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This is a '''list of [[English language|English]] words of [[Hebrew language|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]] ({{script|Hebr|ת}}) 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 [[List of English words of Arabic origin|Arabic origin]].

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== From Hebrew words ==
; [[abacus]] : from {{lang|he|אבק}} ''{{'}}avaq'' 'dust' (AHD), probably from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἄβαξ ''abax'' 'slab' (MW)
; [[agora (currency)]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|אגורה}} ''agorah'' 'small coin' (MW), from [[Greek language|Greek]] agora "an assembly of the People" from ageirein "to assemble
; [[aliyah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|עלייה}} ''{{'}}aliyah'' 'ascent' (MW)
; [[almemar]] : from {{lang|he|אלממר}} ''{{'}}almemar'' 'bema', from Arabic المنبر ''al-minbar'' 'pulpit' (AHD)
; [[amen]] : from {{lang|he|אמן}} ''{{'}}amen'' (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD)
; [[armageddon]] : from {{lang|he|הר מגידו}} ''har megido'' 'mount megido' (AHD)
; [[baal#Ba'al|baal]] : from {{lang|he|בעל}} ''ba'al'' 'lord' (AHD, MW)
; [[Babylon|babel]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|בלל}} ''balal'' 'confound' (SC) + in part from [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 ''bāb-ilu'' 'gate of god' (MW)
; [[bar mitzvah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|בר מצוה}} ''bar miṣwah'' 'son of the commandment' (MW)
; [[bath (volume)]] : from {{lang|he|בַּת}} ''bath'' (MW) '10 gallons liquid measure' (AHD) from [[Greek language|Greek]] βαθύς (''bathus''), "deep",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dbaqu%2Fs βαθύς], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref>
; [[bat mitzvah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|בת מצוה}} ''bath miṣwah'' 'daughter of the commandment' (MW)
; [[behemoth]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|בהמות}} ''behemoth'' 'beasts' (AHD)
; [[bethel]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|ביתאל}} ''beth'el'' 'house of God' (MW)
; [[wiktionary:Bethesda|bethesda (chapel)]] : (OSPD) from (AHD) Greek ''Bethesda'' '[[Pool of Bethesda|Bethesda]]' (WNW), probably from ''bayith chesed'' 'house of kindness' (SC)
; [[bris]] : from (WNW) {{lang|he|ברית}} ''b'rith'' 'covenant' (MW)
; [[brith milah]] : from (WNW) {{lang|he|בְּרִית מִילָה}} ''b'rith milah'' 'covenant of circumcision' (MW)
; [[wiktionary:brouhaha|brouhaha]] : perhaps from ''barukh hab-ba'' 'blessed be he who comes' (WNW)
; [[Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement#Dry measure|cab (volume)]] : from (MW) ''qab'' 'hollow vessel' (AHD)
; [[cabal]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|קַבָּלָה}} ''qabbalah'' 'received (lore)' (MW)
; [[challah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|חלה}} ''ḥallah'' 'egg-rich yeast-leavened bread' (MW)
; [[chazan]], [[hazan]] : from {{lang|he|חזן}} ''ḥazzan'' 'cantor' (MW) + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian (AHD)
; [[cherub]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|כרוב}} ''kerubh'' 'celestial hierarchy angel' (MW)
; [[chutzpah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|חֻצְפָּה}} ''ḥuṣpah'' 'supreme self-confidence' (MW)
; [[cider]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שכר}} ''shekhar'' 'strong drink' (MW)
; [[wiktionary:copacetic|copacetic]] : disputed (MW) + perhaps from {{lang|he|כל בצדק}} ''kol beṣedeq'' 'all with justice' (AHD), or {{lang|he|כל בסדר}} ''kol beseder'' ‘all is in order’ (MW)
; [[Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement#Dry measure|cor (volume)]], [[Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement#Dry measure|kor (volume)]] : from ''kor'' (AHD, WNW) '100 gallons capacity' (MW)
; [[korban|corban]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|קָרְבָּן}} ''qorban'' 'offering' (MW)
; [[dybbuk]] : from {{lang|he|דיבוק}} ''dibbuq'' 'wandering soul' (AHD, MW)
; [[Garden of Eden|edenic]] : from (WNW) {{lang|he|עדן}} ''{{'}}eden'' 'delight' (AHD)
; [[ephah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|איפה}} ''ephah'' '1/10 homer dry measure', from Egyptian (MW)
; [[galilee (church architecture)|galilee]] : from Latin ''galilaea'' (AHD, MW), from {{lang|he|גליל}} ''galiyl'' 'circle', 'circuit' (SC)
; [[wiktionary:ganef|ganef]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|גנב}} ''gannabh'' 'thief' (MW)
; [[gerah]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|גרה}} ''gerah'' 'grain', 'bean' (AHD)
; [[get (divorce document)]] : from {{lang|he|גט}} ''get'' 'document of release' (MW)
; [[golem]] : from {{lang|he|גולם}} ''golem'' (AHD) 'shapeless mass' (MW)
; [[goy]] : from {{lang|he|גוי}} ''goy'' 'nation' (AHD, MW)
; [[gun moll]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|גנב}} ''gannabh'' 'thief' (MW) + from {{lang|he|מִרְיָם}} ''Miryam'' (AHD) '[[Miriam (name)|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 {{lang|he|הלכה}} ''halakhah'' 'way' (MW)
; [[hallelujah]], [[alleluia]] : from {{lang|he|הללויה}} ''halleluyah'' 'praise the [[Yahweh|{{LORD}}]]' (AHD, MW)
; [[wikt:halutz|halutz]] : from ''hlṣ'' 'be in the vanguard' (WNW)
; [[hebraization of English|hebraize]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|עברי}} ''{{'}}ibhri'' (AHD) 'region across [descendant]' (SC)
; [[heder]] : from {{lang|he|חדר}} ''heder'' 'room' (MW)
; [[homer (volume)]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|חמר}} ''hamar'' 'surge up', 'swell up' (WNW), [[Greek language|Greek]] ὅμηρος (hómēros), "hostage"
; [[hosanna]] : from (AHD) ''hoshi'ah-nna'' 'save please' (MW)
; [[jubilee]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יובל}} ''[[jubilee (Biblical)|yobhel]]'' 'ram's horn' (MW)
; [[judas (peephole)|judas]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|יהודה}} ''yehuda'' (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC)
; [[kabbalah]], cabala : from (AHD) {{lang|he|קַבָּלָה}} ''qabbalah'' 'received (lore)' (MW)
; [[kaddish]] : from (AHD, MW) ''qds'' 'sanctify' (WNW)
; [[kashrut]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|כשר}} ''ksr'' 'be appropriate' (WNW)
; [[kibbutz]] : from {{lang|he|קיבוץ}} ''qibbuṣ'' (MW) 'gathering' (AHD)
; [[kibosh]] : disputed (AHD, MW) + perhaps from {{lang|he|כבש}} ''kabash'' 'tread down', 'disregard'{{citation needed|date=May 2009}}
; [[kiddush]] : from (AHD) ''qiddush'' 'sanctification' (MW)
; [[klezmer]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|כלי זמר}} ''k'ley zemer'' 'musical instruments' (MW)
; [[knesset]] : (OSPD) from ''kanas'' 'assemble' (AHD, WNW)
; [[kosher]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|כשר}} ''ksr'' 'be appropriate' (WNW)
; [[chayyim]] :(OSPD) from ''ḥaim'' 'to life' (WNW)
; [[leviathan]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|לויתן}} ''liwyathan'' 'sea monster, whale' (MW)
; [[macabre]] : from French ''(danse) macabre'' (AHD, MW), probably from Latin ''(Chorea) Machabaeorum'', from {{lang|he|מקבת}} ''maqqebet'' 'hammer' (WNW), from {{lang|he|נקב}} ''naqab'' 'perforate' (SC)
; [[maftir]] :(OSPD) from ''maphtir'' 'one that dismisses' (NI)
; [[mahzor]] : from (AHD) ''ḥzr'' 'return' (WNW)
; [[manna]] : from {{lang|he|מן}} ''man'' (AHD, MW) (SC)
; [[Matzah|matzo]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|מצה}} ''maṣah'' 'unleavened bread' (MW)
; [[wikt:maven|maven]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|מבין}} ''mebhin'' 'one who is experienced' (MW), 'one who understands' (OED)
; [[mazeltov]] : from (WNW) {{lang|he|מזל טוב}} ''mazzal tob'' 'good luck' (AHD)
; [[wiktionary:mazuma|mazuma]] : from (WNW) {{lang|he|מזומן}} ''mezumman'' 'fixed' (AHD)
; [[wikt:megillah|megillah]] : from (MW, WNW) ''galal'' 'roll' (AHD)
; [[menorah (Temple)|menorah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|מנורה}} ''menorah'' 'candlestick' (MW)
; [[wiktionary:meshuga|meshuga]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|משוגע}} ''meshugga'' 'crazy' (MW).
; [[messiah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|משיח}} ''mashiaḥ'' 'anointed' (MW) + in part from Aramaic (AHD) ''meshiha'' 'anointed' (MW)
; [[mezuzah]] : from {{lang|he|מְזוּזָה}} ''mezuzah'' 'doorpost' (AHD, MW)
; [[midrash]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|מדרש}} ''midrash'' 'exposition', 'explanation' (MW)
; [[mikvah]] : from ''miqwah'' 'purification bath' (AHD)
; [[minyan]] : from {{lang|he|מִנְיָן}} ''minyan'' 'number', 'count' (MW), from Aramaic (AHD)
; [[mitzvah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|מצוה}} ''miṣwah'' 'commandment' (MW)
; [[mohel]] : from {{lang|he|מוהל}} ''mohel'' 'person qualified to perform [[circumcision]]' (WNW)
; [[mamzer|momser]] : from ''momser'' 'bastard' (WNW)
; [[List of English words of Yiddish origin|mishpachah]] : from ''mishpahah'' 'family', 'clan' (NI)
; [[moshav]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|מוֹשָׁב}} ''moshabh'' 'dwelling' (MW)
; [[nabla symbol|nabla]] :probably from ''nebhel'' 'harp' (NI)
; [[Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews|nachas]] : pleasure, satisfaction, delight; proud enjoyment (usage: I have nachas from you) (from Hebrew נחת pronounced 'nachat') (WNW)
; [[nabla (instrument)|nebel]] : from ''nebhel'' 'harp' (NI)
; [[omer (unit)|omer]] : from {{lang|he|עמר}} ''{{'}}omer'' (AHD) '1/10 ephah dry capacity' (MW)
; [[parashah]] : from ''parashah'' 'explanation' (MW, WNW)
; [[pascal (unit)|pascal]] : from '[[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]' (AHD, MW), from<ref>[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/pascal pascal]. French-English translation in CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved November 10, 2012.</ref> {{lang|he|פסח}} ''pesah'' '[[passover]]' (AHD, MW, OED)
; [[wikt:Paschal|paschal]] : from {{lang|he|פסח על}} ''pasah al'' '[[Passover|passed over]]' (AHD, MW, OED)
; [[pharaoh]] : from {{lang|he|פרעה}} ''par'oh'' 'ruler of ancient Egypt', from Egyptian (MW) <hiero>O1:O29</hiero> ''pr-'o'' 'great house' (AHD)
; [[pharisee]] : from Aramaic (AHD) ''perisha'' 'separated', from (MW) {{lang|he|פרש}} ''parash'' 'separate' (SC), 'cleave' (WNW)
; [[rabbi]] : from (AHD, WNW) {{lang|he|רב}} ''rabh'' 'master' (MW)
; [[rebbe]] : from (AHD, WNW) {{lang|he|רב}} ''rabh'' 'master' (MW)
; [[rebbetzin]] : from (WNW) {{lang|he|רב}} ''rabh'' 'master' (MW)
; [[sabbatical]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|שׁבת}} ''shabbat'' 'day of rest' (AHD)
; [[wikt:sabra|sabra]] : from (AHD) ''ṣabar'' 'prickly pear' (MW)
; [[Satanism|satanic]] : from {{lang|he|שטן}} ''satan'' 'adversary' (MW), 'devil' (AHD)
; [[schmooze]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שמועות}} ''shemu'oth'' 'news', 'rumor' (MW)
; [[schwa]] : from {{lang|he|שוא}} ''schewa{{'}}'' '[[unstressed vowel|unstressed]] [[mid-centralized vowel|mid-central vowel]]' (MW), probably from Syriac ܥܗܘܐܝܝܐ ''sewayya'' 'equal' (AHD)
; [[Passover Seder|seder]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|סדר}} ''seder'' 'order' (MW)
; [[selah]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|סֶלָה}} ''selah'' (MW) 'suspension', 'pause' (SC)
; [[seraph]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|שׂרף}} ''saraph'' 'celestial being' (AHD)
; [[shadchan]] : (OSPD) from ''shiddekh'' 'arrange a marriage' (NI)
; [[wikt:shadrach|shadrach]] : (OSPD) from (AHD) ''shadrach'' 'captive' (WNW)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shadrach: Definition |url=https://www.lexic.us/definition-of/shadrach |website=www.lexic.us}}</ref>
; [[shalom]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שָׁלוֹם}} ''shalom'' 'peace' (MW)
; [[shalom aleichem]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם}} ''shalom 'alekhem'' 'peace unto you' (MW)
; [[shammes]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שמש}} ''shammash'' 'sexton' (MW)
; [[shamus (disambiguation)|shamus]] : perhaps from (AHD) {{lang|he|שמש}} ''shammash'' 'sexton' (MW)
; [[shegetz]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שקץ}} ''sheqes'' 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
; [[shekel]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|שקל}} ''saqal'' 'weigh', from Canaanite ''tql'' (AHD)
; [[sheol]] : (OSPD) from ''se'ol'' 'underworld' (AHD), perhaps from ''shaal'' 'dig' (WNW)
; [[shibboleth]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שיבולת}} ''shibboleth'' 'stream' (MW), 'ear of grain' (OED)
; [[shiksa]] : from (AHD, WNW) {{lang|he|שקץ}} ''sheqes'' 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
; [[shivah]] : from (AHD) ''shibh'ah'' 'seven' (MW)
; [[shofar]] : from ''shophar'' (MW) 'ram's horn' (AHD)
; [[siddur]] : from {{lang|he|סידור}} ''siddur'' 'arrangement' (AHD), 'order' (MW)
; [[sukkah]] : from {{lang|he|סוכה}} ''sukkah'' 'booth', 'shelter' (MW)
; [[sycamine]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|שִׁקמָה}} ''shiqmah'' 'mulberry tree' (OED)
; [[tallith]] : from (MW) ''tillel'' 'cover' (AHD)
; [[talmud]]ism : from (MW) ''lamad'' 'learn' (AHD)
; [[teraph]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|תרפים}} ''teraphim'' 'household god' (MW)
; [[torah]] : from {{lang|he|תּוֹרָה}} ''tora'' 'law', 'instruction' (AHD)
; [[tref]] : from ''taraph'' 'tear' (AHD)
; [[tsuris]] : from (AHD) ''ṣarah'' 'calamity' (WNW)
; [[wiktionary:tush|tush]], [[wiktionary:toches|toches]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|תחת}} ''tahath'' 'under', 'beneath' (MW)
; [[tzitzit]], [[zizith]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|ציצית}} ''ṣiṣith'' 'fringes', 'tassels' (MW)
; [[ulpan]] : from ''aleph'' 'ox', 'leader' (WNW)
; [[yeshiva]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|ישיבה}} ''yeshibhah'' 'talmudic school' (MW)
; [[yid]] : from {{lang|he|יהודה}} ''yehudah'' (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC)
; [[zaddik]] : from {{lang|he|צדיק}} ''ṣaddiq'' 'just', 'righteous' (MW)

==From Hebrew names==
; [[abelia]] : from '[[Clarke Abel|Abel]]' (AHD, MW), from {{lang|he|הבל}} ''Hebhel'' '[[Abel]]'<ref name=abel>{{cite web|url=http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=abel|title=Abel|work=Behind the Name}}</ref> (='emptiness') (SC)
; [[abelian group|abelian]] : from '[[Niels Abel|Abel]]' (AHD, MW), from {{lang|he|הבל}} ''Hebhel'' '[[Abel]]'<ref name=abel/> (='emptiness') (SC)
; [[The Scornful Lady|abigail]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|אֲבִיגַיִל}} (SC) ''Avigail'' '[[Abigail (name)|Abigail]]' (='father of exaltation') (HH)
; [[adam-and-eve]] : from {{lang|he|אדם}} ''Adam'' '[[Adam]]' (MW) (='earth') (HH) + from חוה ''Hawwah'' '[[Eve]]' (MW) (='living') (HH)
; [[ammonite]]: from {{lang|he|עַמּוֹן}} ''Ammon'', Biblical tribe
; [[wikt:bedlam|bedlam]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|בית לחם}} ''Beth Leḥem'' '[[Bethlehem]]' (='house of bread')
; [[wiktionary:bejesus|bejesus]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יֵשׁוּעַ}} ''Yeshu'a'' '[[Jesus (name)|Jesus]]' (MW) (='[[Jehovah]]-saved') (SC)
; [[benday]] : from (AHD) ''Binyamin'' '[[Benjamin]]' (MW) (='son of [the] right hand') (SC) + from Old English (AHD, MW)
; [[cassia bark|cassia]]: from {{lang|he|קסיה}} ''qəṣi`â''
; [[davit]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|דָּוִד}} ''Dawid'' '[[David (name)|David]]' (MW) (='loving') (SC)
; [[hamantasch]] : from ''[[Haman (Bible)|Haman]]'', a biblical villain (MW) + ''tash'', multiple etimologies; from Yiddish (MW)
; [[hansom]] : from '[[Joseph Hansom|Hansom]]' (MW), from '[[Hans (name)|Hans]]',<ref>{{cite book|title=The Romance of Words|author=Weekley, Ernest, M.A.|location=[[London]]|publisher=John Murray|year=1912|page=51|quote=Apart from assimilation, there is a tendency in English to substitute -m for -n .... In the family name Hansom, for Hanson, the son of Hans, we have dissimiliation.}}</ref> from ''Yohanan'' '[[John (name)|John]]' (='the [[Yahweh|{{LORD}}]] is gracious') (HH)
; [[jack (given name)|jack]] : '''1''' from {{lang|he|יוחנן}} ''Yohanan'' '[[John (name)|John]]' (MW) (='the {{LORD}} is gracious') (HH)<br>'''2''' perhaps from יַעֲקֹב ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[jacket]] : from {{lang|he|יַעֲקֹב}} ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[Sprekelia|jacobean]] : from {{lang|he|יַעֲקֹב}} ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[jacquard weaving|jacquard]] : from '[[Joseph Jacquard|Jacquard]]' (AHD, MW), from<ref>{{cite book|title=Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary|author=Henry Harrison|page=233|quote=The French ''Jacquard'' = '''Jacques''' (q.v.) + the dim. suff. ''-ard'' [Teut. ''hard'', hard]}}</ref> יַעֲקֹב ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[jacquerie]] : from {{lang|he|יַעֲקֹב}} ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[jakes (toilet)|jakes]] : perhaps from {{lang|he|יַעֲקֹב}} ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[jeez]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יֵשׁוּעַ}} ''Yeshu'a'' '[[Jesus (name)|Jesus]]' (MW) (='[[Jehovah]]-saved') (SC)
; [[wiktionary:jehu|jehu]] : from {{lang|he|יהוא}} ''Yehu'' '[[Jehu]]' (MW) (='[[Jehovah]] [is] He') (SC)
; [[jeremiad]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יִרְמְיָה}} ''Yirmeyah'' '[[Jeremiah]]' (MW) (='the {{LORD}} will rise') (SC)
; [[jeroboam (wine bottle)|jeroboam]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|יָרָבְעָם}} ''Yarobh'am'' '[[Jeroboam]]' (='people will contend') (SC)
; [[jesuit]] : from {{lang|he|יֵשׁוּעַ}} ''Yeshu'a'' '[[Jesus (name)|Jesus]]' (AHD) ('[[Jehovah]]-saved') (SC)
; [[wiktionary:jezebel|jezebel]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|איזבל}} ''Izebhel'' '[[Jezebel]]' (MW) (='chaste') (SC)
; [[jimmy bar|jimmy]] : from (MW) '[[James (name)|James]]' (AHD), from {{lang|he|יַעֲקֹב}} ''Ya'aqobh'' '[[Jacob (name)|Jacob]]' (MW, OED) (='he has protected') (AHD)
; [[jockey]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יוחנן}} ''Yohanan'' '[[John (name)|John]]' (MW) (='the {{LORD}} is gracious') (HH)
; [[Average Joe|joe]] : from {{lang|he|יוֹסֵף}} ''Yoseph'' '[[Joseph (name)|Joseph]]' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH)
; [[john (washroom)]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יוחנן}} ''Yohanan'' '[[John (name)|John]]' (MW) (='the {{LORD}} is gracious') (HH)
; [[wiktionary:johnny|johnny (gown)]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יוחנן}} ''Yohanan'' '[[John (name)|John]]' (MW) (='the {{LORD}} is gracious') (HH)
; [[wiktionary:jorum|jorum]] : perhaps from (AHD, MW) ''[[Jehoram (disambiguation)|Yehoram]]'' 'Joram' (='[[Jehovah]]-raised') (SC)
; [[wiktionary:joseph|joseph]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|יוֹסֵף}} ''Yoseph'' '[[Joseph (name)|Joseph]]' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH)
; [[lazar (name)|lazar]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|אלעזר}} ''El'azar'' '[[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH)
; [[lazaretto]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|אלעזר}} ''El'azar'' '[[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH) + from (MW) {{lang|he|נָצְרַת}} ''natzerath'' '[[Nazareth]]' (WNW)
; [[macadam]] : from '[[John Loudon McAdam|McAdam]]' (MW), in part from ''Adham'' '[[Adam]]' (='earth') (HH)
; [[macadamia]] : from '[[John Macadam|Macadam]]' (MW), in part from ''Adham'' '[[Adam]]' (='earth') (HH)
; [[marionette]] : from {{lang|he|מִרְיָם}} ''Miryam'' (AHD) '[[Miriam (name)|Miriam]]' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
; [[wiktionary:marry|marry (interjection)]] : from {{lang|he|מִרְיָם}} ''Miryam'' (AHD) '[[Miriam (name)|Miriam]]' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
; [[mick (disambiguation)|mick]] : from ''Mikha'el'' '[[Michael (given name)|Michael]]' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
; [[Mickey Finn (drugs)|mickey (drink)]] : perhaps from (AHD) ''Mikha'el'' '[[Michael (given name)|Michael]]' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
; [[miquelet]] : probably from Catalan ''[[Miquel]]'' (NI), from<ref>{{cite book|title=These Are the Names: Studies in Jewish Onomastics|author=Aaron Demsky|page=300|quote=Names from other traditions that were present in the Catalan-speaking area .... include: Adam, Noè (Noah), Miquel (Michael), and Samsó (Samson).}}</ref> ''Mikha'el'' '[[Michael (given name)|Michael]]' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
; [[moll (slang)|moll]] : from {{lang|he|מִרְיָם}} ''Miryam'' (AHD) '[[Miriam (name)|Miriam]]' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
; [[nance]] : from '[[Nancy (name)|Nancy]]' (MW, AHD), probably in part from {{lang|he|חנה}} ''Ḥannah'' '[[Anna (name)|Anna]]' (OED) (='favored') (HH, SC)
; [[nimrod (disambiguation)|nimrod]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|נמרוד}} ''Nimrodh'' '[[Nimrod]]' (='hunter') (MW)
; [[philistinism|philistine]] : '''1''' from {{lang|he|פלשתים}} ''Pelistim'' '[[Philistines]]' 'Aegean people who settled [[Philistia]]' (AHD)<br>'''2''' from (MW) {{lang|he|פלשת}} ''Pelesheth'' '[[Philistia]]' (='rolling', 'migratory') (SC)
; [[Reuben (disambiguation)|rube]] : (AHD) from {{lang|he|רְאוּבֵן}} ''Re'ubhen'' '[[Reuben (Bible)|Reuben]]' (MW) (='see ye a son') (SC)
; [[samaritan]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|שֹׁמְרוֹן}} ''Shomron'' '[[Samaria]]' (='watch-station') (SC)
; [[philo-Semitism|semitist]] : from {{lang|he|שם}} ''Shem'' '[[Shem]]' (MW) (='name') (SC)
; [[simony]] : from (AHD) {{lang|he|שִׁמְעוֹן}} ''Shim'on'' '[[Simon Magus|Simon]]' (MW) (='hearing') (HH, SC)
; [[sodomy|sodom]] : from (MW) {{lang|he|סדום}} ''s'dom'' '[[Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom]]' (AHD, OED) (='burnt') (SC)
; [[tobias|toby]] : from (AHD, MW) {{lang|he|טוביה}} ''Toviah'' '[[Tobias]]' (='goodness of [[Jehovah]]') (SC)
; [[yankee]] : probably from (AHD) {{lang|he|יוחנן}} ''Yohanan'' '[[John (name)|John]]' (MW) (='the {{LORD}} is gracious') (HH)

==Letter names==
'''[[aleph]]''', '''[[beth (letter)|beth]]''', '''[[gimel]]''', '''[[daleth]]''', '''[[he (letter)|he]]''', '''[[waw (letter)|waw]]''', '''[[zayin]]''', '''[[heth]]''', '''[[teth]]''', '''[[yodh|yod]]''', '''[[kaph]]''', '''[[lamed]]''', '''[[mem]]''', '''[[nun (letter)|nun]]''', '''[[samekh]]''', '''[[ayin]]''', '''[[Pe (Semitic letter)|pe]]''', '''[[sadhe]]''', '''[[qoph]]''', '''[[resh]]''', '''[[shin (letter)|shin]]''', '''[[taw]]''' (AHD, MW, WNW)
; [[alpha (letter)|alpha]] : from Greek Άλφα ''alpha'', perhaps from {{lang|he|אלף}} ''aleph'' 'ox', 'leader' (WNW) + from Canaanite 𐤀𐤋𐤐 '''alp'' 'ox' (AHD)
; [[beta (letter)|beta]] : from Greek Βήτα ''beta'', from {{lang|he|בית}} ''bet'' 'house', probably from Phoenician (WNW) + from Canaanite 𐤁𐤉𐤕 ''bet'' 'house' (AHD)
; [[gamma]] : from Greek Γάμμα ''gamma'', perhaps from {{lang|he|גמל}} ''gimel'' 'ruminant beast' (WNW) + from Phoenician 𐤋𐤌𐤀𐤂 (AHD)
; [[delta (letter)|delta]] : from Greek Δέλτα ''delta'' (AHD), perhaps from {{lang|he|דלת}} ''deleth'' 'door' (WNW) + of Semitic origin, akin to Phoenician 𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤕 ''dalt'' 'door' (AHD)
; [[eta]] : from Greek ''eta'', perhaps from ''chet'' (WNW) 'terror' (SC) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤇𐤕 (AHD)
; [[iota]] : from Greek Ιώτα ''iota'', perhaps from {{lang|he|יד}} ''yodh'' 'hand' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤉𐤏𐤕 (AHD)
; [[kappa]] : from Greek Κάππα ''kappa'', perhaps from {{lang|he|כף}} ''kaph'' (WNW) 'palm of the hand' (MW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤊𐤀𐤅 (AHD)
; [[lambda]] : from Greek Λάμβδα ''lambda'', perhaps from {{lang|he|למד}} ''lamedh'' 'whip', 'club' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤃 (AHD)
; [[nu (letter)|nu]] : from Greek Νυ ''nu'', perhaps from {{lang|he|נון}} ''nun'' 'fish' (WNW) + of Semitic origin (AHD)
; [[pi (letter)|pi]] : from Greek Πι ''pi'', perhaps from {{lang|he|פה}} ''pe'' 'mouth' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤐𐤄 (AHD)
; [[rho (letter)|rho]] : from Greek Ρω ''rho'', perhaps from {{lang|he|ראש}} ''rosh'' 'head' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤓𐤏𐤔 (AHD)
; [[tau]] : from Greek Ταυ ''tau'', perhaps from ''taw'' (WNW) 'mark', 'cross' (MW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤕𐤀𐤅 (AHD)

==See also==
*[[Lists of English words of international origin]]
*[[List of English words of Yiddish origin]]
*[[Hebraism]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*AHD: ''[[American Heritage Dictionary]] of the English Language'': 3rd or 4th edition
*HH: ''A Dictionary of First Names'', [[Patrick Hanks]] & Flavia Hodges
*MW: ''[[Merriam-Webster]]'s Collegiate Dictionary'': 10th or 11th edition
*NI: ''[[Webster's New International Dictionary]]'': 2nd or 3rd edition
*OED: ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'': online edition
*SC: ''[[Strong's Concordance]]''
*WNW: ''[[Webster's New World Dictionary]]'': 3rd edition
*=: a name from a word or phrase with the meaning given

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