This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw () is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
There is a separate list of English words of Semitic origin other than those solely of Hebrew or Arabic origin.
From Hebrew words abacus from avaq 'dust' (AHD), probably from Greek ἄβαξ abax 'slab' (MW) agora (currency) from (AHD) agorah 'small coin' (MW), from Greek agora "an assembly of the People" from ageirein "to assemble aliyah from (AHD) aliyah 'ascent' (MW) almemar from almemar 'bema', from Arabic المنبر al-minbar 'pulpit' (AHD) amen from amen (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD) armageddon from har megido 'mount megido' (AHD) baal from ba'al 'lord' (AHD, MW) babel from (AHD, MW) balal 'confound' (SC) + in part from Akkadian 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 bāb-ilu 'gate of god' (MW) bar mitzvah from (AHD) bar miṣwah 'son of the commandment' (MW) bath (volume) from bath (MW) '10 gallons liquid measure' (AHD) from Greek βαθύς (bathus), "deep",βαθύς, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus bat mitzvah from (AHD) bath miṣwah 'daughter of the commandment' (MW) behemoth from (MW) behemoth 'beasts' (AHD) bethel from (AHD) beth'el 'house of God' (MW) bethesda (chapel) (OSPD) from (AHD) Greek Bethesda 'Bethesda' (WNW), probably from bayith chesed 'house of kindness' (SC) bris from (WNW) b'rith 'covenant' (MW) brith milah from (WNW) b'rith milah 'covenant of circumcision' (MW) cab (volume) from (MW) qab 'hollow vessel' (AHD) cabal from (AHD) qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW) challah from (AHD) ḥallah 'egg-rich yeast-leavened bread' (MW) chazan, hazan from ḥazzan 'cantor' (MW) + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian (AHD) cherub from (AHD) kerubh 'celestial hierarchy angel' (MW) chutzpah from (AHD) ḥuṣpah 'supreme self-confidence' (MW) cider from (AHD) shekhar 'strong drink' (MW) copacetic disputed (MW) + perhaps from kol beṣedeq 'all with justice' (AHD), or kol beseder ‘all is in order’ (MW) cor (volume), kor (volume) from kor (AHD, WNW) '100 gallons capacity' (MW) corban from (AHD) qorban 'offering' (MW) dybbuk from dibbuq 'wandering soul' (AHD, MW) edenic from (WNW) eden 'delight' (AHD) ephah from (AHD) ephah '1/10 homer dry measure', from Egyptian (MW) galilee from Latin galilaea (AHD, MW), from galiyl 'circle', 'circuit' (SC) ganef from (AHD) gannabh 'thief' (MW) gerah from (MW) gerah 'grain', 'bean' (AHD) get (divorce document) from get 'document of release' (MW) golem from golem (AHD) 'shapeless mass' (MW) goy from goy 'nation' (AHD, MW) gun moll from (AHD) gannabh 'thief' (MW) + from Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH) habdalah from (AHD) habhdalah 'separation' (MW) haftarah, haphtarah from (MW, WNW) patar 'separate', 'discharge' (AHD) haggadah from (AHD, MW) heged 'a saying' (WNW) halacha from halakhah 'way' (MW) hallelujah, alleluia from halleluyah 'praise the ' (AHD, MW) halutz from hlṣ 'be in the vanguard' (WNW) hebraize from (MW) ibhri (AHD) 'region across [descendant]' (SC) heder from heder 'room' (MW) homer (volume) from (AHD, MW) hamar 'surge up', 'swell up' (WNW), Greek ὅμηρος (hómēros), "hostage" hosanna from (AHD) hoshi'ah-nna 'save please' (MW) jubilee from (AHD) yobhel 'ram's horn' (MW) judas from (MW) yehuda (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC) kabbalah, cabala from (AHD) qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW) kaddish from (AHD, MW) qds 'sanctify' (WNW) kashrut from (AHD, MW) ksr 'be appropriate' (WNW) kibbutz from qibbuṣ (MW) 'gathering' (AHD) kibosh disputed (AHD, MW) + perhaps from kabash 'tread down', 'disregard' kiddush from (AHD) qiddush 'sanctification' (MW) klezmer from (AHD) k'ley zemer 'musical instruments' (MW) knesset (OSPD) from kanas 'assemble' (AHD, WNW) kosher from (AHD, MW) ksr 'be appropriate' (WNW) chayyim (OSPD) from ḥaim 'to life' (WNW) leviathan from (AHD) liwyathan 'sea monster, whale' (MW) macabre from French (danse) macabre (AHD, MW), probably from Latin (Chorea) Machabaeorum, from maqqebet 'hammer' (WNW), from naqab 'perforate' (SC) maftir (OSPD) from maphtir 'one that dismisses' (NI) mahzor from (AHD) ḥzr 'return' (WNW) manna from man (AHD, MW) (SC) matzo from (AHD) maṣah 'unleavened bread' (MW) maven from (AHD) mebhin 'one who is experienced' (MW), 'one who understands' (OED) mazeltov from (WNW) mazzal tob 'good luck' (AHD) mazuma from (WNW) mezumman 'fixed' (AHD) megillah from (MW, WNW) galal 'roll' (AHD) menorah from (AHD) menorah 'candlestick' (MW) meshuga from (AHD) meshugga 'crazy' (MW). messiah from (AHD) mashiaḥ 'anointed' (MW) + in part from Aramaic (AHD) meshiha 'anointed' (MW) mezuzah from mezuzah 'doorpost' (AHD, MW) midrash from (AHD) midrash 'exposition', 'explanation' (MW) mikvah from miqwah 'purification bath' (AHD) minyan from minyan 'number', 'count' (MW), from Aramaic (AHD) mitzvah from (AHD) miṣwah 'commandment' (MW) mohel from mohel 'person qualified to perform circumcision' (WNW) momser from momser 'bastard' (WNW) mishpachah from mishpahah 'family', 'clan' (NI) moshav from (AHD) moshabh 'dwelling' (MW) nabla probably from nebhel 'harp' (NI) nachas pleasure, satisfaction, delight; proud enjoyment (usage: I have nachas from you) (from Hebrew נחת pronounced 'nachat') (WNW) nebel from nebhel 'harp' (NI) omer from omer (AHD) '1/10 ephah dry capacity' (MW) parashah from parashah 'explanation' (MW, WNW) pascal from 'Pascal' (AHD, MW), frompascal. French-English translation in CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved November 10, 2012. pesah 'passover' (AHD, MW, OED) paschal from pasah al 'passed over' (AHD, MW, OED) pharaoh from par'oh 'ruler of ancient Egypt', from Egyptian (MW) O1:O29 pr-'o 'great house' (AHD) pharisee from Aramaic (AHD) perisha 'separated', from (MW) parash 'separate' (SC), 'cleave' (WNW) rabbi from (AHD, WNW) rabh 'master' (MW) rebbe from (AHD, WNW) rabh 'master' (MW) rebbetzin from (WNW) rabh 'master' (MW) sabbatical from (MW) shabbat 'day of rest' (AHD) sabra from (AHD) ṣabar 'prickly pear' (MW) satanic from satan 'adversary' (MW), 'devil' (AHD) schmooze from (AHD) shemu'oth 'news', 'rumor' (MW) schwa from schewa 'unstressed mid-central vowel' (MW), probably from Syriac ܥܗܘܐܝܝܐ sewayya 'equal' (AHD) seder from (AHD) seder 'order' (MW) selah from (AHD) selah (MW) 'suspension', 'pause' (SC) seraph from (MW) saraph 'celestial being' (AHD) shadchan (OSPD) from shiddekh 'arrange a marriage' (NI) shadrach (OSPD) from (AHD) shadrach 'captive' (WNW) shalom from (AHD) shalom 'peace' (MW) shalom aleichem from (AHD) shalom 'alekhem 'peace unto you' (MW) shammes from (AHD) shammash 'sexton' (MW) shamus perhaps from (AHD) shammash 'sexton' (MW) shegetz from (AHD) sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW) shekel from (MW) saqal 'weigh', from Canaanite tql (AHD) sheol (OSPD) from se'ol 'underworld' (AHD), perhaps from shaal 'dig' (WNW) shibboleth from (AHD) shibboleth 'stream' (MW), 'ear of grain' (OED) shiksa from (AHD, WNW) sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW) shivah from (AHD) shibh'ah 'seven' (MW) shofar from shophar (MW) 'ram's horn' (AHD) siddur from siddur 'arrangement' (AHD), 'order' (MW) sukkah from sukkah 'booth', 'shelter' (MW) sycamine from (AHD, MW) shiqmah 'mulberry tree' (OED) tallith from (MW) tillel 'cover' (AHD) talmudism from (MW) lamad 'learn' (AHD) teraph from (AHD) teraphim 'household god' (MW) torah from tora 'law', 'instruction' (AHD) tref from taraph 'tear' (AHD) tsuris from (AHD) ṣarah 'calamity' (WNW) tush, toches from (AHD) tahath 'under', 'beneath' (MW) tzitzit, zizith from (AHD) ṣiṣith 'fringes', 'tassels' (MW) ulpan from aleph 'ox', 'leader' (WNW) yeshiva from (AHD) yeshibhah 'talmudic school' (MW) yid from yehudah (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC) zaddik from ṣaddiq 'just', 'righteous' (MW)
From Hebrew names abelia from 'Abel' (AHD, MW), from Hebhel 'Abel' (='emptiness') (SC) abelian from 'Abel' (AHD, MW), from Hebhel 'Abel' (='emptiness') (SC) abigail from (MW) (SC) Avigail 'Abigail' (='father of exaltation') (HH) adam-and-eve from Adam 'Adam' (MW) (='earth') (HH) + from חוה Hawwah 'Eve' (MW) (='living') (HH) ammonite from Ammon, Biblical tribe bedlam from (AHD, MW) Beth Leḥem 'Bethlehem' (='house of bread') bejesus from (AHD) Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (MW) (='Jehovah-saved') (SC) benday from (AHD) Binyamin 'Benjamin' (MW) (='son of [the] right hand') (SC) + from Old English (AHD, MW) cassia from qəṣi`â davit from (AHD) Dawid 'David' (MW) (='loving') (SC) hamantasch from Haman, a biblical villain (MW) + tash, multiple etimologies; from Yiddish (MW) hansom from 'Hansom' (MW), from 'Hans', from Yohanan 'John' (='the is gracious') (HH) jack 1 from Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the is gracious') (HH)2 perhaps from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) jacket from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) jacobean from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) jacquard from 'Jacquard' (AHD, MW), from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) jacquerie from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) jakes perhaps from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) jeez from (AHD) Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (MW) (='Jehovah-saved') (SC) jehu from Yehu 'Jehu' (MW) (='Jehovah [is] He') (SC) jeremiad from (AHD) Yirmeyah 'Jeremiah' (MW) (='the will rise') (SC) jeroboam from (AHD, MW) Yarobh'am 'Jeroboam' (='people will contend') (SC) jesuit from Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (AHD) ('Jehovah-saved') (SC) jezebel from (AHD) Izebhel 'Jezebel' (MW) (='chaste') (SC) jimmy from (MW) 'James' (AHD), from Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW, OED) (='he has protected') (AHD) jockey from (AHD) Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the is gracious') (HH) joe from Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH) john (washroom) from (AHD) Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the is gracious') (HH) johnny (gown) from (AHD) Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the is gracious') (HH) jorum perhaps from (AHD, MW) Yehoram 'Joram' (='Jehovah-raised') (SC) joseph from (AHD) Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH) lazar from (AHD) El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH) lazaretto from (AHD) El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH) + from (MW) natzerath 'Nazareth' (WNW) macadam from 'McAdam' (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (='earth') (HH) macadamia from 'Macadam' (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (='earth') (HH) marionette from Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH) marry (interjection) from Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH) mick from Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC) mickey (drink) perhaps from (AHD) Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC) miquelet probably from Catalan Miquel (NI), from Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC) moll from Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH) nance from 'Nancy' (MW, AHD), probably in part from Ḥannah 'Anna' (OED) (='favored') (HH, SC) nimrod from (AHD) Nimrodh 'Nimrod' (='hunter') (MW) philistine 1 from Pelistim 'Philistines' 'Aegean people who settled Philistia' (AHD)2 from (MW) Pelesheth 'Philistia' (='rolling', 'migratory') (SC) rube (AHD) from Re'ubhen 'Reuben' (MW) (='see ye a son') (SC) samaritan from (AHD, MW) Shomron 'Samaria' (='watch-station') (SC) semitist from Shem 'Shem' (MW) (='name') (SC) simony from (AHD) Shim'on 'Simon' (MW) (='hearing') (HH, SC) sodom from (MW) s'dom 'Sodom' (AHD, OED) (='burnt') (SC) toby from (AHD, MW) Toviah 'Tobias' (='goodness of Jehovah') (SC) yankee probably from (AHD) Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the is gracious') (HH)
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