English words of Hebrew origin

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This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter tav (ת) is transliterated as a "t" as opposed to an "s."

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English words of Hebrew origin

Abacus: perhaps from אבק dust
Amen: from אמן amen ("so be it; truly")
Armageddon: from הר מגידו har megido ("megido mountain", the biblical location of an apocalyptic battle)
Behemoth: from בהמות behemot ("beasts, cattle")
Bedlam: from בית לחם bet lehem ("Bethlehem")
Brouhaha: suggested by some to be from barukh habba ("blessed be the one who comes")
Cabal: from קַבָּלָה qabbalah , literally meaning a "receiving", in the sense of a "received tradition"
Cherub: from כרוב kerubh
Cider: perhaps from Hebrew שכר shekhar ("intoxicating liquor")
Chutzpah: from hutspah
Eden: from edhen ("pleasure, delight")
Golem: from גולם golem ("unformed, incomplete")
Gun moll: first element perhaps from ganabh ("thief"), second element from Miryam
Hallelujah: from הללויה halleluyah ("praise Yahweh")
Jeremiad: from Yarimiyah (Jeremiah)
Jezebel: from Izebehl
Jubilee: from יובל yovel (Jubilee year)
Kosher: from כשר kasher ("fit, acceptable")
Klezmer: from כלי זמר kley zemer ("musical instruments")
Leviathan: from לויתן livyatan ("whale, sea monster")
Mazuma: from מזומן mezumman ("ready")
Manna: from man
Maven: from מבין mevin ("one who understands")
Meshuga: from משוגע meshugga
Messiah: from משיח mashiach ("anointed")
Methuselah: from Methushelah, the Bible's longest-lived human (969 years)
Nimrod: from נמרוד, a mighty hunter, specifically the ancient King Nimrod (mentioned in the Book of Genesis)
Pharaoh: from par'oh
Sabbath: from שׁבת "Shabbat" ("rest")
Sack: from שק saq ("sackcloth") or its Phoenician cognate
Satan: from שטן satan ("adversary")
Schmooze: from shemu'oth ("news, rumours")
Schwa: from שווא sheva ("a neutral vowel quality")
Shamus: perhaps from שמש shamash ("servant")
Shekel: from שקל sheqel
Shibboleth: from שיבולת shibbolet ("ear of grain")
Sodomy: from סדום s'dom ("Sodom")
Tush: from תחת tahat ("beneath")