Hebrew Page
God used a “Holy Language” (Hebrew) to speak all of creation into existence. Before the Tower of Babel, everyone spoke and understood one single language- Hebrew. He wrote the “Ten Commandments” in stone on Mt. Sinai in a language that Moses and the Israelites understood. Most likely Paleo Hebrew.
He also wrote with his finger on the palace wall in Babylonian, a message to King Nebuchadnezzar. However, since the king could not read it, he called Daniel, to read God’s message. Could it have been that even though the rabbis had invented a newer Hebrew script, God’s message was written in the ancient Paleo Hebrew that Daniel still remembered?
Both our Old and New Testaments were originally written (mostly by Jews) in Hebrew. . .not Greek!
To really understand the Bible, we need to put it back into the context of the time, culture and the people of Israel. Hebraic thinking is cyclical in nature, in contrast with the linear thinking of our Western culture.
Gods' son came as a Jewish Rabbi (He came specifically for the “Lost Sheep of the House of Israel”).
The Ten Commandments
1. Anochi Adonai Elohecha.
2. Lo Yiyeh Lecha Elohim Acherim. Lo Ta'aseh Le'chah Pesel.
3. Lo Tisa Et Shem Adonai Elohecha La'Shav.
4. Z'chor Et Yom HaShabbat L'Kodsho.
5. Kabed Et Avicha V'Et Lmecha.
6. Lo Tirtzach.
7. Lo Tin'af.
8. Lo Tignov.
9. Lo Ta'aneh Bere'acha Ed Shaker.
10. Lo Tachmod.
Glossary- short
Abba- father
Adonai - the L-rd
Adonai Echad - the L-rd is one
Adonai ha Elyon - the L-rd Most High
Adonai Shalom - the L-rd of Peace
Adonai Tzidkeynu - the L-rd our Righteousness
Adonai Tzvaot - the L-rd of Hosts
Adonai Yeshuateynu - the L-rd our Salvation
Adonai Yeera - the L-rd our Provider
Alaykhim Shalom - and unto you be peace (response to greeting)
Am Yisrael Chai - the people of Israel live
Amidah - Prayer (daily 19 part prayer) the word itself means '18'
Av - Father
Avinu Malkeynu - Our Father and Our King
Avraham - Abraham
Avraham avinu - father Abraham
Bar - Son (Aramaic)
Baruch- blessed
Baruch haShem - Bless the Name (of G-d)
Barucha - Blessing (often of the meal, ie: after meal)
Bat - daughter
Ben - son
Beinoni- an intermediate level righteous person
Brit Chadashah - New Covenant (New Testament)
Brit Milah - Circumcision
Challah - bread set aside for priests, today it is used for fellowship
Chametz - leaven / yeast
Cohen - priest
Cohen haGadol - high priest
Davening - bending (bowing) while praying
Derekh Eretz - ways of the world
Eliyahu - Elijah
El Elyon- Most High
Emet- Truth
Eretz - Land
Eretz Yisrael - the land of Israel
Erev - Evening
Gan Eden - Paradise (Garden of Eden)
Gey Hinnon - Hell
Goy - a gentile
Goyim - gentiles (literally nations)
Halakhah - Jewish customs (law)
Hallel - psalms of praise
Hallelujah - Praise G-d
ha Satan- satan (the adversary)
ha Shem - the Name (G-d)
Hatikvah - Hope (the Israeli national anthem)
Kadosh - holy
Kehilah - Congregation / Church
Kenneret - the Sea of Galilee
Kol- all tribes/nations
Korban - sacrifice
Kvetching - complaining
L'Chaim - To Life (often used as a toast)
L'Shana Tova - Happy New Year
Lashon Hara- evil tongue
Levi'im - Levites
Maranata - our L-rd come
Mashiach/Moshiach - Messiah / Christ
Matzah - unleavened bread
Mayim - water
Mazel tov - congratulations
Melchi-Tzedek - Melchizedek / King of Righteousness
Melech - King
Menorah - lampstand
Mensch - a really good person, moral,
Meshuggina - crazy
Met- death
Midrash - study
Mikveh - Baptism or cleansing
Minyan- group of 10 needed to have services
Mitzvot - Commandments
Moshe - Moses
Motzaei Shabbat - end of the Sabbath
Olam - universe/world
Olam haba - the world to come
Olam hazeh - this world
Oy veh - boy are we in trouble! (woe is me!)
Parokhet - curtain
Pesach - Passover
Prushim - Pharisees
Rabbi - teacher
Rosh HaShanah - Feast of Trumpets
Ruach ha Kodesh - Holy Spirit
Seder - special festival dinner (Passover)
Shabbat - Sabbath (7th day - Friday sunset to Saturday sunset)
Shabbat Shalom - Peace of the Sabbath (a Sabbath greeting)
Shalom - peace
Shalom alechim - peace be unto you
Shamayim- heaven
Shavuot - Pentecost (Feast of Weeks)
Shem - name
Shma - hear/understand
Schmooze - talk at ease / talk ungardedly
Shofar - ram's horn or from African kudoo (trumpet)
Sukkot - Tabernacles (Jewish Thanksgiving festival)
Tephillen - phylacteries (box to hold scriptures goes on forehead and hand)
T'shuva - repentance
Tallis/Tallit- prayer shawl
Talmid - disciple
Talmud- oral law
Tanakh - Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament)
Torah - Books of the Law (Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut)
Treif - non kosher
Tzaddik- very righteous person (Holy)
Tzdukim - Sadducees
Tzion - Zion
Tzitzit - fringes on the prayer shawl
Yerushalayim - Jerusalem
*Notice that 'emet' means truth. Take away one letter (e) and the word 'met' means death. When we try to tweak truth or change it in any way- it ultimately brings death.
Shortlist of Biblical Numerics
1 G-d
3 G-d head
5 grace
6 falling short of perfection
7 perfection
8 new beginnings
11 mans' government
12 G-ds' government
