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A Glossary of
Unfamiliar Terms
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Abbreviations Used In This Glossary
abbr. = abbreviated alt. = alternate Ar. = Aramaic esp. = especially	Gr. = Greek Heb. = Hebrew lit. = literally n. = noun	pl. = plural pron. = pronounced prop. = properly sg. = singular	usu. = usually v. = verb Yid. = Yiddish
Transliteration/Pronunciation Guide • Books of the Bible Proper Names • Tribes of Israel • The Mishnah
For more Hebrew words and phrases, you might enjoy John Parsons’ Hebrew4Christians.com
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D'varim

(alt. Dvarim) Deuteronomy

da'as

(alt. da'ath) knowledge, cunning, wittingly

Dagon

daah

(alt. 'ayah) kite, vulture

dag

fish (pl. dagim)

Dagon

one of the deities of the Philistines; also the “fish god”of Nineveh

dahm

blood

daiyagim

fishermen

darash

to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication to seek or ask; specifically to worship

care for, diligently inquire, make inquisition, question, require, search, seek for, seek out

darom

south

darshan

preacher (pl. darshanim); see also maggid

dati

religious

daven

(Yid.) pray

daverah

disobedience to the commandment

davka

approximately

Dayan

Judge of a Rabbinical Court; religious judges (pl. dayanim)

Dayenu

Hebrew title of a Passover seder song meaning, “It Would Have Been Enough for Us”

deagot

worries; anxieties

defilement

ritual impurity

dehainu

being

delet

door (pl. delatot)

demut

image, likeness, icon

derashot

sermons

derech

guide, way, path, journey, custom

Derech Hashem

Way of the Lord; name given to Messianic Orthodox Judaism in the Apostolic Writings

dermohn

made mention

deror

liberty, freedom, release [Vayikra 25:10]

Devar Torah

Literally: a word of Torah; follows the Torah reading in a worship service, taking the form of a sermon, talk, explication, story, discussion, or program

devash

wild honey

deveykus

attachment to God

Diaspora

Dispersion of the Jewish people from Israel. Dispersion of the houses of Judah and Ephraim from Israel. Jewish communities outside of Israel.

Dibre HaYamin

the events of the days

dibur

saying; utterance

dimyon

analogy

din

Halachah law, judgment (pl. Dinim)

divrei hanevu

words of prophecy

doiche

rejecting or setting aside

dor

generation

dorot

generations

dov

bear

drakhim

ways

drash

(alt. drasha; drashah) homiletic interpretation, sermon

Drishat Shalom

Kind Regards; Greetings

duchan

the stand in front of the ark in the synagogue from which the cohenim bless the congregation

dukifat

hoopoe (an unclean bird, species undetermined)

dvar

word

dvar hora

word of teaching

dvar malchut

decree

dvar nevuah

word of prophecy

dvarashmah

a thing of guilt; condemnation

dvarim

words

Dvarim

(alt. D'varim) Deuteronomy

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A Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms Compiled from numerous source documents

Abbreviations Used In This Glossary

D D

A Glossary of
Unfamiliar Terms
Compiled from numerous source documents