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There are several Jewish and Hebrew greetings, farewells, and phrases that are used in Judaism, and in Jewish and Hebrew-speaking communities around the world. Even outside Israel , Hebrew is an important part of Jewish life. [ 1 ]
According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14), Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what gods have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. ' " [4] Despite this exchange, the Israelites are never written to have asked Moses for the name of God. [13]
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
'H/h' are used to represent both he, an English h sound as in "hat"; and ḥes, a voiceless pharyngeal fricative ħ equivalent to Arabic ح. Whenever 'ḥ' is used, it refers to ḥet. Whenever 'ḥ' is used, it refers to ḥet.
Modern Hebrew is mainly spoken, written and read in modern day Israel by Israelis. It is similar to Sephardi Hebrew and unlike Ashkenazi Hebrew. It has its roots in Biblical Hebrew. This category contains words and phrases, including abbreviations, that have been transliterated into English from the original Modern Hebrew, as they appear on ...
Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law (1 C, 179 P) Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings (1 C, 100 P) New Testament Hebrew words and phrases (5 P)
Pages in category "Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For the purposes of Wikipedia categories, "Hebrew Bible" refers only to those books in the Jewish Tanakh, which has the same content as the Protestant Old Testament (including the portions in Aramaic). The deuterocanonical books of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canons are categorized under Category:Deuterocanonical books.