List of English words of Hebrew origin
This is a list of
English language words of
Hebrew language origin.
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- Ashkenazim
- from אשכנזים ashkenazim (="German")
- bar mitzvah
- from בר מצווה bar mitzvah
- bris
- from ברית brit via Yiddish
- cherub, cherubim
- from כרוב kherub, כרובים kherubim
- golem
- from גולם
- Israel
- from ישראל yisrael
- Jerusalem
- from ירושלים
- kibbutz
- from קיבוץ
- kippah
- from כיפה (="skull cap")
- kosher
- from כשר kosher
- Messiah
- from משיח
- mohel
- from מוהל via Yiddish
- rabbi
- from רב ravi
- schwa
- from שווא sheva "ְ"
- Sephardim
- from ספרדים sefardim (="Spaniards")
- seraph, seraphim
- from שרפ seraf, שרפים serafim
- shibboleth
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