Frequently Asked Definitions - I need a few proof readers!

[iitb]

Okay, this is another addition to the FAQ: Frequently Asked Definitions. Before I attach these to anything, I need a few people to check over my definitions, and possibly suggest some common Hebrew words used in this forum that may have been overlooked.

aliyah - "going up"; in common usage, going up to Jerusalem or immigrating to Israel. In a Shabbat service, it means being called up to read Torah


aretz - land


baruch ata adonai, melech haolam - Blessed are you O Lord, King of the Universe


baruch haba/bruchim habaim - welcome (lit. blessed is he who comes

Baruch haShem - Praise the Lord (lit. Blessed is the Name)


bat - daughter


bat kol - voice from heaven


beit/bait - house


beit hamikdash - temple


ben - son


bnei... - sons of...


B'rit Hadashah=New Testament


brit or bris - covenant or rite


brit/bris milah - circumcision


Elohim: Creator G-d

haaretz - The Land, often used as short for The Land of Israel.


hakadosh, baruch hu - the Holy One, blessed be He


halacha - the prescribed method in which to follow the commandments. Also means the way to walk spiritually, the way to walk on the right path with G-d


HaShem=G-d (literally, "the name")


kashrut - keeping kosher


Kefa=Peter


kehilah - congregation


Mashiach=Messiah


Mattityahu=Matthew


mikvah - ritual immersion pool


mitzvah (mitzvot, pl.) - commandment. Of which there are 613 in Torah

Moshe - Moses


nefesh - soul


ruach - spirit


Ruach HaKodesh=Holy Spirit


seder - symbolic ritual meal


shabbat - sunset friday to sunset saturday, period of no work.


shalom - peace, used as greeting and departure


Sha'ul=Paul


Shekhinah - God's presence


Tanakh=Old Testament, it is an acronym (TNK) for:

Torah=teaching, law, first five books ( of Moses)
Nevi'im= Prophets
K'tuvim= writings


teshuvah - repentance


Todah (rabah) - thank you (very much)


Torah=Mosaic Books


Yeshayahu=Isaiah

Yeshua=Jesus


Yochanan=John

I'm also planning to add these abbreviations that Henaynei posted a little while back.

 

[Henaynei]

I just skimmed through..... bbl

aliyah - "going up"; in common usage, going up to Jerusalem or immigrating to Israel. In a Shabbat service, it means being called up to read Torah.


aretz/eretz - land


baruch ata adonai, melech haolam - Blessed are you O L-rd, King of the Universe

Baruch ata adonai, elohaynu melech haolam - Blessed are you O L-rd, our G-d, King of the Universe

baruch haba/bruchim habaim - welcome (lit. blessed is he who comes)

Baruch haShem - Praise the L-rd (lit. Blessed is the Name)


bat - daughter


bat kol - voice from heaven - I'm not sure about this?? kol is voice or sound - but bat is daughter


beit/bait/beth - house


beit hamikdash - temple


ben - son


bnei... - sons of...


B'rit Hadashah - New Testament (lit. - New Covenant)


brit or bris - covenant or rite


brit/bris milah - circumcision


Elohim: Creator G-d

haaretz/haeretz - The Land, often used as short for The Land of Israel.


hakadosh, baruch hu - the Holy One, blessed be He


halacha - the prescribed method in which to follow the commandments. Literally the way to walk. Therefore means the way to walk spiritually, the way to walk on the right path with G-d.


HaShem=G-d (literally, "the Name")


kashrut - keeping kosher


Kefa=Peter


kehilah - congregation

kosher - fit for use - most often used as pertains to foods designated by G-d as fit to eat.


Mashiach=Messiah


Mattityahu=Matthew


mikvah - ritual immersion pool


mitzvah (mitzvot, pl.) - commandment. Of which there are 613 in Torah. Generic term for deeds of kindness and compassion.

Moshe - Moses


nefesh - soul


ruach - spirit


Ruach HaKodesh=Holy Spirit


seder - derived from same root as Siddur - means order as in order of service and particularly as relates to the symbolic ritual meal at Passover


shabbat - sunset friday to sunset saturday, period of no work. Also, any of a number of specific days in several of the holy days that G-d designates as Sabbath.


shalom - peace, used as greeting and departure


Sha'ul=Paul


Shekhinah - God's presence


Tanakh=Old Testament, it is an acronym (TNK) for:

Torah=teaching, law, first five books ( of Moses)
Nevi'im= Prophets
K'tuvim= writings


teshuvah - repentance - (lit. to return)


Todah (rabah) - thank you (very much)


Torah=Mosaic Books


Yeshayahu=Isaiah

Yeshua=Jesus


Yochanan=John

I'm also planning to add these abbreviations that Henaynei posted a little while back.

 

[iitb]

bat kol - voice from heaven - I'm not sure about this?? kol is voice or sound - but bat is daughter
I haven't got the slightest idea about this one. A lot of these are leftovers from a list compiled by Talmid HaYarok shortly before he left staff.


B'rit Hadashah - New Testament (lit. - New Covenant)

Isn't the literal translation of this renewed covenant?

 

[Henaynei]

bat kol - voice from heaven - I'm not sure about this?? kol is voice or sound - but bat is daughter
I haven't got the slightest idea about this one. A lot of these are leftovers from a list compiled by Talmid HaYarok shortly before he left staff.


B'rit Hadashah - New Testament (lit. - New Covenant)

Isn't the literal translation of this renewed covenant?

Bat Kol
'Daughter of a voice'. The sages taught that the bat kol, a voice from heaven, was
frequently heard among the ancient Israelites.
So I guess it is - it would be very interesting to discover how the rabbis came to call the "voice from heaven" as the voice of a daughter....hmmmmm

B'rit = covenant
HaDashah = the new (as far as I know) LOL

 

[simchat_torah]

yes... Brit Chadasha is a renewed covenant.

 

[Sephania]

Okay, this is another addition to the FAQ: Frequently Asked Definitions. Before I attach these to anything, I need a few people to check over my definitions, and possibly suggest some common Hebrew words used in this forum that may have been overlooked.

aliyah - "going up"; in common usage, going up to Jerusalem or immigrating to Israel. In a Shabbat service, it means being called up to read Torah

aretz - land This can also be spelled Erets or Eretz


baruch ata adonai, melech haolam - Blessed are you O Lord, King of the Universe ( You left out Elohenu)


baruch haba/bruchim habaim - welcome (lit. blessed is he who comes

Baruch haShem - Praise the Lord (lit. Blessed is the Name)


bat - daughter


bat kol - voice from heaven


beit/bait - house


beit hamikdash - temple


ben - son


bnei... - sons of...


B'rit Hadashah=New Testament I like to use the Ch Spelling to show others the pronunciation


brit or bris - covenant or rite


brit/bris milah - circumcision


Elohim: Creator G-d

haaretz - The Land, often used as short for The Land of Israel.


hakadosh, baruch hu - the Holy One, blessed be He


halacha - the prescribed method in which to follow the commandments. Also means the way to walk spiritually, the way to walk on the right path with G-d


HaShem=G-d (literally, "the name")


kashrut - keeping kosher ( actually I understand this to be the laws regarding what to eat, how to slaughter and prepare it and the serving of such, it encompasses all phase of this, Kosher is what is fit to eat, I could and may be wrong, henaynei is the expert here. )


Kefa=Peter


kehilah - congregation


Mashiach=Messiah


Mattityahu=Matthew


mikvah - ritual immersion pool where one performs tevellah or immersion


mitzvah (mitzvot, pl.) - commandment. Of which there are 613 in Torah

Moshe - Moses


nefesh - soul


ruach - spirit


Ruach HaKodesh=Holy Spirit


seder - symbolic ritual meal ( done at Passover)


shabbat - sunset friday to sunset saturday, period of no ( creative) work.


shalom - peace, used as greeting and departure


Sha'ul=Paul


Shekhinah - God's presence or Glory


Tanakh=Old Testament, it is an acronym (TNK) for:

Torah=teaching, law, first five books ( of Moses)
Nevi'im= Prophets
K'tuvim= writings


teshuvah - repentance ( turning away from)


Todah (rabah) - thank you (very much)


Torah=Mosaic Books First five books of the bible, also called the Chumash or Pentatuch

Yeshayahu=Isaiah

Yeshua=Jesus


Yochanan=John

I'm also planning to add these abbreviations that Henaynei posted a little while back.

While your definitions are good, I am trying to view them with an eye of one that understands nothing as this will be the person most likely using this dictionary and therefore may become confused by some so am adding in red my thoughts. I hope I got everything, I coudln't go through them all thoroughly.

 

[Henaynei]

yes... Brit Chadasha is a renewed covenant.

LOL - dear sweet S_T,you are right and we know that it *is* a renewed covenant

The question at hand is this:

the hebrew word HaDashah - means "the new" or "the renewed"???? What say ye??

 

[visionary]

bat kol - voice from heaven - I'm not sure about this?? kol is voice or sound - but bat is daughter
I haven't got the slightest idea about this one. A lot of these are leftovers from a list compiled by Talmid HaYarok shortly before he left staff.


B'rit Hadashah - New Testament (lit. - New Covenant)

Isn't the literal translation of this renewed covenant?

If you have the definition on B'rit Hadashah as the literal translation of " renewed covenant" you will save yourself a lot of headache defending all that the other implies.

New Testament....by gentile definition is well "new" and they assume that they are that...when they need to understand the literal meaning and then we can pray that they receive the light in "renewed".

Just a thought

Visionary

 

[WildCelt]

For the sake of clarity, you may want to add a blub about differences in transliterations. Hebrew is not a word-for-word translation, and I think this can throw people (read, me ) off. Example: Bereshit vs. B'resheet, etc. Knowing this did help me figure out what was going on when I first started.

 

[Sephania]

Yes, something like, "Hebrew is a language where vowels are an options, and when used can be sprinkled in between the letters in translations where one sees fit.

Justin, Did you happen to see this thread?

May I buy a vowel? http://www.christianforums.com/t126896 ( Why do we eliminate the 'o' in G-d or L-RD?)

Could we please add this to the FAQ? I am tired of answering it, and maybe include in the explaination that the missing vowels have nothing to do with the Hebrew.