Greek ἄβαξ itself is probably a borrowing of a Northwest Semitic, perhaps Phoenician, word akin to Hebrew ʾābāq ( אבק ), " dust " ( since dust strewn on wooden boards to draw figures in ).

The Phoenician letter names, in which each letter was associated with a word that begins with that sound, continue to be used to varying degrees in Samaritan, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Greek and Arabic.

The Christian writer's traditional re-interpretation is that the Hebrew word Sheol can mean many things, including " grave ", " resort ", " place of waiting " and " place of healing ".

This word is usually conceded to be derived from the Hebrew ( Aramaic ), meaning " Thou art our father " ( אב לן את ), and also occurs in connection with Abrasax ; the following inscription is found upon a metal plate in the Carlsruhe Museum:

Its latest meaning is more or less similar to the Sanskrit word kalpa and Hebrew word olam.

The Bible translation is a treatment of the Hebrew word olam and the Greek word aion.

The Hebrew term Abaddon (, ), an intensive form of the word " destruction ", appears as a place of destruction in the Hebrew Bible.

The word may come from Hebrew har məgiddô (), meaning " Mountain of Megiddo ".

Other scholars, including C. C. Torrey, Kline and Jordan argue that the word is derived from the Hebrew moed (), meaning " assembly ".

This comes from the use of the word " Hebrew " to designate a people instead of a language: the Hebrew Bible is the Bible of the Hebrew people.

Loving-kindness living: Boaz and Ruth are models of an altruism for which the word " loving-kindness " has been coined ( approximately translating Hebrew hesed ).

His name comes either from the Hebrew word חבק ( khavak ) meaning " embrace " or else from an Akkadian word hambakuku for a kind of plant.

In the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible, the word Christ was used to translate into Greek the Hebrew mashiach ( messiah ), meaning " anointed.

The title " Messiah " comes from the Hebrew word מ ָ ש ִׁ יח ַ ( māšiáħ ) meaning anointed one.

The term Mazzaroth, a hapax legomenon in Job 38: 32, may be the Hebrew word for the zodiacal constellations.

For instance, while the Hebrew word chutzpah means " impudence ," its Arabic cognate ḥaṣāfah means " sound judgment ;" even more contradictorily, the English word black and Polish biały, meaning white, both derive from the PIE, meaning, " to burn or shine.

The term cabal derives from Kabbalah ( a word that has numerous spelling variations ), the mystical interpretation ( of Babylonian origin ) of the Hebrew scripture, and originally meant either an occult doctrine or a secret.

The tradition teaches that the seventh day of the week, Shabbat or the day of rest, corresponds to the seventh millennium ( Hebrew years 6000-7000 ), the age of universal ' rest ' - the Messianic Era.

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The word Shabbat derives from the Hebrew verb shavat.

Many congregations require pre-bar mitzvah children to attend a minimum number of Shabbat prayer services at the synagogue, study at a Hebrew School, take on a charity or community service project, and maintain membership in good standing with the synagogue.

It derives from Old High German sambaztac, which itself derives from Greek Σάββατο, and this Greek word derives from Hebrew שבת ( Shabbat ).

Every Monday, Thursday and Shabbat in Orthodox synagogues ( and many Conservative ones as well ), a portion from the Torah is read aloud in the original Hebrew in front of the congregation.

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The term is the same as the normal English word " Sabbath " ( itself a transliteration of Hebrew " Shabbat ", the seventh day, on which the Creator rested after creation of the world ), referring to the witches ' equivalent to the Christian day of rest ; a more common term was " synagogue " or " synagogue of Satan ", possibly reflecting anti-Jewish sentiment, although the acts attributed to witches bear little resemblance to the Sabbath in Christianity or Jewish Shabbat customs.

The Talmud ( Tractate Shabbat 115a ) directs that holy writings in other than the Hebrew language require " genizah ," that is, preservation.

In Shabbat 30b, there is a reference to those rabbis who sought to categorize the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs as heretical ; this occurred before the canonization of the Hebrew Bible, when disputes flared over which books should be considered Biblical.

A typical passage developed by Wine for the Sabbath ( Shabbat ) is, in transliterated Hebrew and in English:

In Jewish tradition the collation served on Friday night in many synagogues, following Erev Shabbat ( Sabbath eve ) services, is referred to as the Oneg Shabbat, the Biblical Hebrew expression, " the delight of the Sabbath ," from Isaiah 58: 13, in the section of the Prophets, " Call the Sabbath a delight.

Havdalah ( Hebrew: ה ַ ב ְ ד ָּ ל ָ ה, meaning ' separation ') is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week.

His first care was to raise the intellectual plane of the community, and for this purpose he interested the younger generation in the study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature, and he delivered sermons every other Shabbat in Hebrew, although the vernacular language was Arabic, one which Bertinoro never acquired.

The weekly Torah portion (, popularly just parashah or parshah or parsha and also known as a Sidra or Sedra ) is a section of the Torah ( Hebrew Bible ) read in Jewish services, mainly on Shabbat ( Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath ) and on Monday and Thursday morning services.

The commandment to keep Shabbat as a day of rest is repeated many times in the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.

NJOP sponsors " Shabbat Across America / Canada " and " Read Hebrew America / Canada " campaigns, establishes Beginners Services and the " Turn Friday Night into Shabbat ," " Passover Across America " and " Sukkot Across America " programs, as well as free " crash courses " in Hebrew reading, basic Judaism and Jewish history.

Maftir ( Hebrew: מפטיר, " concluder ") properly refers to the last person called to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings: this person also reads the haftarah portion from a related section of the Nevi ' im ( prophetic books ).

Oyneg Shabbos ( Ashkenazic pronunciation ; in Modern Israeli Hebrew: Oneg Shabbat, עונג שבת ) was the code name of a group led by Jewish historian Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi-German occupation of Warsaw in World War II.

The ordering () of Arabic letters used to match that of the older Hebrew, Phoenician and Semitic alphabets ; ( read from right to left: ) or.

In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, Aaron ( or ; Ahărōn, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint ): Ααρών ), who is often called "' Aaron the Priest "' () and once Aaron the Levite () ( Exodus 4: 14 ), was the older brother of Moses, ( Exodus 6: 16-20, 7: 7 ; Qur ' an 28: 34 ) and a prophet of God.

The Book of Joshua () is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament.

The Book of Jeremiah () is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, following the book of Isaiah and preceding Ezekiel and the Book of the Twelve.

The Book of Isaiah () is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, preceding Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the Book of the Twelve.

Christ () ( ancient Greek:, Christós, meaning ' anointed ') is a translation of the Hebrew מ ָ ש ִׁ יח ַ ( Māšîaḥ ), the Messiah, and is used as a title for Jesus in the New Testament.

The Greek word Πάσχα and hence the Latin form Pascha is derived from Hebrew Pesach () meaning the festival of Passover.

* English cover and Hebrew kaphar () ( appease, cover over )

Halakha () ( Sephardic Hebrew pronunciation ) ( ha-la-chAH )— also transliterated Halocho ( Ashkenazic Hebrew pronunciation ) ( ha-LUH-chuh ), or Halacha — is the collective body of religious laws for Jews, including biblical law ( the 613 mitzvot ) and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.

According to the Hebrew Testament, Hezekiah assumed the throne when he was 25 () and reigned for 29 years ().

Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the — () in Sephardi Hebrew, () in Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish, meaning " piety " ( or " loving kindness "), is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith.

The Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament renders all thirty-nine instances of the Hebrew word for " anointed " () as Χριστός ( Khristós ).

The olive is listed in the Hebrew Bible () as one of the seven species that are noteworthy products of the Land of Israel.

* the son of Uzzi, a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Issachar ()

* the son of Shemaiah, a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Levi ()

The term Pesach () may also refer to the lamb or goat which was designated as the Passover sacrifice ( called the Korban Pesach in Hebrew ).

The Septuagint () ( or " LXX ", or " Greek Old Testament ") is a translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Greek, begun in the late 3rd century BCE.

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Adonai () is Hebrew for " my lords ", from adon " lord, owner ".