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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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qahal

assembly, company, congregation, multitude

qehelathah

(alt. kehelathah) convocation; a place in the desert

qoheleth

(alt. koheleth) a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching; preacher

R r

ra’a; ra’ah; rah

evil

ra’am gadol

loud thunder

ra’av

famine

ra’im

evil; evil ones

rabbi רבי

literally translates as “teacher” — a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar, teacher, or congregational leader; in modern use within traditional Juidaism, it refers to a religious authority qualified to render decisions of halakhah (pl. rabanim)

rabbim

many

rachamanut

compassion; mercy

rachamim

mercy

Rachatzah

(alt. Rochtzah) washing

“celebrant washes,” one of the fifteen phases of the Seder ceremony

the phase of the Seder ceremony in which hands are washed for the meal. (See Ur’chatz.)

rachmanim

mercy

ragel hayemanit

right foot

raglayim

feet

Rahab

(alt. Rachav) woman, wife, female
The word “Rahab” also means a wall or broad place. This is where we get the term “broad” for a woman … False messianic kingdom
A woman of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon, an ancestor of King David and of the Messiah; commended for her faith in the book of James. She is often referred to as a “harlot,” but the word 'ishshah used to describe her in the book of Joshua is used a total of 674 time in the Hebrew Bible. Of all those times, the New American Standard translates it “harlot” or “adultress” only twice each. The most common translations are wife or wives (374 times), and woman or women (307 times). It is the same word used to describe Eve and Sarah (and most other wives in the Bible), and nobody refers to them as harlots. I think Rahab has been given a bum rap!

rakham

vulture

Ramah

Seat of Idolatry

raot

evil

rasha

(alt. rashah, resha)

an evildoer; the wholly wicked … iniquitous (pl. rashim, rasha’im)

Rashei HaKohanim

Chief Priests

rashei hamoshavot

chief seats

rashuyot

authorities

ratzchaniyot

murderers

ratzon

will

Rav

a Sage of the Talmud; shortened for of Rabbi

ravrevan

braggart

ravrevanut

boastfulness

raz

mystery; secret (pl. razim)

re’a

neighbor

Re’eh

a portion in the Book of Deuteronomy

rechilus

gossip

redifah

persecution (pl. redifot)

Refa’enu

“Heal us …”, one of the eighteen benedictions of the Amidah prayer

refuah

healing (pl. refuot)

regel

foot

rehkov

street (pl. rehkovot)

reim

friends

remez

alluding to

remiyah

guile; deceit

resha

(alt. rasha) wicked, -ness , unrighteous, evildoer (pl. resha’im)

reshet

net

reshit

first

reshus

authorization

retzach

murder (pl. retzichot)

retzinut

earnestness

revach

gain; profit

revachah

relief

reyka

good for nothing! … spiritually bankrupt, completely without moral value (transliterated in the Greek N.T. as raka, raka and translated as good-for-nothing) (Matthew 5:22, only occurrence.)

richtik

correct

riezige

sizable

rishonim

first ones

ro’eh

shepherd

Rochtzah

(alt. Rachatzah; Ur’chatz) one of the fifteen phases of the Seder ceremony; the phase in which hands are washed for the meal

rofeh

physician

rogez

anger

roiv

the larger portion

rosh

head

Rosh Chodesh

(alt. Hodesh) New Month. The head/beginning of the month.

Rosh HaShanah

lit. head of the year; Jewish New Year. Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah). Head/start of the Civil Year

Rosh Hodesh

(alt. Chodesh) New Month. The head/beginning of the month.

rotzeach

murderer

rotzeachim

murderers

ruach

wind; spirit

ruach anavah

humble spirit

Ruach HaKodesh

Holy Spirit; the Spirit of Mashiach

Ruchanit

Spiritual; of the Ruach HaKodesh

ruchaniyut

spirituality in Rebbe Melech HaMashiach

ruchot hatemeiot

unclean spirits

ruchot raot

evil spirits

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A Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms Compiled from numerous source documents

Abbreviations Used In This Glossary

Q q

R r

A Glossary of
Unfamiliar Terms
Compiled from numerous source documents