Hebrew · “refugee”
פּאָמעראַנץ · pomerantsPersian · “orange (fruit)”
פּנים · ponemProto-Semitic · “face”
פּאָפּוגײַ · popugayArabic · “parrot (bird)”
פּסוק · posekModern Hebrew · “verse of the Bible”
פּשוט · poshetModern Hebrew · “simple (uncomplicated)”
פּסול · póslModern Hebrew · “invalid”
פּטור · poterModern Hebrew · “only used in פּטור ווערן (poter vern)”
פּועל · poyelModern Hebrew · “journeyman”
פּרט · pratModern Hebrew · “detail (something small enough to escape casual ”
פסק · psakModern Hebrew · “adjudication, sentence”
פּשרה · pshoreModern Hebrew · “compromise, tradeoff”
בתולה · psuleModern Hebrew · “virgin (female)”
פּורים · puremModern Hebrew · “Purim (Jewish festival)”
רבנו · rabeynuModern Hebrew · “Rabbeinu, our master, our teacher, our rabbi”
רבים · rabimModern Hebrew · “group, community”
רחמנות · rakhmonesModern Hebrew · “mercy, mercifulness”
רש״י · rasheModern Hebrew · “Rashi”
רעיון · rayenModern Hebrew · “thought, idea”
ר׳ · rebModern Hebrew · “Mr.”
רבי · rebeAramaic · “rabbi”
רדיפֿה · redifeModern Hebrew · “persecution, oppression, repression (a single ac”
רדיפות · redifesModern Hebrew · “Unpointed form of רדיפֿות (redifes, “persecution”
רפֿאל · refoylModern Hebrew · “Raphael (archangel)”
רפֿואה · refueModern Hebrew · “healing”
רגע · regeModern Hebrew · “moment (brief, unspecified amount of time)”
רגש · regeshModern Hebrew · “feeling”
רגילות · regilesModern Hebrew · “habit, routine”
רשימה · reshimeModern Hebrew · “list”
רשות · reshusModern Hebrew · “power, authority”
רציחה · retsikheModern Hebrew · “extreme anger, violence, murderousness”
ריח · reyekhModern Hebrew · “scent; smell; odor”
ראשית · reyshisModern Hebrew · “firstly”
רוח · reyvekhModern Hebrew · “profit”
רבונו־דעלמא · riboyne-dealmeModern Hebrew · “good God! good gracious!”
ראשון · rishenModern Hebrew · “one of the Rishonim, Jewish sages after the Geon”
רבֿקה · rivkeModern Hebrew · “Rebecca (Biblical character)”
רע · roeModern Hebrew · “harm; wrong; disservice”
רחל · rokhlModern Hebrew · “Rachel”
ראָש־השנה · rosh-eshoneModern Hebrew · “Rosh Hashanah”
רשע · rosheModern Hebrew · “An evil, wicked or bad person.”
רצון · rotsnModern Hebrew · “desire”
רבֿ · rovModern Hebrew · “rabbi”
רוח · ruekhModern Hebrew · “ghost; devil; demon”
רוחניות · rukhniesModern Hebrew · “spirituality, focus on faith”
רות · rusModern Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth”
סאַפֿאַרי · safariArabic · “safari”
סאַהאַראַ · saharaArabic · “Sahara (desert)”
סך־הכּל · sakhaklModern Hebrew · “whole, total, sum”
סכּנה · sakoneModern Hebrew · “danger, peril”
סם · samModern Hebrew · “poison”
סנדק · sandekAncient Greek · “sandek (a person honoured at a Jewish brit milah”
שׂר · sarModern Hebrew · “prince”
סדר · seyderModern Hebrew · “order, sequence”
ספֿר · seyferModern Hebrew · “A book, usually on religious or spiritual topics”
ספֿר־תּורה · seyfer-toyreModern Hebrew · “Torah scroll”
שׂכל · seykhlModern Hebrew · “sense, common sense, good sense”
סגולה · sguleModern Hebrew · “charm, amulet”
שבת · shabesModern Hebrew · “Saturday”
שדכן · shadkhnModern Hebrew · “matchmaker, marriage broker”
שפן · shafanModern Hebrew · “hyrax, daman”
שחרית · shakhresModern Hebrew · “morning prayers”
שקרן · shakrenModern Hebrew · “liar”
שמשׂ · shamesModern Hebrew · “sexton, synagogue caretaker”
ש״ס · shasModern Hebrew · “the Talmud”
שייך · shayekhModern Hebrew · “relevant, pertinent, pertaining”
שײַכות · shaykhesModern Hebrew · “relation”
שאלה · shayleModern Hebrew · “question, especially one of Halacha”
שד · shedModern Hebrew · “demon (in Jewish folklore)”
שדרה · shedreModern Hebrew · “spine, backbone”
שקר · shekerModern Hebrew · “lie, falsehood”
שעכטן · shekhtnModern Hebrew · “to slaughter”
שקל · sheklModern Hebrew · “shekel (current and ancient coin used in Israel)”
שרץ · sheretsModern Hebrew · “reptile, worm, crawling animal”
שטח · shetekhModern Hebrew · “district, territory”
שבֿע־ברכות · sheve-brokhesModern Hebrew · “sheva brachot”
שייגעץ · sheygetsModern Hebrew · “shegetz (a gentile)”
שייך · sheykhArabic · “sheik (Arab leader)”
שני־למלך · sheyne-lameylekhModern Hebrew · “viceroy”
שנית · sheynesModern Hebrew · “secondly, in the second place”
שבֿע · SheyveModern Hebrew · “a female given name”
שבֿט · sheyvetModern Hebrew · “tribe”
שיעור · shierModern Hebrew · “limit, end”
שפֿלות · shiflesModern Hebrew · “humility”
שגעון · shigoenModern Hebrew · “craziness, madness”
שיר · shirModern Hebrew · “song”
שיר־השירים · shir-hashiremModern Hebrew · “Song of Songs (book of the Bible)”
שירה · shireModern Hebrew · “a song”
שיטה · shiteModern Hebrew · “method”
שבֿעה · shiveModern Hebrew · “shiva”
שכינה · shkhineModern Hebrew · “shechinah (divine presence of God)”
שחיטה · shkhiteModern Hebrew · “slaughter (of livestock, poultry etc.; esp. Jewi”
שקויעך · shkoyekhModern Hebrew · “thank you”
שליח · shliekhModern Hebrew · “emissary, envoy, proxy, agent”
שליחות · shlikhesModern Hebrew · “assignment”
שלימזל · shlimazlModern Hebrew · “bad luck, misfortune”
שלמה · shloymeModern Hebrew · “Solomon (biblical character)”
שמיני עצרת · shmini atseresModern Hebrew · “Shemini Atzeret”
שמירה · shmireModern Hebrew · “guard, watch”
שמאָך · shmokhModern Hebrew · “smile”
שמונה־עשׂרה · shmoyne-esreModern Hebrew · “Amidah (prayer)”
שמות · ShmoysModern Hebrew · “Exodus (second book of the Five Books of Moses)”
שמועס · shmuesModern Hebrew · “idle talk, chat, conversation”
שעה · shoModern Hebrew · “hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a d”
שפֿל · shoflModern Hebrew · “shabby, crappy”
שחור · shokherModern Hebrew · “black man”
שכן · shokhnModern Hebrew · “neighbour”
שלום · sholemModern Hebrew · “peace”
שלום עליכם · sholem aleykhemModern Hebrew · “shalom aleichem (A greeting said on meeting some”
שופֿר · shoyferModern Hebrew · “shofar”
שופֿט · shoyfetModern Hebrew · “judge (public judicial official)”
שוחט · shoykhetModern Hebrew · “slaughterer, butcher”
שוטה · shoyteModern Hebrew · “idiot, fool”
שתּדלן · shtadlenModern Hebrew · “intercessor”
שטות · shtusModern Hebrew · “foolishness, nonsense”
שום · shumAramaic · “not at all (intensifies a negative construction)”
שורה · shureModern Hebrew · “line”
שוואַרמע · shvarmeOttoman Turkish · “shawarma”
שבֿט · shvatModern Hebrew · “Shevat (fifth month)”
שבֿועות · shvuesModern Hebrew · “Shavuot, Jewish Pentecost”
סידור · siderModern Hebrew · “siddur”
סימן · simenAncient Greek · “symbol, abbreviation”
שׂמחה · simkheModern Hebrew · “party, celebration”
שׂמחת־תּורה · simkhes-toyreModern Hebrew · “Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday”
סיני · sinayModern Hebrew · “Sinai (a peninsula in eastern Egypt)”
שׂנאה · sineModern Hebrew · “hate, hatred, abomination”
שׂינאת־ישׂראל · sines-yisroelModern Hebrew · “anti-Semitism”
סיראָפּ · siropArabic · “syrup”
סיוון · sivnModern Hebrew · “Sivan (the ninth month of the civil year and the”
סכך · skhakhModern Hebrew · “sechach”
שׂכר · skharModern Hebrew · “payment, reward, recompense”
שׂכירות · skhiresModern Hebrew · “salary”
סחורה · skhoyreModern Hebrew · “merchandise, goods, commodity”
סמיכה · smikheModern Hebrew · “semikhah (the ordination of a rabbi)”
סנה · sneModern Hebrew · “the burning bush (the bush in Exodus 3:1-22)”
סוד · sodModern Hebrew · “secret”
שׂעיר־לעזאָזל · soer-lezozlModern Hebrew · “scapegoat”
סוף · sofModern Hebrew · “end”
סוף־סוף · sof-sofModern Hebrew · “finally”
ספֿק · sofekModern Hebrew · “doubt”
סוף־כּל־סוף · sofklsofModern Hebrew · “finally (lastly)”
שׂרה · soreModern Hebrew · “Sarah (Biblical character)”
שׂריד · soredModern Hebrew · “remnant”
שׂרף · sorefModern Hebrew · “seraph”
שׂשׂון־ושׂמחה · sosn-vesimkheModern Hebrew · “joy”
שׂטן · sotnModern Hebrew · “satan”
סופֿר · soyferModern Hebrew · “scribe (one who writes religious texts)”
שׂונא · soyneModern Hebrew · “enemy, foe, adversary, opponent”
שׂונא־ישׂראל · soyne-yisroelModern Hebrew · “antisemite, Jew hater”
שׂרפֿה · sreyfeModern Hebrew · “fire, blaze”
שׂררה · sroreModern Hebrew · “lord (aristocrat)”
סתּם · stamModern Hebrew · “ordinary”
סתּירה · stireModern Hebrew · “contradiction”
סעודה · sudeModern Hebrew · “banquet, feast”
סוכּה · sukeModern Hebrew · “sukkah, booth”
סוכּות · sukesModern Hebrew · “Sukkot”
סולטאַן · sultanArabic · “sultan (ruler)”
סומסום · sumsumModern Hebrew · “sesame (Sesamum indicum)”
סוס · susModern Hebrew · “horse”
סבֿיבֿה · sviveModern Hebrew · “environment; surroundings”
סבֿרא · svoreAramaic · “opinion”
תּכלית · takhlesModern Hebrew · “purpose, aim”
תּכשיט · takhshetAramaic · “decoration, adornment”
תּקנה · takoneModern Hebrew · “correction (substitution for an error or mistake”
טלית · talesModern Hebrew · “tallit/tallis”
תּלמיד · talmedModern Hebrew · “student (person who studies an academic subject,”
תּלמיד־חכם · talmid-khokhemModern Hebrew · “sage, learned scholar”
תּלמוד · talmudModern Hebrew · “Talmud”
תּליון · talyenModern Hebrew · “hangman (executioner)”
טעם · tamModern Hebrew · “flavor; taste”
טאַמאַרינד · tamarindArabic · “tamarind”
תּמוז · tamezModern Hebrew · “Tammuz (tenth month)”
תּמצית · tamtsesModern Hebrew · “crux, nub, thrust”
תּנ״ך · tanakhModern Hebrew · “Tanakh, Bible”
תּנא · taneModern Hebrew · “One of the Tannaim, sages of the Mishna.”
תּרבות · tarbesModern Hebrew · “politeness”
טהרה · tareModern Hebrew · “purity”
תּרגום · targemModern Hebrew · “targum (Aramaic translation of the Bible)”
תּשליך · tashlekhModern Hebrew · “Tashlikh (ritual practiced on Rosh Hashanah)”
תּשמיש־המיטה · tashmesh-hamíteModern Hebrew · “sexual intercourse, sex”
טענה · tayneModern Hebrew · “proposition, claim, argument”
תּענוג · taynegModern Hebrew · “enjoyment”
תּאווה · tayveModern Hebrew · “desire”
תּל · telModern Hebrew · “ruins”
תּל־אָבֿיבֿ · tel-avivModern Hebrew · “Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)”
תּירוץ · teretsModern Hebrew · “answer, solution”
טבֿע · teveModern Hebrew · “nature (essential characteristics)”
טבֿיה · tevyeModern Hebrew · “Tevye”
תּיכּף · teykefModern Hebrew · “immediately (in an immediate manner)”
תּימן · teymenModern Hebrew · “Yemen (a country in West Asia in the Middle East”
טבֿת · teyvesModern Hebrew · “Tevet (fourth month)”
תּפֿילין · tfilnModern Hebrew · “tefillin”
תּפֿיסה · tfiseModern Hebrew · “prison (place of long-term confinement for those”
תּפֿוצות · tfutsesModern Hebrew · “the Jewish diaspora”
טנור · tinefModern Hebrew · “filth”
תּשעה־באָבֿ · tishebovModern Hebrew · “Tisha B'Av (an annual fast day commemorating the”
תּשרי · TishreAkkadian · “Tishrei (first month of the Jewish calendar, cor”
טכינע · tkhineModern Hebrew · “tahini (sesame paste)”
תּחום · tkhumModern Hebrew · “range, spectrum”
תּכונה · tkhuneModern Hebrew · “characteristic, trait”
תּקיעת־כּף · tkiyes-kafModern Hebrew · “handshake”
תּקופֿה · tkufeModern Hebrew · “season (quarter of a year)”
תּליה · tliyeModern Hebrew · “gallows (wooden framework on which persons are p”
תּנאַי · tnayModern Hebrew · “condition (requirement, term or requisite)”
טעות · toesModern Hebrew · “error, mistake”
תּוך · tokhModern Hebrew · “core, essence”
תּחת · tokhesModern Hebrew · “butt, buttocks”
תּלוי · toleModern Hebrew · “[with אין (in); or with אויף (oyf); or with אָן ”
תּהום · tomModern Hebrew · “abyss, void”
תּמיד · tomedModern Hebrew · “always (at all times)”
טאָמער · tomerMishnaic Hebrew · “in case (because event X might occur)”
תּענית · tonesModern Hebrew · “fast (abstention from food and drink)”
תּורה · toyreModern Hebrew · “Torah”
תּושבֿ · toyshevModern Hebrew · “resident”
תּוצאה · toytsoeModern Hebrew · “result, consequence”
טובֿלן · toyvlnModern Hebrew · “to immerse (something, especially kitchenware) i”
טראַף · trafOttoman Turkish · “syllable”
טרייף · treyfModern Hebrew · “treyf (not kosher)”
צד · tsadModern Hebrew · “side, party”
צדיק · tsadekModern Hebrew · “A saintly or righteous person: tzadik.”
צדקת · tsadeykesModern Hebrew · “tzadekes; female tzaddik”
צער · tsarModern Hebrew · “sadness, sorrow”
צדקה · tsedokeModern Hebrew · “charity”
צמח · tsemekhModern Hebrew · “plant”
צלם · tseylemModern Hebrew · “image”
תשוקה · tshukeModern Hebrew · “Unpointed form of תּשוקה (tshuke).”
תּשובֿה · tshuveModern Hebrew · “teshuva; atonement, repentance”
ציון · tsienBiblical Hebrew · “Zion (Israel)”
ציפֿער · tsiferArabic · “digit”
צימוקים־ווײַן · tsimukim-vaynModern Hebrew · “Straw wine, raisin wine”
ציצית · tsitsisModern Hebrew · “tzitzit, fringes on the tallit”
צניעות · tsniesModern Hebrew · “Standards of modesty in dress and conduct, espec”
צפֿון · tsofnModern Hebrew · “north”
צרה · tsoreModern Hebrew · “tragedy, trouble, misfortune, distress”
צואה · tsoyeModern Hebrew · “feces”
צורר · tsoyrerModern Hebrew · “enemy, oppressor, abuser”
צוקער · tsukerSanskrit · “sugar”
צורה · tsureModern Hebrew · “face”
צבֿיעות · tsviyesModern Hebrew · “hypocrisy”
תּבֿואה · tvueModern Hebrew · “grain”
וועד · va'adModern Hebrew · “community council”
ויקרא · vayikreModern Hebrew · “Leviticus”
ווסתּ · vestModern Hebrew · “menstruation”
וצדקתך · veytsidkoskheModern Hebrew · “someone holier-than-thou, a hypocrite”
וויכּוח · vikuekhModern Hebrew · “a debate, a dispute, a polemic, an argument”
וויזיר · vizirArabic · “vizier”
וולד · vladModern Hebrew · “foetus”
יעל · yaelModern Hebrew · “a female given name, equivalent to English Yael”
ים · yamModern Hebrew · “sea, ocean”
ים־המלח · yam-hamelekhModern Hebrew · “Dead Sea”
יעקבֿ · yankevModern Hebrew · “Jacob (Biblical character)”
ירדן · yardenModern Hebrew · “Jordan (a country in Western Asia)”
יריד · yaridModern Hebrew · “fair (market)”
יאַרמלקע · yarmlkeAramaic · “yarmulke”
יש · yashModern Hebrew · “liquor, especially brandy or whisky”
יישר כּוח · yasher koyekhModern Hebrew · “congratulations, good job!”
ידיד · yedidModern Hebrew · “friend”
ידיעה · yedieModern Hebrew · “news, announcement”
יהושע · yehoyshueModern Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua”
יהודה · yehudeModern Hebrew · “a male given name, equivalent to English Judah, ”
יחזקאל · YekhezklBiblical Hebrew · “Ezekiel (a book of the Old Testament of the Bibl”
יחידות · yekhidesModern Hebrew · “a private meeting/audience between a Chassid and”
ימח־שמו · yemakh-shmoyBiblical Hebrew · “Traditional Jewish curse, appended to names of i”
ירושלים · yerusholayemModern Hebrew · “Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital ci”
יש · yeshModern Hebrew · “entity, being, something substantial”
ישיבֿה · yeshiveModern Hebrew · “yeshiva”
ישועה · yeshueModern Hebrew · “salvation”
יסוד · yesodModern Hebrew · “base, foundation”
יציאת מצרים · yetsies mitsrayemModern Hebrew · “Exodus (the departure of the Hebrew slaves from ”
יציאה · yetsiyeModern Hebrew · “exodus”
ישו · yeyshuModern Hebrew · “Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth)”
יצר · yeytserModern Hebrew · “urge”
יצר־הטובֿ · yeytser-hatoyvModern Hebrew · “good part of the conscience, inclination to do g”
יצר־הרע · yeytser-horeModern Hebrew · “bad part of the conscience, inclination to do ev”
ייִד · yidModern Hebrew · “a Jew”
ייִאוש · yieshModern Hebrew · “despair, doubt”
ייִחוס · yikhesModern Hebrew · “lineage, genealogy, pedigree, bloodline”
יחוס · yikhusModern Hebrew · “lineage”
ייִראת־הכּבֿוד · yires-hakovedModern Hebrew · “awe”
ישׂראל · yisroelModern Hebrew · “Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle ”
יסורים · yisuremModern Hebrew · “agony, suffering”
יצחק · yitskhokModern Hebrew · “Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of E”
יאָלד · yoldModern Hebrew · “dupe, chump, simpleton, fool”
יום · yomModern Hebrew · “day”
ימים־נוראים · yomem-neroyemModern Hebrew · “High Holidays”
יום־כּיפּור · yonkiperModern Hebrew · “Yom Kippur”
יום־טובֿ · yontevModern Hebrew · “a major religious holiday”
יוסף · yosefModern Hebrew · “Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by h”
יתום · yosemModern Hebrew · “orphan”
יאָשקע פּאַנדרע · yoshke pandreLatin · “Jesus”
יוסי · YosiModern Hebrew · “a male given name, Yossi, equivalent to English ”
יונה · yoyneModern Hebrew · “Jonah (prophet)”
יונתן · yoynesenModern Hebrew · “Jonathan (a son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Sa”
יושר · yoysherModern Hebrew · “justice, uprightness”
זאַפֿרען · zafrenArabic · “saffron (spice)”
זײַ מיר מוחל · zay mir moykhlModern Hebrew · “Sorry.”
זמר · zemerModern Hebrew · “song”
זשיראַף · zhirafPersian · “giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa)”
זיקנה · zikneModern Hebrew · “old age”
זכּרון · zikornModern Hebrew · “memory (something remembered)”
זיווג · zivegModern Hebrew · “match, marriage; mate”
זקנה · zkeyneModern Hebrew · “old woman”
זכות · zkhusModern Hebrew · “merit”
זמן · zmanModern Hebrew · “term (period of time)”
זכר · zokherModern Hebrew · “male”
זקן · zoknModern Hebrew · “old person”
זנבֿ · zonevModern Hebrew · “penis”
זוהר · zoyerModern Hebrew · “Zohar”
זונה · zoyneModern Hebrew · “prostitute, whore, harlot”
זריזות · zrizesModern Hebrew · “agility, quickness”