List of English words of Hebrew origin

For a list of words relating to Hebrew language origins, see the Terms derived from Hebrew category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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 (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 Arabic origin.

From Hebrew words[]

abacus

from אבק 'avaq 'dust' (AHD), probably from Greek ἄβαξ abax 'slab' (MW)

agora (currency)

from (AHD) אגורה agorah 'small coin' (MW), from Greek agora "an assembly of the People" from ageirein "to assemble

aliyah

from (AHD) עלייה 'aliyah 'ascent' (MW)

almemar

from אלממר 'almemar 'bema', from Arabic المنبر al-minbar 'pulpit' (AHD)

amen

from אמן 'amen (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD)

baal

from בעל ba'al 'lord' (AHD, MW)

babel

from (AHD, MW) בלל balal 'confound' (SC) + in part from Akkadian