BBH2 Vocabulary Chapter 4 – Hebrew Nouns 1

 The mnemonics for the vocabulary in Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew,
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 Unless otherwise marked, nouns that end in ( ָ‫ ִ ית‬,‫ ֶ ת‬,‫ ַ ת‬,‫ה‬, or ‫ )ּות‬are feminine.
 Words marked [M] are masculine nouns that look like they have a feminine ending.
 Unless otherwise marked, nouns that have no ending or end in ֶ‫ ה‬are masculine.
 Words marked [F] are feminine nouns that do not end in ָ‫ ה‬in the singular.
 Words marked [M/F] are sometimes feminine and sometimes masculine.

Chapter 4 – Hebrew Nouns

Word Meaning Mnemonic Translit.
‫( אֲדֹ נָי‬774) Lord ʾădōnāy
‫ אָ דֹון‬lord, master ʾādôn
‫( אָ ח‬629) brother ʾāḥ
‫[ אַ ִחים‬irregular plural of ‫]אָ ח‬ ʾaḥîm
‫( ִאיׁש‬2,189) man, husband ʾîš
‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫אנ‬
ֲ [irregular plural of ‫]איׁש‬
ִ ʾănāšîm
Gen 2:23, Adam said, “She will be called ‫ ִאּׁשָ ה‬because she
‫( ִאּׁשָ ה‬779) woman, wife ʾiššâ
was taken from ‫”איׁש‬
ִ
‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫[ נ‬Irregular plural of ‫]אּׁשָ ה‬
ִ nāšîm
A bat-mitzvah is a ‘daughter of the commandment’.
‫( ּבַ ת‬603) daughter [F] bat
{This feminine noun has the feminine ending ַ‫}ת‬
‫[ ּבָ נֹות‬Irregular plural of ‫]ּבַ ת‬ bānôt
Jewish people sometimes refer to non-Jews as ‘goy’ or
‫( ּגֹוי‬567) nation, people gôy
‘goyim’
(712) way, road, journey
‫ֶ ּ֫ד ֶרְך‬ derek
[M/F]
(558) mountain, hill, hill Armageddon might be har Megiddo, “hill of Megiddo.”
‫הַ ר‬ har
country It is hard to climb up this mountain.
‫[ הָ ִרים‬plural of ‫]הַ ר‬ hārîm
‫( ּכֹ הֵ ן‬750) priest kōhēn
‫( לֵ ב‬854) heart, mind, will You can’t live without a heart or mind. lēb
‫ לֵ בָ ב‬heart, mind, will (alt. form) lēbāb
‫( ֫ ַמיִ ם‬586) water mayim
(757) soul, life, person, neck,
‫֫ ֶנפֶ ׁש‬ nep̄eš
throat [F]
‫( נ ִָביא‬317) prophet nābîʾ
‫( ֵ֫ספֶ ר‬191) book, scroll, document sēp̄r

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Word Meaning Mnemonic Translit.
‫( ֫ ַעיִ ן‬900) eye, spring [F] ʿayin
‫[ עֵ י ַנ֫יִ ם‬Dual of ‫]עיִ ן‬
ַ ֫ [F] ʿênayim
‫( ִעיר‬1095) city, town [F] ʿîr
‫[ עָ ִרים‬Irregular plural of ‫]עיר‬
ִ [F] ʿārîm
(487) host, army, war, Lyrics “Lord Sabaoth His name…” means “Lord of
‫צָ בָ א‬ ṣābāʾ
service Armies…”

The hymn “A mighty fortress is our God” contains

the lyrics: “Lord Sabaoth His name…”
‫[ ְצבָ אֹות‬Plural of ‫]צָ בָ א‬ ṣəbāʾôt
“Lord Sabaoth” is ‫יהוה ְצבָ אֹות‬, which can be
translated “LORD of Armies”
‫( קֹול‬505) voice, sound, noise qôl
‫( ר ֹאׁש‬600) head, top, chief rōʾš
(223) law, instruction, teaching,
‫ּתֹורה‬
ָ tôrâ
custom

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