Keywords

Lost in Translation. Found in Hebrew.

A lot of what gets argued about in Scripture comes down to one problem: translation flattened the word and the tradition built on the flattened version. Words like שָׁלוֹם (shalom), חֶסֶד (chesed), and תְּשׁוּבָה (teshuvah) carry covenant weight their English counterparts don't. "Peace." "Mercy." "Repentance." Accurate enough to pass. Not accurate enough to understand what the text is actually doing.

The New Testament is particularly vulnerable. Written in Greek by Jewish writers whose categories were entirely Hebrew. Read the Greek alone and you get part of the picture. Bring the Hebrew back and the whole frame shifts.

That's why this page exists.— Sergio

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Kohen

priest

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Korban

offering; that which is brought near

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Kraspedon

edge, border, hem; LXX equivalent of tzitzit

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Kulo

all of it, all of him, the whole

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Kurios

lord, master

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Kyrieuō

to lord over, to exercise dominion, to dominate

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Lamdeni

teach me, train me

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Lev

heart as seat of will and decision

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Logos

word, account, reason, discourse

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Louo

to bathe the whole body

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Ma'al

sacrilege, faithless misappropriation, treachery in sacred trust

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Ma'aseh

handiwork, deed, work of hands

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Mafteach

key, the opening instrument

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Malchut Shamayim

Kingdom of Heaven, reign of God

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Malki-Tzedek

my king is righteousness; the priest-king of Salem

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Mama Lashon

mother tongue; the language of the kitchen, the lullaby, and the prayer

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Mamlechet Kohanim

a kingdom of priests

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Maqor

fountain, spring, source

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Mar'ah

vision; mirror

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Mashach

to smear, to anoint

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Mashal

to rule, to govern, to exercise dominion

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Mashiach

anointed one, the commissioned

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Mayim Chayim

living water; flowing water

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Medabber

speaking (active participle)

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Memra

the Word (of YHWH)

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Mesitēs

mediator, go-between, the one who stands in the middle

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Metanoia

change of mind, reconsideration

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Mevasser

herald, the one who runs with the news

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Midrash

inquiry, investigation, searching out

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Mikdash

sanctuary, the set-apart place of His dwelling in the midst

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Mikvah

ritual immersion pool; gathering of living water

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Mishkan

dwelling place, tabernacle, the portable sanctuary where YHWH's presence rested among Israel

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Mishpatim

judgments, just rulings, applied case law

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Mitzvat Anashim Melumadah

a commandment of men learned by rote

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Mitzvot

commandment; divine instruction; (pl.) commandments

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Mo'adim

Appointed Times, Divine Appointments

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Moed

appointed time, fixed meeting, sacred assembly

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Moreh

teacher, the one who points the way

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Na'aseh V'nishma

we will do and we will hear

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Nadiv Lev

willing-hearted, freely offering

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nasa

to lift / to carry / to bear

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Nazir

consecrated one, separated one, Nazirite

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Nefesh

living being, life, self

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Neshamah

intimate breath of life, life-breath

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Niddah

the state of menstrual separation; by extension, the deepest impurity

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Nipto

to wash a part of the body (hands, feet, face)

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Nomos

law, legal code

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Notzrim

Nazarenes; the Torah-keeping Jewish followers of Yeshua

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Olam

age, era, eternity, the long horizon

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Orthotomeō

to cut straight, to handle rightly

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Ouk Egnon Hymas

I never knew you

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Pardes

enclosed garden, the garden of the righteous dead

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Parochet

veil, curtain, the barrier between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies

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Peh el Peh

mouth to mouth

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Pesach

Passover, to Pass Over, to Spare

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Piqqudim

precepts, charges, things entrusted to your keeping

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Pneuma

spirit, breath, wind

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Poiēma

workmanship, that which is made; root of English "poem"

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Proseuchomai

to pray, to turn one's face toward God with a vow

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Qahal

assembly, congregation, the gathered community

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Qarov

near, close, kin, within reach

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Ra'ah

to see

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Rabbi

my great one

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Radah

to rule, to have dominion, to tread down

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Riv

a lawsuit, a covenant grievance; to contend

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Ruach

wind, breath, spirit

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Ruach HaKodesh

the Holy Spirit, the set-apart breath of YHWH

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Sar Habayit

master of the household

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Segulah

treasured possession, prized acquisition, personal property

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Sēmeron

today, this day

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Semikhah

leaning, laying on of hands, ordination

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seyag

fence; hedge; protective boundary

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Shabbat

Cessation, Rest, the Seventh Day

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Shachat

the pit; the grave

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Shalem

whole, complete, undivided, intact

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Shaliach

sent one, authorized agent, emissary

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Shalom

wholeness, completeness, nothing missing, nothing broken

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Shalvah

tranquility, quiet security, the calm that rests inside wholeness

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Shamayim

the heavens, sky, realm of God

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Shanan

to whet, to sharpen; to teach by repetition

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Sha'ul

asked of God; the Hebrew name of the apostle the church calls Paul

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Shavuot

Weeks, Oaths, Pentecost

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shebet

rod, staff, scepter; by extension, tribe

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Shema

hear, obey

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Shemini Atzeret

Eighth Day Assembly, the Gathering

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Shir

a song; to sing

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Shomer

keeper, watchman, guardian

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Shoresh

root, rootstock; the buried living source that feeds and steadies the tree

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Shuv

to return, to turn back, to repent

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Sōzō

Rescue, preserve, make whole

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Spoudason

be diligent, make every effort, give all haste

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Sukkot

Tabernacles, Booths, Shelters

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tachat

in place of / instead of / underneath

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Taharah

ritual purity; covenant readiness

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Tahor

pure, clean; ritually fit to draw near

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Takhlit

purpose, end, goal

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Talmidim

disciples; apprenticed learners

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Tamei

ritually impure; unfit, for now, to draw near the Holy

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Tamim

whole, entire, complete; unblemished

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Tanakh

The Hebrew Scriptures, Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim

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