HEBREW GLOSSARY
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GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS

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Abba Father in Hebrew
Adonai The Lord, Jehovah
Boker Tov Good Morning
B'rakha Blessing
Baruch Ha Shem Blessed Be The Lord
Binyamin ben Calev Benjamin, Son of Caleb
Elohim God
Ema Mother
Erev Tov Good Evening
Goyim Gentiles
Hakam A Wisdom Teacher
Hakamin The Wisdom Teachers (plural)
Hannukkiyah A Special Nine branched Menorah Used At Hanukkah, with a light for each of the eight days of hanukkah , plus a servant candle which lights the others.
Hasidim Sect Of The Essenes, Ultra-Orthodox
Hasid An individual
Hanukkah In Hebrew It Means 'Dedication' referring the the rededication of the temple.
Mattathias Matthew
Menorah A Seven Branched Candlestick Used in the Temple
Moshe Moses
P'rushim Pharisees
P'rush An Individual Pharisee
Qumran Location of the Essene Community And Near to The Dead Sea Scroll Caves.
Rabbi Yehudah Rabbi Judah
Ruach Ha Kodesh The Holy Spirit Of God
Shalom Aleichem Peace be Unto You
Shalom Peace
SanHedrin A Jewish Religious Court
The Great Sanhedrin The Supreme Religious Court of Israel
Shechinah Glory
Shammas Servant Candle Used To Light The Other Eight Candles during Hanukkah.
Shlomo King Solomon
Soferim The Scribes
Sofer A Scribe
Sukkot The Feast Of Booths (or Tablernacles)
Torah Teaching, Law, The Five books Of Moses In The Bible
Tz'dukim (Zaddukim) The Sadducees
Tz'duk An Individual Sadducee
Yeshiva A Jewish School Of Learning
Yerushalyim Jerusalem
Yeshua Jesus
Ya'akov Jacob
Yarden The River Jordan
Yudah Judah
Z'kharyah Zechariah the Prophet
Ziklag Ziglag, a Border Town In Southern Judah

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