Test Your Hebrew Vocabulary

Some Basic Hebrew Vocabulary that Every Jew Should Know:

Ehad,  one

Shma,  Listen

Amar,  said

Amein,  Amen

Atah,  you

Barukh, bless

Avot, Fathers

Ben, son

Bat, daughter

Gadol, big

Hallel, Halleluya, praise, praise God (same root)

Hayim, life

Tov, Good

Yisrael, Israel

Yerushalyim, Jerusalem

Yom, day

Rishon, first

Shabbat, Sabbath

Shalom, Peace, Hello, Goodbye

k’vod, honor

Melekh, King

Layla, night

Torah, Torah

Shem, name

Mayim, water

Olam, world or universe

Am, people

tzedaka, charity

tzedek, righteous

kodesh, holy

rachamim, mercy

Elohim, God

Elohaynu, our God

Tov, good

Zachor, remember

Kohen, priest

Levi, Levite