Wiktionary:Requested entries (Hebrew)

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 * akhvar - is there something like that? possible meaning are: man or, more probably, ill-tempered man or just ill-tempered.
 * Do you mean akhbar - mouse?
 * Could be 'akhzar' - cruel. Elirang (talk) 11:32, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * maqut - the meaning is possibly related to money.
 * מק"ט - מספר קטלוגי סידורי. in he.wiktionary. Please provide context in which you came across the word. אנבה (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * nasha - possible meaning is woman. This one i know. Maybe it is its inflectional form?
 * Could be 'nasa' (with a 'sin' letter) which means 'married' and stems from 'marriage' (nisooyin). Elirang (talk) 11:32, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You may know this already, but the plural of the one you know is . I've never heard of nasha, myself, AFAIR, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 17:02, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Nasha - I know the meaning "creditor", someone to whom you own money.
 * I believe that's the present/actor sense, but, yeah, I suppose the past probably exists also. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 23:17, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It does exist according to Even Shoshan, and means (past, singlular, male) to claim debt, to ask for money that someone owes him to be payed off. I also found in his "New Dictionary" two other definitions to Nasha (spelled נשה): 2. forgot. (as in תהום הנשייה, meaning תהום השיכחה). 3. was moved, uprooted, relocated or dislodged. Non of the 3 homonyms mean "woman". אנבה (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * pont - possible meanings are: situation, thing etc.
 * could be point (similiar to english).
 * manaek: apparently Israeli slang for (military) police.
 * 'Maniac'- a$$hole. 'Manayec' a demeaning slang term for police, but also for military service ("How much time is left for the manaek?"). Elirang (talk) 11:32, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * shafan —
 * Shedeur (שְׁדֵיאוּר?) - a Biblical name
 * Sponja - way of cleaning the floor.
 * Derivation from English sponge or similar, perhaps? Wakuran (talk) 13:27, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sāpar — declare: not merely casual conversation but the comprehensive recounting or celebrating of a fact or event. Quote from Bible, Psalms 118:17 — "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord."
 * דְּבוֹרָה - a village in Israel. See English Wikipedia article "Dvora, Israel"

א

 * Childish term similar to na-na na-na boo-boo (source: my kids) JulieKahan (talk) 19:14, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * (ozar): Biblical term meaning to gird — Can someone give semantic precisions and other meanings (if they exist) — e.g. אָזַר הַתּוֹרָה is the name of the Judaic school in Toulouse, France, where a killing took place a few days ago. Air Miss Ѡrite ➔
 * I believe the school is אוצר התורה, although אזר is certainly a word. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 20:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I believe the school is אוצר התורה, although אזר is certainly a word. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 20:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * , a Sephardic genre of liturgical poem, perhaps plurale tantum. Root is זהר ("admonish").
 * Alala; Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch character
 * Actually, I think this requester came across and wasn't sure whether the vav was part of the word or not. —Ruakh TALK 00:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think this requester came across and wasn't sure whether the vav was part of the word or not. —Ruakh TALK 00:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * (algom)
 * That doesn't seem to exist. Where did you come across it? —Ruakh TALK 13:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It's on page 12 of my Kuperard English-Hebrew Hebrew English dictionary by Yisrael Lazar in the entry for אלמוג. Sorry I just realized I forgot to use the final form of mem. It's also discussed on the Balashon Hebrew language blog. But it doesn't have its own separate entry in my dictioary and since it has the fuzzy connection between two Hebrew forms and two English equivalents I thought it was time to ask the experts. &mdash; hippietrail 14:45, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Coral Elirang (talk) 11:32, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * (androgynos) - Androgynous, used in the Mishna as a gender, see Androgynos. WikiMaster111 (talk) 14:44, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * to light up, illuminate; ignite; explain ; be lighted up, illuminated; explained ; Aramic (language)
 * - a filler word similar to umm, pronounced emm
 * ,, - from the etymology of
 * - a female given name

ב

 * (Baba Yaga) --Anatoli 04:19, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * idiomatic, "between the two of us"
 * later, down [the hall].
 * Buddha (awakened).
 * — no idea how this is vowelized; I've seen it via social media at the start of a sentence followed by a comma, and automatic translators translate it as "come on" or "please". &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 10:11, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It's a contraction (also written or ) of a borrowing from Arabic,, so it's probably never vowelized. Pronounced something like  (I'm bad at IPA). Found a site claiming it's from . —Enosh (talk) 10:28, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It's meant to be spelled with an א. See Morfix. It's from 🇨🇬, colloquially pronounced biḥyāt, from . ראבק is from (in colloquial pronunciation) . I guess it's similar to for the love of G-d. --WikiTiki89 19:05, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * , it's sometimes also pronounced . --Shad Veyosiv (talk) 20:24, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, both of you, for the info on . Note that I have seen as spelled above in my original request also. Dunno whether that's durably-archivedly attested (yet), though. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 00:34, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * - Biblical city from the Book of Judith
 * this word means "her Virginity". 89.0.217.201 17:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Isn't that בתולותיה? &#x200b;—msh210℠ 18:39, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily. See ויקרא כא יג. --Sije 03:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * No. בתולותיה would mean "Her virgins". Elirang (talk) 11:33, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * - a Hebrew male given name

ג

 * — might mean something like "waning (moon)"
 * — probably the same as
 * - new sense: heap, pile (of stones); cf. Genesis 31:46, 2 Samuel 18:17, etc.
 * - new sense: heap, pile (of stones); cf. Genesis 31:46, 2 Samuel 18:17, etc.

ד

 * דַּיֵּנוּ
 * ד־ב־ר (root)
 * דביר
 * דנטל
 * סְפָרַד - Sepharad, the Hebrew name for the Iberian peninsula.

ה

 * , interjection. —msh210 ℠ 21:46, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * ➟ if the pronunciation is הֶל, then my good old dictionary gives cardamom (the plant and the spice) --Air Miss 13:41, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * as in אלוהים מברך את הישרים
 * Please see ישרים (+ה). --Sije (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * (observe, watch)
 * (observe, watch)

ו

 * . Mangêzd (talk)

ז

 * / * Root : זזם / זזן (Zz Zizi) : lechery, incest, debauchery, lust, avidity, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lewdness, lubricity, lustfulness, orgy, passion... G.Z.7.Ⅶ.
 * — might mean something like "waxing (moon)"

ח

 * - a ceremony marking when a child is given their secular name

ט
that goes (in part) אני רוחץ ידים / בסבון ומים / והלכלוך מהר מהר בורח / וטוב לי טוב עכשיו וגם שמח / כי אני נקי / וכשאני נקי / אני מֹתק and that goes (in part) מי שטוב לו ושמח / כף ימחָא. It seems as though (or perhaps ) (both current redlinks) might have some meaning beyond its SOP. (Arguing against that is its scarcity, except as SOP, outside of those two songs AFAICT.) Anyone know? &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 16:35, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * — talkback (comment on a blog or website), TalkBack Reader Response System

י

 * - a Hebrew name
 * - a Hebrew name
 * - a Hebrew name
 * - a Hebrew name

כ

 * - almost
 * Do you mean ? —Ruakh TALK 18:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

ל

 * -- a kind of street food originating in Yemen
 * &mdash; Hippietrail 08:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * &larr; Do you mean or  perhaps? The former is lifne, before (in time or space) or lifanay, "before me" (in time, I think, or definitely in space), and the latter is lifaneha, "before her" (in time, I think, or definitely in space).&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 16:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC) &larr; Also,  can be lapina, "to the corner" (as in "I'm going over to the corner to wait for the 'walk' sign" (not that anyone in Israel would ever say that)), if I'm not mistaken.&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 17:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)&larr;Or were you perhaps thinking this is the lemma form of the common word ?—msh210  ℠  20:01, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * &larr; Do you mean or  perhaps? The former is lifne, before (in time or space) or lifanay, "before me" (in time, I think, or definitely in space), and the latter is lifaneha, "before her" (in time, I think, or definitely in space).&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 16:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC) &larr; Also,  can be lapina, "to the corner" (as in "I'm going over to the corner to wait for the 'walk' sign" (not that anyone in Israel would ever say that)), if I'm not mistaken.&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 17:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)&larr;Or were you perhaps thinking this is the lemma form of the common word ?—msh210  ℠  20:01, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

מ

 * (Biblical word for birth)
 * means "den"
 * Mass (in christianity)
 * - Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEC5cDX-nSME58MLRN4pxA/about
 * (wish)
 * Mass (in christianity)
 * - Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEC5cDX-nSME58MLRN4pxA/about
 * (wish)
 * - Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEC5cDX-nSME58MLRN4pxA/about
 * (wish)
 * - Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEC5cDX-nSME58MLRN4pxA/about
 * (wish)

נ

 * (the suffix)
 * : to be present, to attend ; correct, logical, acceptable ; just, equitable ; verity, equity. Ʃkyp‑tar (talk) 23:34, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
 * has Yiddish. Needs Hebrew.
 * (also as נתן בו את אותותיו)
 * (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehushtan)
 * (from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nathaniel)
 * (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehushtan)
 * (from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nathaniel)

ס

 * As you probably know by now, my spelling stinks; but Google suggests that סאטמאר is primarily the Yiddish spelling, whereas in Hebrew people mostly use סאטמר. But either way, do you think this warrants an entry? (See Satmar (Hasidic dynasty).) —Ruakh TALK 02:01, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. I saw it in Latin script and added it to the Unknown language request page where Stephen supplied this spelling. It definitely seems to warrant an entry in whichever languages it has been used. Perhaps Hungarian and Romanian as well as Yiddish and/or Hebrew. &mdash; hippietrail 05:32, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't know that it meets the CFI, but if it is added, the etymology should note that it comes from the name of the city of Satu Mare (though I'm not sure which name: in which language). &#x200b;—  msh210  ℠  20:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * - Satmar
 * Most of the Google-hits are for the American singer Neil Sedaka, which obviously isn't relevant here. Can you provide some details about the specific word of that spelling that you'd like to see an entry for? (Are you looking for the third-person feminine singular past-tense form of the verb ?) —Ruakh TALK 00:11, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems to me that it might be a miss-hearing of . —Enosh (talk) 11:21, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * סיען
 * סיור
 * סיקריים
 * סיור
 * סיקריים

ע

 * - has Aramaic, needs Hebrew
 * (Genius, Prodigy עִלוּי ; lift, uplift, raising, elevation, rise עִלוּי)
 * &mdash; hippietrail 10:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * : obscurity, darkness, sombre, shadowed. Shkypë‑tarë (talk) 07:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * (compare with : bloodsucker, thrombus ; attach to ; criticize ;  : uncertain &  : leech ; to resist) -  : to suck ;  : hell / inferno (with origin & etymology please). 94.109.1.6 05:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
 * &larr; This looks like the singular of עריות, but I've always understood, perhaps wrongly, that the actual singular of that is ערוה. —msh210 ℠  16:05, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Can also mean "the city," as in the government offices section of the city. Examples: Ani tzarich lalechet la'iria lkabel ha'visa sheli: I need to go to the city bureau to get my Visa. WikiTome 09:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe that that's עיריה or, with matres lectionis עירייה. &#x200b;—msh210℠ 15:29, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Can also be עָרֶיהָ ("its cities", Joshua 10:37 and elsewhere in Tanach) or עֶרְיָה ("naked"?, Ezek. 16:7). &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 18:03, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * That is great and best and it mean : ←⊖⊖nakedly / →⊕⊕kna‑éd‑ly (adv.) in my mind.... Z. 111.97.103.201 14:52, 25 December 2015 (UTC)


 * nakedness, nudity, bareness. Mangêzd (talk)

פ

 * slip of paper, note, ballot
 * also blank ballot JulieKahan (talk) 12:53, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * slip of paper, note, ballot
 * also blank ballot JulieKahan (talk) 12:53, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * also blank ballot JulieKahan (talk) 12:53, 22 October 2013 (UTC)



צ

 * Shipping company, and also Num. 24:24 וצים מיד כתים וענו אשור, though LXX says ἐξελεύσεται, apparently translating יצאים or something.
 * Context: יש לי קול קצת צפצפן
 * Context: יש לי קול קצת צפצפן

ק

 * &mdash; hippietrail 15:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)&larr;"beam, rafter"; also, "occurs".&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 16:13, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * - collections officer
 * - a type of bread
 * - a biblical plant
 * (vulgar) - from Russian. See Tea_room/2023/October --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 00:07, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * - a city in Kerala, India
 * (vulgar) - from Russian. See Tea_room/2023/October --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 00:07, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * - a city in Kerala, India

ר

 * &#x200b;— msh210  ℠  20:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; hippietrail 02:47, 28 February 2008 (UTC) &larr; Feminine of . —Ruakh TALK 04:21, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * --to chase, haunt, pursue
 * - pursuer but a special term in Jewish law.
 * - [verb] be evil or bad (from my Hebrew textbook; followed by "(E.K.)" (not sure what that stands for)) Andrew Sheedy (talk) 05:41, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Might just be a root that doesn't exist in this form, in which case, please remove and add a link to the actual verb form at . Andrew Sheedy (talk) 05:43, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * See Psalms 65:14: יִתְרוֹעֲעוּ אַף יָשִׁירוּ; so I guess this root does exist – not in the sense of "evil or bad", but in the sense of תרועה. --Sije (talk) 03:20, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Might just be a root that doesn't exist in this form, in which case, please remove and add a link to the actual verb form at . Andrew Sheedy (talk) 05:43, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * See Psalms 65:14: יִתְרוֹעֲעוּ אַף יָשִׁירוּ; so I guess this root does exist – not in the sense of "evil or bad", but in the sense of תרועה. --Sije (talk) 03:20, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

ש

 * loose trousers, possibly related to shalwar JulieKahan (talk) 17:18, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * &larr; I don't know this well enough to feel comfortable importing it from hewikt, which has it, but at least the etymology they have there sounds about right to me. &#x200b;—msh210℠
 * (animal; disgusting person) (from שקץ) --Sije
 * &larr; I don't know this well enough to feel comfortable importing it from hewikt, which has it, but at least the etymology they have there sounds about right to me. &#x200b;—msh210℠
 * (animal; disgusting person) (from שקץ) --Sije


 * , which is +  &mdash; test case for what happens when a prefixed Hebrew term conflicts with another term, of what happens when a would-be redirect conflicts with an article.


 * (or השכה?) &mdash; hippietrail 04:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * שלח יד, appears in Esther, seemingly with one meaning in 8:7 and 9:2 and another in 9:16, both followed by ב־&rlm;&lrm;. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 22:05, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * שִׁפְרָה


 * שַׁעַטְנֵז - a garment made from two types of cloth

ת

 * -- acronym, explained without precise deconstruction on sites about electricity metering
 * — some kinda grape beverage
 * - "thesis"
 * What's the Niqqud for this word?
 * — some kinda grape beverage
 * - "thesis"
 * What's the Niqqud for this word?
 * What's the Niqqud for this word?
 * What's the Niqqud for this word?