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A Glossary of
Hebraic Terms
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Abbreviations Used In This Glossary

abbr. = abbreviated

alt. = alternate

Ar. = Aramaic

esp. = especially

Gr. = Greek

Heb. = Hebrew

lit. = literally

n. = noun

pl. = plural

pron. = pronounced

prop. = properly

sg. = singular 

usu. = usually

v. = verb

Yid. = Yiddish

Transliteration/Pronunciation Guide • Books of the  Bible • Proper Names • Tribes of Israel • The Mishnah
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Z’roah Adonai — Arm of the L‑rd

zach — thing

zachar — male

zahav — gold

zaken — (alt. zaqen, zeken) elder (-est), aged, old or ancient man or woman, senator (pl. zakenim)

zamlet — collect

zannay — fornicator

zannayim — fornicators

zaqen — (alt. zaken, zeken) elder (-est), aged, old or ancient man or woman, senator (pl. zaqenim)

zar — stranger; foreigner (pl. zarim)

zchus — merit; privileged

ze’ev — wolf (pl. ze’evim)

zechus — merit

zeken — elder (-est), aged, old or ancient man or woman, senator (pl. zekenim)

zelba — same

Zeman Mattan Toratenu (alt. Matan) — Literally: the Season of the Giving of Our Torah; another name for Shavuot

Zeman Simchatenu — Literally: the Season of Our Joy; another name for Sukkot

zemanniyim — temporary

zemirot — table songs

zenut — fornication (pl. zenunim)

zera — seed

zerizut — diligence

zeroah; z’roah — Hebrew for “arm”; in animals, “shoulder”; the shank bone on the seder plate representative of the Paschal sacrifice (occasionally a chicken neck if a lamb shank is unobtainable).

zevakhim — sacrifices

zicher — certain

zichron — memory

Zif (Iyar) — Eighth month of Jewish year

zikaron — remembrance

Zikhrnot — A portion of the Rosh haShanah service that deals with divine remembrance

zikkaron — a memorial

zikkuy — acquittal

zililut da’as — sober-mindedness

zimah — (alt. zimmah) — lewdness; sensuality

Zionism — The belief that there should be a Jewish national homeland in the historic land of Israel

zitzfleisch — patience

zman — time, season (pl. zmanim)

zolel — glutton

zoneh — fornicator

zonim — sexually immoral

zonot — prostitutes

zrizus — reliability

Zushia, Rabbi Meshullam — Rebbe in Hanipoli. Disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch; brother of Reb Elimelech; Died 1800, 2 Sh’vat.

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