Bema A portable chair or throne for a very important person.
Bet Midrash A house of study.
Beit Din Rabbinical court house, at times also written as Bet Din.
Ben The usual Hebrew word for ―son‖, whereas bar is Aramaic.
Ben Zavdai Son of Zebedee.
Bethabara House of the ford. Aramaic verb ―abar‖ found in Bethabara. Abar (eber in Hebrew)
indicates a movement, ―the thought that one person CAUSES or MOTIVATES another to
move‖.
Hebrew
/Aramaic
Greek
/Latin Written in EnglishBirkat
Hamazon
This blessing is recited at the conclusion of the circumcision meal.Boanerges Means ―sons of thunder‖ as Yaakov (James) and John were called by Y‘shua.
Brit Or Bris, meaning pact or covenant.
B'rit
Chadashah
Renewed Covenant or New Covenant.Brit Milah Covenant of circumcision.
Chadashah New.
Challah Bread
Chanukah Lights or also Dedication (also written as Hanukkah) The Feast of the Dedication of
Lights.
Chatzitzah Judaism stresses that the entire body must come in contact with the water of the mikveh.
To insure the immersion was valid, no clothing or individuals could touch the candidate.
Any such intervention that prevented the water from reaching a part of the body was
known as Chatzitzah and rendered the immersion invalid.
Chayav The Hebrew word for debts, meaning guilt for which one is held accountable, a debt to
be paid.
Chazzan See sh'liach tzibbur.
Chiasmus Semitic poetry in a form called a) where verses are repeated but in reverse order. The
verses follow an A-B-C-B-A order.
Chukim The third group of laws often has no explicit reason given for their existence except for
Israel's identification as YHWH's chosen people to the other nations (Deut 4:6). This
group of laws is known as Chukim, and is literally translated as decrees.
Chuppah Canopy, representing heaven.
Cohen Priest – also written as kohen.
Cohenim Priests – also written as kohenim.
Daka Means 'to fatally wound', 'bore through', or 'pierce'; and to 'be crushed', 'contrite', or
'broken‘.
Davar Word.
Dah-vid David.
Dia By.
Dikaioma A noun meaning ―righteous acts‖ or ―righteousness‖.
Dunamis Full power, unhindered power.
Dwron Gift.
Echad One, a unity.
Edah Congregation, which refers to the collective people who are gathered – particularly at the
tent of meeting. See ekklesia.
Edos The rituals and festivals which reawaken us to important religious truths such as
Sabbath, holidays, the Tefillin and the Mezuzah that remind us of YHWH's presence are
known as Edos, and are literally translated ―witnesses‖.