Many of the borrowed words from this language are religious terms ("amen", "rabbi", "Satan"). There are also several food and drink terms ("cider", "cinnamon") as well as many miscellaneous words.
Word | Meaning | Notes |
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abacus | Device for calculating. | |
amen | so be it | One of many religious words from Hebrew. |
bedlam | ||
behemoth | ||
cider | An apple drink. | |
cinnamon | ||
coral | pebble | |
elephant | ||
gauze | ||
gopher | A type of wood. | |
hallelujah | ||
Israel | Middle Eastern country. | |
Jew | A believer of Judaism. | |
jockey | ||
jot | ||
jubilee | ram's horn | Horns were used as trumpets during celebrations. |
jug | ||
kibbutz | gathering | Communial settlement in Israel. |
kosher | proper | Applies to food that is fit for a Jew to to eat. |
leviathan | ||
manna | A mythical food from heaven. | |
maudlin | ||
messiah | anointed | The one that Jews believe is to come. |
Nimrod | City in Messopotamia. | |
rabbi | my teacher | |
Sabbath | rest | 'Sabatical' is from the same root. |
sapphire | Precious stone. | |
Satan | The Devil. | |
sodomy | Named after its place of origin. |