| Baal {prop} (deity) | :: בעל /Ba'al/ |
| Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar) | :: באבה יאגה {f} /bába-yagá/ |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| baby {n} (very young human being) | :: תינוק {m} /tinoq/, תינוקת {f} /tinoqet/ |
| baby {n} (young animal) | :: גור {m} /gur/ (and there are special terms for certain animals) |
| baby {n} (immature or infantile person) | :: תינוק {m} /tinoq/, תינוקת {f} /tinoqet/ |
| baby {n} (term of endearment) | :: מותק /motek/ |
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family) | :: תינוק {m} /tinoq/, תינוקת {f} /tinoqet/ |
| baby boom {n} (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) | :: בייבי בום |
| baby boomer {n} (person born after Second World War) | :: בייבי בומר |
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) | :: בקבוק {m} /bakbúk/ |
| Babylon {prop} (capital of Babylonia) | :: בבל {m} /bável/ |
| baby of the family {n} (youngest member of an immediate family) | :: בן זקונים {m} /ben ziquním/ |
| babysit {v} (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) | :: שמירטף /shmirtéf/ |
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) | :: שמרטף {m} /sh'martáf/, שמרטפית {f} /sh'martafít/, בייביסיטר {m} {f} /beibisiter/ |
| babysitting {n} (work of a babysitter) | :: שמירטוף {m} /shmirtúf/ |
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth | :: |
| Bach {prop} (German composer) | :: באך |
| bachelor {n} (unmarried man) | :: רווק {m} /ravaq/ |
| bachelor {n} (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) | :: בוגר {m} /bogér/ |
| back {adj} (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) | :: אחורי |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: גב {m} /gav/ |
| back {n} (the reverse side) | :: גב {m} /gav/ |
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last) | :: סוף {m} /sof/ |
| back {n} (a position behind most players on the team) | :: מגן {m} /magen/ |
| back {v} (to support) | :: גבה /gibbá/ |
| back and forth {adv} (from one place to another and back again) | :: הלוך חזור |
| backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) | :: עמוד שדרה {m} /'amúd shidrá/ |
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine | :: |
| backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) | :: תפאורה {f} /taf'urá/ |
| back-formation {n} (linguistic process) | :: גזירה לאחור |
| backgammon {n} (board game) | :: שש בש /shesh besh/ |
| background {n} (social heritage) | :: רקע {m} /reqa/ |
| background {n} (part of picture) | :: רקע {m} /reqa/ |
| background {n} (relevant information) | :: רקע {m} /reqa/ |
| background check {n} (report on an individual) | :: בדיקת רקע |
| backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) | :: ילקוט /yalkut/, תרמיל /tarmil/, תיק גב {m} /tik gav/ |
| backrest {n} (back piece of a chair) | :: מסעד {m} /mis'ád/ |
| backscratcher {n} (rod for scratching one's own back) | :: מגרד גב {m} /magréd gav/ (back scratcher), מגרד {m} /magréd/ (scratcher) |
| backup {n} (reserve) | :: גיבוי {m} /gibui/ |
| backup {n} (copy of file or record) | :: גיבוי {m} /gibui/ |
| bacon {n} (cut of meat) | :: קותל חזיר {m} /kótel ḥazzír/, קתלי חזיר {m-p} /kotléy ḥazzír/ |
| bacon {n} (thin slice of pork) | :: קותל חזיר {m} /kótel ḥazzír/ |
| bacteria {n} (bacteria) | :: חידק {m} /ḥaydáq/ |
| bacteriology {n} (scientific study of bacteria) | :: בקטריולוגיה {f} /bacteriológya/ |
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: חידק \ חידק {m} /khaydák/ |
| bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative) | :: רע /rāʿ/ |
| bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting) | :: גרוע {m} /garúʽa/, גרועה {f} /gruʽá/ |
| bad {adj} (evil, wicked) | :: רשע {m} /rashá/, מרושע {m} /merushá/, מרושעת {f} /merusháʽat/ |
| bad {adj} | :: גרוע {m} /garúʽa/ |
| badge {n} (card to grant access) | :: תג {m} |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} (mammal) | :: גירית {f} /girit/ |
| badness {n} (the quality of being bad) | :: רוע {m} /ro'a/ |
| bad trip {n} (psychedelic crisis) | :: התקף פסיכדלי |
| badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware | :: |
| bag {n} (flexible container) | :: תיק /tik/ |
| bag {n} | :: תיק {m} /tyq/ |
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack | :: |
| bagel {n} (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked) | :: בייגל {m}, ביגל {m} /béigel/, בייגלה {m}, ביגלה {m} /béigale/, כעך {m} /ká'akh/ |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| Baghdad {prop} (city) | :: בגדאד, בגדד |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) | :: חמת חלילים {p} /ḥémet ḥalilím/ |
| baguette {n} (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) | :: בגט |
| Bahá'í {adj} (pertaining to Bahá'ís or beliefs held in the Bahá'í Faith) | :: בהאי {m} /baha'í/ |
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: בהאמה {f} /bahama/, איי בהאמה /lye bahama/ |
| Bahá'í Faith {prop} (religion) | :: הדת הבהאית {f-p} /ha-dat ha-Baha'it/ |
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: בחרין / בחריין /baḥreyn/ |
| Baikonur {prop} (city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan) | :: בייקונור |
| bail {n} (security) | :: ערבות {f} /arvut/ |
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward | :: |
| bake {v} (to cook in an oven) | :: אפה /afá/ |
| bake {v} | :: לאפות /le'efot/ |
| baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | :: אופה {m} /ofé/, אופה {f} /ofa/ |
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) | :: מאפיה {f} /maafia/ |
| baklava {n} (sweet pastry) | :: בקלוה /baklavá/ |
| baksheesh {n} (bribe or tip) | :: בקשיש {m} /baqšíš/ |
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: באקו \ בקו /baku/ |
| balaclava {n} (headgear) | :: ברדס |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: בלליקה {f} /balalayka/, בללייקה {f} /balalayka/ |
| balance {n} (equilibrium) | :: שיווי משקל {m} /shivúi mishkál/, איזון {m} /izún/ |
| balance {n} (scales) | :: מאזניים {m-p} /moznaim/ |
| balance {n} (awareness of both viewpoints) | :: איזון {m} /izún/ |
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) | :: מאזן {m} /ma'azán/ |
| balance {v} (to bring to equipoise) | :: אזן /izén/ |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: מרפסת {f} /mirpéset/, גזוזטרה {f} /g'zuzt'rá/ |
| bald {adj} (having no hair) | :: קירח {m} /kireakh/ |
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail | :: |
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) | :: האיים הבלאריים {p} |
| Bali {prop} (island of Indonesia) | :: באלי /Bali/ |
| Balkan {adj} (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) | :: בלקני /balkani/ |
| Balkanian {adj} (Balkan) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanic {adj} (of or relating to Balkan peninsula) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkans {prop} (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) | :: הבלקן {m} /ha-balkan/ |
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/ |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/ |
| ball {n} (formal dance) | :: נשף {m} /néshef/ |
| ballad {n} (narrative poem) | :: בלדה {f} /balada/ |
| ballast {n} (material laid to form a bed for a road) | :: רבד {m} /reved/ |
| ballet {n} (form of dance) | :: בלט {m} /balét/ |
| ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) | :: כדור ברק {m} |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: בלון {m} /balon/ |
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) | :: כדור פורח {m} /kadur pore'akh/ |
| ballot {n} (paper used for vote-casting) | :: פתק הצבעה {m} /peteq hatzba'a/ |
| ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) | :: קלפי {m} /kalpae, kalpi/ |
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen) | :: עט כדורי |
| ballroom {n} (large room used for dancing) | :: אולם נשפים {m} /ulam neshafym/ |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| balls {n} (testicles) | :: ביצים {p} /betzim/ |
| balls {n} (bravery) | :: ביצים {m-p} /betzim/ |
| balm {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (soothing lotion) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (figurative: something soothing) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balsa {n} (a tree) | :: עץ /ets/ |
| balsa {n} (wood) | :: עץ /ets/ |
| balsa {n} (a raft or float) | :: רפסודה /rafsoda/ |
| balsam {n} (soothing ointment) | :: צרי {f} /tsori/ |
| Balthazar {prop} (Babylonian king) | :: בלשאצר {m} /belshatzár/ |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea | :: |
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) | :: הים הבלטי {m} /ha-yam ha-baltik/ |
| Bamako {prop} (capital of Mali) | :: במקו /bamako/ |
| bamboo {n} (plant) | :: במבוק {m} /bambuk/, חזרן {m} /khizran/ |
| bamboo {n} (wood) | :: במבוק {m} /bambuq/, חזרן {m} /khizran/ |
| banal {adj} (common) | :: שטחי /shitkhí/, בנלי /banáli/ |
| banana {n} (fruit) | :: בננה {f} /banána/ |
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) | :: קליפת בננה |
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) | :: טנגרת הבננה |
| banana republic {n} (country) | :: רפובליקת בננות {f} /repúblikat banánot/ |
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel | :: |
| band {n} (group of musicians) | :: להקה {f} /lahaká/ |
| band {n} (group of people loosely united for a common purpose) | :: כנופיה {f} /k'nufya/ |
| bandage {n} (medical binding) | :: תחבושת \ תחבשת {f} /tahboshet/ |
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) | :: חבש (chavash) |
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| band-aid {n} (adhesive bandage) | :: פלסטר {m} /plaster/ |
| Bandar Seri Begawan {prop} (capital of Brunei) | :: בנדר סרי בגוואן |
| bandicoot {n} (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) | :: בנדיקוט {m} /bandikút/ |
| bandit {n} (one who robs others) | :: שודד {m} /shodéd/ |
| bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) | :: רוחב פס {m} /rohav pas/ |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| Bangalore {prop} (state capital of Karnataka, India) | :: בנגלור |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| Bangkok {prop} (the capital of Thailand) | :: בנגקוק /bangkok/ |
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali | :: |
| Bangladesh {prop} (country) | :: בנגלדש {m} /bangladesh/ |
| bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead) | :: פוני {m} /póni/ |
| banister {n} (the handrail on the side of a staircase) | :: מעקה {m} |
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument) | :: בנג'ו |
| bank {n} (institution) | :: בנק {m} /bank/ |
| bank {n} (branch office) | :: בנק {m} /bank/ |
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake) | :: גדה {f} /gada/ |
| bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable | :: |
| banker {n} (one who conducts the business of banking) | :: בנקאי {m} /banka'i/, בנקאית {f} /banka'ít/ |
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: שטר {m} /sht'ar/ |
| bankrupt {adj} (having been legally declared insolvent) | :: פושט רגל {m} /poshet' regel/, פושטת רגל {f} /poshet'et regel/ |
| bankruptcy {n} (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency) | :: פשיטת רגל {f} /pshit'at regel/ |
| banner {n} (flag) | :: דגל {m} /dégel/, נס {m} /nés/ |
| banner {n} (large sign) | :: שלט {m} /shélet/ |
| banner {n} (large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession) | :: שלט {m} /shélet/ |
| banner {n} (cause or purpose; a campaign or movement) | :: נס {m} /nés/, מטרה {f} /matará/ |
| banner {n} (advertisement on a web page) | :: מודעה {f} /moda`á/, פירסומת {f} /pirsómet/, כרזה {f} /k'razá/ |
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: משתה {m} /mishté/ |
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) | :: טבילה |
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) | :: אגן טבילה /agan tavilakh/ |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section) | :: סורג {m} /sorág/ |
| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages) | :: באר \ בר {m} /bar/, בר {m} /bar/ |
| Barack {prop} (male given name) | :: ברק {m} /barák/, ברוך {m} /barukh/ |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: ברבדוס /barbedos/ |
| Barbara {prop} (cognates and transliterations of female given name) | :: ברברה |
| barbarian {adj} (uncivilized) | :: ברברי {m} /barbári/ |
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian | :: |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce) | :: רוטב ברביקיו {m} |
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) | :: גדר תיל |
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: ספר {m} /sapár/, ספרית {f} /saparit/ |
| barber {v} (to cut the hair) | :: סיפר /sipér/ |
| barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop | :: |
| barbershop {n} (barber's shop) | :: מספרה /mispara/ |
| barcarole {n} (Venetian folk song) | :: ברקרולה |
| Barcelona {prop} (capital of Catalonia) | :: ברצלונה {f} /barts'lóna/ |
| barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars) | :: ברקוד |
| barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: יחף /yakhef/ |
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barely {adv} (merely) SEE: merely | :: |
| Barents Sea {prop} (part of the Arctic Ocean) | :: ים ברנץ |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) | :: ארבה {f} /arbá/, דוברה {f} /dovrá/ |
| barge {n} (rowed ceremonial vessel) | :: ארבה {f} /arbá/ |
| bargeman {n} (member of the crew of a barge) | :: ארבאי {m} /arbay/ |
| baritone {n} (male voice) | :: בריטון {m} |
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone | :: |
| barium {n} (chemical element) | :: בריום /baryom/ |
| bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs)) | :: נבח /navákh/ |
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) | :: נביחה {f} /nevikhá/ |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: שעול / שיעול |
| bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle | :: |
| bark up the wrong tree {v} (bark up the wrong tree) | :: טעה בכתובת /ta'á bak'tóvet/, טיפס על העץ הלא נכון /tipés ál ha'éts haló nakhón/ |
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: שעורה {f} /s‘ora/ |
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender | :: |
| bar mitzvah {n} (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) | :: בר מצווה \ בר מצוה {m} /bar mitsvá/ |
| bar mitzvah {n} (boy who has come of age) | :: בר מצווה \ בר מצוה {m} /bar mitsvá/ |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| barn {n} (building) | :: אסם {m} |
| Barnaul {prop} (city in Russia) | :: ברנאול |
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) | :: תנשמת {f} /tinshemet/ |
| barn swallow {n} (species of swallow) | :: סנונית הרפתות |
| barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) | :: ברומטר {m} /barometér/ |
| barony {n} (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) | :: ברונות {f} /bronút/ |
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube | :: |
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar | :: |
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: חבית {f} /khavít/ |
| barrel {n} (quantity) | :: חבית {f} /khavít/ |
| barrel {n} (metallic tube of a gun) | :: קנה {m} /kane/ |
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) | :: מחסום {m} /maẖsóm/ |
| barrier {n} (boundary or limit) | :: מחסום {m} /Machsom/ |
| bartender {n} (person who works in a bar) | :: ברמן {m} /bármen/, מוזג {m} /mozég/ |
| Bartholomew {prop} (the Apostle) | :: ברתולומאוס |
| Baruch {prop} (given name) | :: ברוך {m} /Barúkh/ |
| basalt {n} (hard rock) | :: בזלת {m} /bazélet/ |
| base {n} (something from which other things extend) | :: בסיס {m} /basis/ |
| base {n} (starting point of thought) | :: נקודת מוצא {f} /nequdat motza/ |
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) | :: בסיס {m} /basis/ |
| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) | :: בסיס {m} /basys/ |
| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face) | :: בסיס {m} /basys/ |
| base {adj} (of inferior quality) | :: ירוד {m} /yárud/ |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| baseball {n} (ball game) | :: כדור-בסיס /kadur-basys/, ביסבול / בייסבול {m} /beysbol/ |
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) | :: באזל /bazel/ |
| basement {n} (floor below ground level) | :: מרתף {m} /martef/ |
| bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide | :: |
| Bashar {prop} (name) | :: בשאר |
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan | :: |
| Bashkortostan {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: בשקורטוסטן {f} /bashkortostan/, בשקיריה {f} /bashkirya/ |
| basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional) | :: בסיסי |
| basil {n} (plant) | :: ריחן {m} /rēḥán/, בזיליקום {m} /bazíliqum/ |
| basil {n} (herb) | :: בזיליקום, ריחן |
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) | :: אגן {m} /agán/ |
| basin {n} (shallow bowl for a single serving) | :: אגן {m} /agán/ |
| basin {n} (depression containing water) | :: אגן {m} /agán/ |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) | :: אגן {m} /agán/ |
| basket {n} (container) | :: סל {m} /sal/ |
| basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket) | :: סל /sal/ |
| basketball {n} (the sport) | :: כדורסל {m} /kadursál/ |
| basketball {n} (the ball used in the sport) | :: כדור סל {m} /kadúr sál/ |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: באס טר /bas ter/ |
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: בסון {m} |
| bastard {n} (person born to unmarried parents) | :: ממזר {m} /mamzer/, ממזרת {f} /mamzeret/, בן זונה {m} /ben zona/, בת זונה {f} /bat zona/, בן זנונים {m} /ben zenunīm/, בת זנונים {f} /bat zenunīm/ |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress | :: |
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel | :: |
| bat {n} (small flying mammal) | :: עטלף /atalef/ |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| bath {n} (tub) | :: אמבטיה {f} /ambátya/ |
| bath {n} (act of bathing) | :: רחצה {f} /rakhatsá/ |
| Bath {prop} (City in England) | :: באת' |
| bathe {v} | :: התרחץ /hitrakhéts/ |
| bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use) | :: מרחץ {m} /merẖátz/; Latin: ḥamam |
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks | :: |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathrobe {n} (terrycloth robe) | :: חלוק-רחצה {m} /khaluq-rakhatza/ |
| bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub) | :: חדר־אמבטיה {m} /kheder-ambat'ia/ |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| Bathsheba {prop} (biblical character) | :: בת שבע |
| Bathsheba {prop} (female given name) | :: בת שבע |
| bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe) | :: אמבטיה {f} /ambátya/, אמבט |
| bathyscaphe {n} (self-propelled deep-sea submersible) | :: בתיסקף |
| batik {n} (A method of dyeing fabric) | :: בטיק |
| Bats {prop} (language) | :: באצבית |
| battalion {n} (army unit) | :: גדוד {m} /gdud/ |
| batten {n} (thin strip of wood used in construction) | :: שחיף {m} |
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) | :: איל ניגוח |
| battery {n} (device storing electricity) | :: סוללה {f} /solelá/, בטריה {f} /bateríya/ |
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence) | :: הכאה {f} /haka'á/ |
| battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery) | :: גנדה {f} /gundá/, סוללה {f} /solelá/ |
| battery {n} (historical: elevated platform for cannon) | :: סוללה {f} /solelá/ |
| battery {n} (array of similar things) | :: סדרה {f} /sidra/ |
| battery {n} (set of cages for hens) | :: סוללה {f} /solelá/ |
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: קרב {m} /krav/, מאבק {m} /ma'avák/ |
| battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life) | :: מאבק {m} /maavaq/ |
| battle-cruiser {n} (type of warship) | :: סירת מערכה {f} /sayeret ma'arakha/, סירת קרב {f} /sayeret krav/ |
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) | :: שדה קרב {m} /s'de k'ráv/ |
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| battleground state {n} (swing state) SEE: swing state | :: |
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) | :: הקרב על בריטניה {m} /ha-krav al Británya/ |
| battleship {n} (warship) | :: אנית מערכה {f} /oniyat ma'arakha/ |
| baud {n} (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) | :: באוד |
| Bauhaus {prop} (modernist style) | :: באוהאוס |
| Bavarian {prop} (German dialect) | :: בווארית |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: מפרץ {m} |
| bay leaf {n} (herb) | :: עלי דפנה (aley Dapənah) |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: מפרץ בנגל {m} /mifrats bengal/ |
| bayonet {n} (weapon) | :: כידון רובה {f} /kidon rové/ |
| bazaar {n} (marketplace) | :: באזאר {m} /bazar/ |
| bazooka {n} (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: בזוקה {f} |
| BC {adv} (before Christ) | :: לפנה״ס |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: היה /hayá/ |
| be {v} (occur, take place) | :: היה /hayá/ |
| be {v} (exist) | :: היה /hayá/ |
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) | :: הוא {m} /hu/, היא {f} /hi/, הם {m-p} /hem/, הן {f-p} /hen/, היה /hayá/ |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: יכול {m} /yakhól/ |
| beach {n} (sandy shore) | :: חוף {m} /khof/ |
| beachhead {n} (initial success) | :: קרש קפיצה {m} /keresh kefitzah/ |
| beacon {n} (signal fire) | :: משואה |
| beadle {n} (a parish constable) | :: shmsh |
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: מקור {m} /makór/ |
| beam {n} (transverse member of a ship's frame) | :: קורת רחב {f} /korat rokhav/ |
| beam {n} (ray) | :: קרן {f} /kéren/ |
| bean {n} (seed) | :: שעועית {f} /she’u’ít/ |
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu | :: |
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| bear {v} (to carry) | :: סחב /sakháv/, נשא /nasa/ |
| bear {v} (to be equipped with) | :: סחב /sakháv/ |
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) | :: סבל /saval/ |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: דב {m} /dov/ |
| bear {n} (large hairy man) | :: דוב /dov/ |
| beard {n} (facial hair) | :: זקן {n} /zakán/ |
| bearded {adj} (having a beard) | :: מזוקן \ מזקן /m'zukán/ |
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| bear witness {v} (deliver testimony) | :: העיד /he'íd/ |
| bear witness {v} (prove, demonstrate) | :: העיד /he'íd/, המחיש /himkhísh/ |
| beast {n} (non-human animal) | :: חיה {f} /ḥayyá/, בהמה {f} /behemá/ |
| beast {n} (violent/antisocial person) | :: חיה {f} /ḥayyá/, בהמה {f} /behemá/ |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: היכה \ הכה /hiká/ |
| Beatles {prop} (rock music quartet) | :: הביטלס /haBitels/ |
| beatnik {n} (beatnik) | :: ביטניק |
| beat up {v} (to give a beating to) | :: הרביץ |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) | :: סולם בופורט {m} /sulam Bofort/ |
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) | :: יפה {m} /yafé/, יפה {f} /yafá/ |
| beautiful {adj} (of weather: pleasant, clear) | :: נאה /na'e/ |
| beautify {v} (to make beautiful or more beautiful) | :: ייפה /yipá/, קישט /kishét/ |
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: יופי {m} /yófi/ |
| beauty {n} | :: יופי {m} /yofi/ |
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) | :: תחרות יופי |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) | :: בונה /boneh/ |
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake | :: |
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up | :: |
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) | :: נולד /nolád/ |
| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution) | :: היזהר /hizahér/ |
| because {adv} (on account) | :: בגלל /biglál/ |
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) | :: כי /kí/, בגלל ש־ /biglál she-/ |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: בגלל |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: מיטה \ מטה {f} /mitá/, ערש {m} /éres/ |
| bed {n} (bed as general place or concept) | :: מיטה \ מטה {f} /mitá/, משכב {m} /mishkáv/ |
| bed {n} (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) | :: מצע {m} /matzá'/ |
| bed {n} (foundation or supporting surface) | :: מצע {m} /matzá'/ |
| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) | :: קרקעית {f} /karka'it/ |
| bed {n} (garden plot) | :: ערוגה {f} /arugá/, ערש {m} /éres/ |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: פשפש \ פשפש {m} /pishpésh/, פשפשאי מיטה |
| bedding {n} (bedlinen) | :: מצע {m} /matsá/ |
| bedouin {n} (desert-dweller) | :: בדואי /bedu'i/ |
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: חדר-שינה {m} /kheder-shina/ |
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: סדין {m} /sadin/ |
| bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure) | :: פצע לחץ {m} /pétza-lákhatz/ |
| bee {n} (insect) | :: דבורה {f} /dvorá/ |
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) | :: אשור |
| beech marten {n} (Martes foina) | :: דלק הסלעים {?} |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: (בשר) בקר {m} /(b'sar) bakár/ |
| beefcake {n} (imagery of muscular men) | :: לירד {m} /Leerd/ |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beefy {adj} (robust) SEE: robust | :: |
| beehive {n} (home of bees) | :: כורת / כוורת {f} /kavéret/ |
| beehive {n} (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey) | :: כורת / כוורת {f} /kavéret/ |
| Beelzebub {prop} (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) | :: בעל זבוב {m} /bá'al zvuv/ |
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: בירה {f} /bíra/ |
| beer {n} (glass of beer) | :: בירה {f} /bíra/ |
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum | :: |
| beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees) | :: דונג {m} /dónag/ |
| beet {n} (Beta vulgaris) | :: סלק {m} /selek/ |
| Beethoven {prop} (German surname) | :: בטהובן |
| beetle {n} (insect) | :: חפושית / חיפושית {f} /khipushít/ |
| before {prep} (earlier than) | :: לפני /lif'nei/ |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: לפני /lifnéi/ |
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) | :: לפני /lif'nei/ |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: לפני /lifnéi / |
| beforehand {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: מבעוד מועד /mi'beod mo'ed/, מראש |
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) | :: ביקש /bikésh/, קיבץ נדבות /kibéts n'davót/ |
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) | :: התחנן /hitkhanén/ |
| be gathered to one's fathers {v} (to be buried together with one's forebears, see also: die) | :: נאסף אל אבותיו {m} /ne'esaf el avotav/ |
| beget {v} | :: ילד |
| beggar {n} (person who begs) | :: קבצן {m} /kabtzan/ |
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: התחיל /hitkhíl/ |
| beginner {n} (someone who just recently started) | :: מתחיל {m} /matkhil/, מתחילה {f} /matkhila/ |
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something) | :: התחלה {f} /hatkhala/ |
| behave {v} (to act in a specific manner) | :: התנהג /hitnahég/ |
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave | :: |
| behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts) | :: התנהגות {f} /hitnahagút/ |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: התנהגות {f} /hitnahagút/ |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behead {v} (to remove the head) | :: לערוף ראשים, ערף /'aráf/ |
| beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading | :: |
| beheading {n} (an instance of beheading) | :: עריפה {f} /a'rifa/ |
| behemoth {n} (mighty beast in the Book of Job) | :: בהמות {m} /behemót/ |
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow | :: |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| behind {prep} (at the back of) | :: מאחור /me'akhór/ , מאחורי /me'akhoréi/ |
| behind {prep} (to the back of) | :: מאחור /me'akhór/ , מאחורי /me'akhoréi/ |
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise) | :: מאחורי /me'akhoréi/ |
| behind {prep} (in support of) | :: מאחורי /me'akhoréi/ |
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison) | :: מאחורי סורג ובריח /me'akhoréi sorág ub'r'íakh/ |
| behind closed doors {prep} (in private) | :: בדלתים סגורות /bidlatáim sgurót/ |
| behind the scenes {prep} (in secret; out of public view) | :: מאחורי הפרגוד /me'akhoréi ha-pargód/, מאחורי הקלעים /me'akhoréi ha-kla'ím/ |
| behold {v} (to see, to look at) | :: הנה /hiné/, הרי /haréi/ |
| Beijing {prop} (capital of China) | :: בייג׳ינג /beijing/, פקינג /peking/ |
| being {n} (a living creature) | :: בריה, יצור |
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence) | :: ישות /yeshut/ |
| Beirut {prop} (capital of Lebanon) | :: ביירות /beirut/ |
| Bekasi {prop} (city in Indonesia) | :: בקאסי /bekasí/ |
| Belarus {prop} (country) | :: בלארוס {f} /belarús/, בלרוס {f} /belarús/, רוסיה הלבנה {f} /rúsya hal'vaná/ |
| Belarusian {n} (language) | :: ביילרוסית /belarusít/, בלארוסית /byelorusít/ |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) | :: בלגי /belgi/ |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) | :: רועה בלגי {m} |
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) | :: בלגיה /bélgya/ |
| Belgorod {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: בלגורוד |
| Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia) | :: בלגרד {f} /belgrad/ |
| belie {v} (to contradict or show to be false) | :: הסתיר |
| belief {n} (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) | :: האמנה |
| believe {v} (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) | :: האמין /he'emín/ |
| believe {v} (to accept as true) | :: האמין /he'emín/ |
| believe {v} (to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth) | :: האמין /he'emín/ |
| believer {n} (person who believes) | :: מאמין {m} /ma'amín/ |
| Belize {prop} (country) | :: בליז /beliz/ |
| bell {n} (percussive instrument) | :: פעמון {m} /pa'amón/ |
| bell {n} (signal at a school) | :: צלצול {m} /tsiltsul/ |
| Bella {prop} (female given name) | :: בלה /béla/ |
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) | :: גמבה {f} /gámba/ |
| bells and whistles {n} (extra features added for show rather than function) | :: רעש וצלצולים /rá'ash vtziltzulím/ |
| bellwether {n} (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) | :: משכוכית |
| belly {n} (abdomen) | :: בטן {f} /béten/ |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| belly dance {n} (form of dance) | :: מחול מזרחי |
| Belmopan {prop} (Belmopan) | :: בלמופאן |
| belong {v} (be the property of) | :: שייך |
| belongings {n} (plural form of belonging) | :: חפצים (chafcím) |
| beloved {adj} (loved) | :: אהוב {m} /ahuv/ |
| beloved {n} (someone who is loved) | :: אהוב {m} /ahuv/, אהובה {f} /ahuva/ |
| below {prep} (lower in spatial position than) | :: מתחת /mitakhat/ |
| below {prep} (lower in value than) | :: מתחת /mitakhat/ |
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist) | :: חגורה {f} /khagorá/ |
| belvedere {n} (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area) | :: בלוודרה {f} /belvedére/ |
| bemock {v} (mock) SEE: mock | :: |
| ben {n} (son of) | :: בן {m} /ben/ |
| bench {n} (long seat) | :: ספסל {m} /safsal'/ |
| bench {n} | :: ספסל /safsal'/ |
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve) | :: כופף /koféf/ |
| bend {v} (to become curved) | :: התכופף /hitkoféf/ |
| bend {n} (knot) | :: רכס {m} /rekhes/ |
| benefit of the doubt {n} (a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence) | :: מחמת הספק |
| Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia) | :: בנגל |
| Bengali {n} (language) | :: בנגלית {f} /bengalít/ |
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) | :: בנגאזי |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: בנין /benin/ |
| Benjamin {prop} (the youngest son of Jacob) | :: בנימין {m} /binyamin/ |
| bentsher {n} (bentsher) | :: ברכון {m} /birkon/ |
| benumb {v} (make numb) SEE: numb | :: |
| Benxi {prop} (a city of China) | :: בנשי |
| Benzion {prop} (given name) | :: בנציון |
| benzyl {n} (chemical compound) | :: בנזיל |
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade | :: |
| be prepared {phrase} (motto) | :: היה נכון /heye nachon/ |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| Berdichev {prop} (city in Ukraine) | :: ברדיצ׳ב /berdíchev/ |
| beret {n} (type of brimless cap) | :: כומתה {f} /kumta/ |
| Bering Sea {prop} (sea) | :: ים ברינג |
| berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element) | :: ברקליום /berkliyum/ |
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) | :: ברלין {f} /berlín/ |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: חומת ברלין {f} /khomát Berlín/ |
| Berlusconi {prop} (surname) | :: ברלוסקוני /Berluskóni/ |
| Bermuda {prop} (island group) | :: ברמודה /Bermuda/ |
| Bern {prop} (city) | :: ברן |
| berry {n} (small fruit) | :: גרגר {m} /gargar/ |
| berth {n} (bunk) | :: דרגש {m} /dargash/, דרגש שנה {m} /dargash shenah/ |
| beryllium {n} (chemical element) | :: בריליום {m} /berilium/ |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| beside {prep} (next to) | :: לצד /le'tzad/ |
| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking) | :: שתק /shaták/ |
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity) | :: משכב בהמה {m} /mishkáv behemá/ |
| bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals) | :: ספר חיות, בסטיארי |
| bet {n} (a wager) | :: התערבות {f} /hitarvut/ |
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) | :: התערב /hit'arév/ |
| beta {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: ביתא {f} /béta/ |
| beta {adj} (beta) | :: ביתא {f} /béta/ |
| betatron {n} (a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed) | :: בטאטרון {m} /betatron/ |
| beth {n} (Aramaic and Hebrew letter) | :: בית {f} /bet/ |
| be there or be square {phrase} (encourage someone to go somewhere) | :: מי שלא בא מרובע {m} {n} /mi shelo ba meruba/ |
| Bethlehem {prop} (City) | :: בית לחם {f} /bet lékhem/ |
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: הסגיר /hisgír/ |
| betray {v} (to prove faithless or treacherous) | :: בגד /bagád/ |
| betray {v} (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret) | :: בגד /bagád/ |
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason | :: |
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | :: |
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) | :: עדיף מאוחר מאשר לעולם לא |
| between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things) | :: בין /bein/ |
| between {prep} (in transit from one to the other) | :: בין /bein/ |
| between {prep} (one of, representing a choice) | :: בין /bein/ |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (in a difficult and inescapable position) | :: בין הפטיש והסדן /bein hapatísh vehasadán/ (between the hammer and the anvil) |
| between the hammer and the anvil {prep} (with the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options) | :: בין הפטיש והסדן /bein hapatísh vehasadán/ |
| beverage {n} (drink) | :: משקה {m} /mashqe/ |
| bewilderment {n} (state of being bewildered) | :: תימהון |
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above | :: |
| bezoar {n} (mass of undigested matter) | :: בזואר |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| Bhopal {prop} (capital of Madhya Pradesh, India) | :: בופאל |
| Bhubaneshwar {prop} (Bhubaneswar) SEE: Bhubaneswar | :: |
| Bhubaneswar {prop} (capital of Odisha, India) | :: בובנשוואר |
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) | :: בהוטן {m} /bhutan/ |
| Białystok {prop} (city) | :: ביאליסטוק |
| Bible {prop} (Jewish holy book) SEE: Tanakh | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) | :: ביבליה /bíbliya/, תנ״ך {m} /hatanákh/ |
| biblical {adj} (of or relating to the Bible) | :: מקראי /miqra'í/, תנ"כי {m} /tanachí/ |
| biblical blue {n} (color) | :: תכלת /t'chélet/ |
| Biblical Hebrew {prop} (the archaic form of the Hebrew language, see also: Hebrew) | :: עברית מקראית {f} /ivrít mikraít/, לשון המקרא {f} /leshón hamikrá/ |
| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm | :: |
| biceps {n} (the upper arm, especially the muscles) | :: קברת {f} /qibóret/ |
| biceps {n} (biceps brachii) SEE: biceps brachii | :: |
| biceps brachii {n} (biceps brachii) | :: קברת {f} /qibóret/ |
| bichon {n} (Bichon Frisé) SEE: Bichon Frisé | :: |
| Bichon Frisé {n} (Bichon Frisé) | :: בישון פריזה |
| bicycle {n} (vehicle) | :: אופנים {m-p} /ofanáyim/, זוג אופנים {m} /zug ofanáyim/ |
| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) | :: בידה {m} |
| bidimensional {adj} (two-dimensional) SEE: two-dimensional | :: |
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) | :: גדול /gadól/ |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: גדול /gadol/ |
| Big Bad Wolf {n} (fictional evil wolf) | :: זאב גדול ורע {m} /z'év gadól vará/ |
| Big Ben {prop} (the hour bell in London) | :: ביג בן {m} /big ben/ |
| Big Mac {n} (burger) | :: ביג מק {m} /big mek/ |
| big screen {n} (surface) | :: המסך הגדול {m} /hamasakh hagadol/ |
| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel | :: |
| Bihar {prop} (a state in eastern India) | :: ביהר |
| bijection {n} (function that is both a surjection and an injection) | :: פונקציה חד-חד-ערכית ועל {f} |
| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bikini {n} (bathing suit) | :: ביקיני {m} /bikini/ |
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) | :: מרה {f} /mara/ |
| bilge {n} (rounded portion of a ship's hull) | :: שפולים {m-p} /shipulayim/ |
| bilge {n} (lowest inner part of a ship's hull) | :: שפולים {m-p} /shipulayim/ |
| bilge {n} (bilge water) | :: מי שפולים {m-p} /mey shipulayim/ |
| bilgewater {n} (nautical: water which collects in the bilges of a ship) | :: מי שפולים {m-p} /mey shipulayim/ |
| Bilhah {prop} (handmaid of Rachel) | :: בלהה {f} |
| bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages) | :: דו-לשוני |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: מקור {m} /makór/ |
| bill {n} (invoice) | :: חשבון {m} /kheshbón/ |
| bill {n} (advertisement) | :: תכניה {f} /tokhnhja/, כרזה {f} /kraza/ |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: מיליארד /miliárd/ |
| billionaire {n} (wealth exceeding one billion (109)) | :: מיליארדר {m} /miliarder/, מיליארדרית {f} /miliarderit/ |
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William | :: |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: תיש {m} /táyish/ |
| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| bimbo {n} (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence) | :: פרחה {f} |
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| binnacle {n} ((nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass) | :: בית מצפן {m} /beyt matspen/ |
| binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance) | :: משקפת /mishkefet/ |
| binyan {n} (in Semitic languages, a kind of word stem into which vowels and affixes can be slotted) | :: בניין \ בנין {m} /binyán/ |
| biochemist {n} (A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry) | :: ביוכימאי {m} |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: ביוכימיה {f} /biokhymia/ |
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) | :: ביולוג \ ביולוג {m} /biológ/ |
| biology {n} (study of living matter) | :: ביולוגיה {f} /biologia/ |
| biomass {n} (total mass of living things) | :: ביומסה {f} /biyomása/ |
| biometry {n} (analysis of biological statistical data) | :: ביומטריה |
| biophysics {n} (science) | :: ביופיזיקה |
| biosphere {n} | :: ביוספרה |
| biotechnological {adj} (of or pertaining to biotechnology) | :: ביוטכנולוגי /biotekhnológi/ |
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) | :: הפרעה דו-קוטבית, הפרעה ביפולרית, הפרעה דו קוטבית, מחלה בי פולארית |
| birch {n} (tree) | :: שדר {m} /shaddár/, לבנה {m} /livné/ |
| bird {n} (animal) | :: ציפור \ צפור {f} /tsipór/, עוף \ עוף {m} /of/ |
| birdie {n} (bird, birdling) | :: ציפורית {f} /tsipporit/ |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird) | :: עוף דורס {m} |
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) | :: כל עוף למינו ישכון ובני אדם לדומה לו, הלך זרזיר אצל עורב /halách zarzír etzel 'orév/ |
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together | :: |
| birdwatcher {n} (a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment) | :: צפר {m} /tzapár/ |
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| Birobidzhan {prop} (city in Russia) | :: בירוביג׳ן {m} /birobiján/ |
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: לידה \ לדה {f} /leidá/ |
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth) | :: לידה {f} /leida/ |
| birth {v} (to give birth (to)) | :: הוליד /holíd/ |
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) | :: תעודת לידה |
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth | :: |
| birthday {n} (anniversary) | :: יום הולדת \ יום הלדת {m} /yóm hulédet/ |
| birthday boy {n} (a male whose birthday it is) | :: יום ההולדת חתן {m} /ḥatán yom hahuledét/ |
| birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday) | :: עוגת יום הולדת \ עוגת יום הלדת {f} /'ugát yom hulédet/ |
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) | :: כתם לידה {m} /ketem leida/, סימן מולד {m} /siman mulad/ |
| biscuit {n} (cracker) SEE: cracker | :: |
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: ביסקויט / ביסקוויט {m} /biskuit/ |
| bisexual {adj} (sexually attracted to both men and women) | :: דו מיני /du miní/, ביסקסואלי /biseksuáli/ |
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs) | :: דו מיני /du miní/ |
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person) | :: ביסקסואלי |
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| Bishkek {prop} (capital of Kyrgyzstan) | :: בישקק {m} /bishqeq/ |
| Bishnupriya Manipuri {prop} (language) | :: בישנופרייה מניפורי |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: בישוף {m} /bishóf/ |
| bishop {n} (chess piece) | :: רץ {f} /ratz/ |
| bismuth {n} (chemical element) | :: ביסמות /bismút/ |
| bistro {n} (small restaurant) | :: ביסטרו |
| bit {n} (math: binary digit) | :: ביט {m} |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bitch {n} (female canine) | :: כלבה {f} /kalba/, שועלה /šavaʿlahe/ |
| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) | :: כלבה {f} /kalba/ |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch | :: |
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: נגס /nagás/ |
| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) | :: נשך /nashákh/ |
| bite {n} (act of biting) | :: נגיסה {f} /n'gisá/ , נשיכה {f} /n'shikhá/ |
| bite me {interj} (expression of discontent or aggravation) | :: קפוץ לי /Kfotz li/ |
| Bitola {prop} (city) | :: ביטולה {f} |
| bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste) | :: מר {m} /mar/, מרה {f} /mará/, מריר {m} /marír/, מרירה {f} /merirá/ |
| bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful) | :: מריר {m} /marír/, מרירה {f} /merirá/ |
| bitter cucumber {n} (colocynth) SEE: colocynth | :: |
| bitterness {n} (quality of being bitter in taste) | :: מרירות {f} /merirut/ |
| bitterness {n} (quality of feeling bitter) | :: מרירות {f} /merirut/, מרה {f} /marah/ |
| bittersweet {adj} (both bitter and sweet) | :: מתוק מר |
| bitumen {n} (Mineral pitch) | :: חמר /kheimahr/ |
| bizarre {adj} (strangely unconventional) | :: ביזארי /bizári/, מוזר /muzár/ |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| black {v} (to blacken) SEE: blacken | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: שחור \ שחר /shakhór/, שחורה \ שחרה {f} /sh'khorá/ |
| black {n} (colour/color) | :: שחור {m} /shakhor/ |
| black and white {adj} (black-and-white) SEE: black-and-white | :: |
| black-and-white {adj} | :: שחור־לבן /shakhor-lavan/ |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: פטל שחר {m} /pétel shakhór/ |
| BlackBerry {n} (device (transliterations)) | :: בלקברי {m} /blaqberi/ |
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: שחרור {m} /shakharúr/ |
| blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) | :: לוח {m} /luakh/ |
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft) | :: קופסה שחורה {f} /kufsá sh'khorá/ |
| black box {n} (theoretical construct or device) | :: קופסה שחורה {f} /kufsá sh'khorá/ |
| black caraway {n} (spice) | :: קצח {m} /qéṣaḥ/, כמון שחור {m} {m} /kammṓn šāḥṓr/ |
| black coffee {n} (coffee served without cream or milk) | :: קפה שחור {m} |
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) | :: אנפת לילה מצויה |
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) | :: המוות השחור |
| blacken {v} (make black) | :: השחיר /hishkhír/ |
| black eye {n} (bruised eye) | :: פנס {m} /panás/ |
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) | :: היער השחר {m} /ha-yá'ar ha-Shakhór/ |
| Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) | :: עוגת היער השחר {m} /ugát ha-yá'ar ha-Shakhór/ |
| blackguard {n} (scoundrel) SEE: scoundrel | :: |
| black hole {n} (celestial body) | :: חר שחר {m} |
| blackish {adj} (somewhat black) | :: שחרחר /shkharkhar/ |
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces) | :: מגיה שחרה {f} /mágya shḥorá/, קסם אפל /qésem afél/ |
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) | :: סחיטת {f} /s'khitá/ |
| blackmail {v} (to extort money) | :: סחט /sakhát/ |
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) | :: שוק שחור {m} /shúk shakhór/ |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: פלפל שחר {m} /pilpel shachór/ |
| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) | :: קרנף צר שפה |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: הים השחור {m} /ha-yam ha-shakhor/ |
| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist | :: |
| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) | :: חלצה שחרה {f} /khultsá sh'khorá/ |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: נפח |
| black widow {n} (species of venomous spider) | :: אלמנה שחרה /almana sh'khora/ |
| bladder {n} (flexible sac in zoology) | :: שלפוחית {f} /shalpuẖít/ |
| blade {n} (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil) | :: להב {m} /lahav/ |
| blade {n} (the flat part of a leaf or petal) | :: טרף {m} /taráf/ |
| Blagoevgrad {prop} (town in Bulgaria) | :: בלגואבגרד {m} |
| Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: בלאגובשצ׳נסק |
| blame {n} (state of having caused a bad event) | :: אשמה {f} /ashmá/ |
| blame {v} (place blame upon) | :: האשים /he'eshím/ |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| blanket {n} (fabric) | :: שמיכה {f} /smikha/ |
| blank verse {n} (a poetic form with regular meter) | :: חרוז לבן {m} /ẖarúz laván/ |
| blaspheme {v} (to speak against God or religious doctrine) | :: נאץ |
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: חילול השם {m} /khilúl hashém/ |
| blast {n} | :: פיצוץ {m} /pitzutz/ , הדף {m} /hedef/ |
| blatant {adj} | :: בוטה /bot'e/ |
| blazer {n} (a jacket) | :: מקטרן {m} /miqtóren/ |
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) | :: הלבין /hilbín/ |
| bleach {n} (chemical) | :: אקונומיקה {f} /ekonómika/, מלבין {m} /malbín/ |
| bleat {n} (cry of a sheep or a goat) | :: פעיה {f} /pe'iyá/, חניבה {f} /chanivá/ |
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat) | :: פעה /pa'á/, חנב /chanáv/ |
| blech {n} (metal sheet for keeping food warm on Shabbat) | :: פלטת שבת /p'latat shabat/, פלטה /p'lata/ |
| bleed {v} (lose blood) | :: דימם /dimem/ |
| bleeding {n} (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) | :: דימום {m} /dimum/ |
| blemish {n} (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something) | :: פגם {m} /pgam/ |
| blemish {n} (moral defect) | :: פגם מוסרי {m} /pgam musarí/ |
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| blend {n} (mixture) | :: תמהיל {m} /tamhíl/ |
| bless {v} (confer blessing on) | :: בירך \ ברך \ ברך /berákh/ |
| blessed {adj} (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) | :: ברוך /barúkh/, מבורך \ מברך /m'vorákh/ |
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: ברכה {f} /brakha/ |
| blessing {n} | :: ברכה {f} /brakha/ |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: לבריאות /labri'út/, לבריאות /livri'út/ |
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you | :: |
| bleuatre {adj} (bluish) SEE: bluish | :: |
| blimp {n} (airship) | :: ספינת אויר / ספינת אוויר /sfinat avir/ |
| blind {adj} (unable to see) | :: עיוור /iver/ |
| blind {n} (covering for a window) | :: תריס {m} /tris/, צלון {m} /tzilón/ |
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end | :: |
| blindness {n} (condition of being blind) | :: עיוורון {m} /yvaron/ |
| blink {v} (to close and reopen both eyes quickly) | :: מצמץ /mitzmétz/ |
| blister {n} (bubble on the skin) | :: שלפוחית {f} /shalpuẖít/ |
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive) | :: מלחמת בזק {m} |
| bloc {n} (group of countries) | :: גוש {m} /gush/ |
| block {n} (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) | :: קביה {m} /qubiyá/ |
| block {n} (something that prevents passing) | :: מחסום {m} /makhsóm/ |
| block {n} (volleyball: defensive play) | :: חסימה {f} /khasimá/ |
| block {v} (to fill, making it impossible to pass) | :: סתם /satám/ |
| block {v} (to prevent passing) | :: חסם /khasám/ |
| block {v} (to disable communication) | :: סינן /sinén/, חסם /khasám/ |
| block and tackle {n} (system of several pulleys) | :: גלגלת {f} |
| blog {n} (a personal or corporate website) | :: בלוג {m} /blog/ |
| blond {n} (fair-haired person) | :: בלונדיני {m} /blondíni/, בלונדינית {f} /blondínit/ |
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: דם {m} /dam/ |
| blood avenger {n} | :: גאל דם {m} /gōʾēl dām/ |
| blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored) | :: בנק דם {m} /bank dam/ |
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: מרחץ-דמים {m} /merkhatz-damym/ |
| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type | :: |
| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) | :: לחץ דם {m} /lahats dam/ |
| bloodshed {n} (shedding or spilling of blood) | :: שפיכות דמים {f} /shfikhut damim/ |
| bloodshed {n} | :: שפיכות דמים {f} /shfikhut damim/ |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite | :: |
| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) | :: בדיקת דם {f} /b'dikát-dam/ |
| blood type {n} (blood classification) | :: סוג דם |
| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) | :: כלי־דם /k'lí-dám/ |
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test | :: |
| bloody mary {n} (cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice) | :: בלאדי מרי |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blossom {n} (flowers on trees) | :: פריחה {p} |
| blossom {n} (state or season for such flowers) | :: פריחה {f} /prikha/ |
| blotter {n} | :: מספג /maspeig/ |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing) | :: ניפח /nipéakh/ |
| blow {v} (to explode) | :: התפוצץ /hitpotzétz/ |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blowjob {n} (the act of fellatio) | :: מציצה /mtsitsa/ |
| blow off steam {v} (to vent to relieve stress) | :: קיטר / קטר /qitér/ |
| blow up {v} (to explode (transitive)) | :: פוצץ /potséts/ |
| blow up {v} (to explode (intransitive)) | :: התפוצץ /hitpotséts/ |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: כחול {m} /kaḥól/, כחולה {f} /kḥulá/, תכלת {f} /tchélet/ |
| blue {adj} (pornographic) | :: כחול {m} /kaḥól/ |
| blue {n} (colour) | :: כחול {m} /kaḥól/ , תכלת {f} /tchélet/ |
| blue {n} (butterfly of the subfamily Polyommatinae) | :: כחליל {m} /kaḥlíl/ |
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument | :: |
| blue {n} (blue uniform) SEE: blues | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| blueberry {n} (fruit) | :: אוכמניה {f} /ukhmaniá/, אוכמניות {f-p} /ukhmaniyót/ |
| blueberry {n} (plant) | :: אוכמניות {f-p} /ukhmaniyót/ |
| bluebottle {n} (man-of-war) SEE: man-of-war | :: |
| blues {n} (musical form) | :: בלוז {m} /bluz/ |
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) | :: המוות הכחול |
| bluestocking {n} (scholarly, literary, or cultured woman) | :: גרבון כחול, גרביון כחול, אישה מלומדת |
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone | :: |
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt | :: |
| bluethroat {n} (bird) | :: כחול-החזה {m} /kaḥól ha'khaze/ |
| Bluetooth {prop} (personal area wireless network) | :: בלוטות׳ {m} |
| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii) | :: קוקברה כחולת-זנב |
| bluish {adj} (somewhat blue in color) | :: כחלחל {m} /k'khalkhal/ |
| blunder {n} (mistake) | :: פאשלה {m} /pashlah/ |
| blunt {adj} (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) | :: קהה {m} /qehé/ |
| blurry {adj} (not clear, crisp, or focused) | :: מטושטש |
| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) | :: הסמיק /hismík/ |
| boa constrictor {n} (snake) | :: נחש בריח {m} /naḥásh baríaḥ/ |
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: לוח {m} /lúakh/ |
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches) | :: לוח {m} /lúaẖ/ |
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: לוח {m} /lúakh/ |
| boarding party {n} (group of sailors to invade a ship) | :: צות השתלטות {m} /tsevet hishtaltut/ |
| boarding pass {n} (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.) | :: כרטיס עלייה למטוס |
| boast {n} (brag) | :: התרברבות {f} /hitravr'vút/, התפארות {f} /hitpa'arút/ |
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) | :: התרברב /hitravrév/, התפאר /hitpa'ér/ |
| boat {n} (water craft) | :: סירה {f} /sirá/ |
| boathouse {n} (building for boats) | :: בית סירות {m} /beit sirot/ |
| boat shed {n} (boathouse) SEE: boathouse | :: |
| boatswain's chair {n} (rope and board for painting side of ship) | :: כסא רב מלחים {m} /kise rav malakhim/ |
| boatswain's pipe {n} (a whistle, previously used by boatswain's mates to pipe orders throughout a ship) | :: משרוקית רב מלחים {f} /mashrokit rav malakhim/ |
| Boaz {prop} (Biblical character) | :: בעז, בועז |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| bobcat {n} (North American wild cat) | :: שונר מצוי |
| bobolink {n} (songbird) | :: ארוך טופר |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: גוף {m} /gúf/ |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: גוויה {f} /gviyá/, גופה {f} /gufá/ |
| body {n} (torso) | :: טורסו {m} /tórso/, גו {m} /gév/ , גוף {m} /gúf/ |
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) | :: מרכב {m} /merkáv/ |
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group) | :: גוף {m} /gúf/ |
| body {n} (group having a common purpose or opinion) | :: גוף {m} /gúf/ |
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing) | :: עצם {m} /étzem/, גוף {m} /gúf/ |
| bodyguard {n} (person responsible for protecting an individual) | :: שומר ראש {m} /shomer rosh/, שומרת ראש {f} /shomeret rosh/ |
| body of water {n} (significant accumulation of water) | :: מקוה מים {m} /miqvé máyim/ |
| Boeing {prop} (An American aerospace company) | :: בואינג |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| Bogotá {prop} (Bogota) SEE: Bogota | :: |
| Bogota {prop} (capital of Colombia) | :: בוגוטה /Bogota/ |
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium | :: |
| bohrium {n} (chemical element) | :: בוהריום /bóhriyum/ |
| boil {n} (accumulation of pus) | :: פורונקל {m} /furúnkel/ |
| boil {n} (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour) | :: רתיחה {f} /retikha/ |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: הרתיח /hirtíakh/ |
| boil {v} (colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot) | :: לוהט /lohet/ |
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry | :: |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg) | :: ביצה קשה {f} /baytsa kasha/ |
| boiled egg {n} (soft-boiled egg) | :: ביצה רכה {f} /baytsa raka/ |
| boiler {n} (device for heating circulating water) | :: דוד {m} /dud/ |
| boiler room {n} (a room that houses the boiler) | :: חדר דודים {m} /kheder dvadim/ |
| boiling {n} (process of changing the state of a substance) | :: רתיחה |
| boiling {adj} (that boil(s)) | :: רותח {m} /rotéakh/ |
| boiling {adj} (of a thing: extremely hot) | :: רותח {m} /rotéakh/ |
| boiling {adj} (of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot) | :: קודח {m} /qodéakh/ (ill with high temperature) |
| boiling {adj} (of the weather: very hot) | :: לוהט {m} /lohéT/ |
| bok choy {n} (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) | :: כרוב סיני |
| bokeh {n} (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) | :: בוקה |
| bold {adj} (courageous, daring) | :: אמיץ {m} /amitz/, אמיצה {f} /amitza/ |
| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) | :: דגוש {m} /dagush/, בולט {m} /bolet'/ |
| bold {adj} (presumptuous) SEE: presumptuous | :: |
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) | :: בוליביה {f} /bolivya/ |
| Bollywood {prop} (Indian film industry) | :: בוליווד {m} |
| bolt {n} (metal fastener) | :: בורג \ ברג {m} /bóreg/ |
| bolt {n} (large roll of material) | :: גלילה {f} /glilah/ |
| bolt {v} (to connect pieces using a bolt) | :: הבריג /hivríg/ |
| bolt from the blue {n} (something totally unexpected) | :: כרעם ביום בהיר /kerá'am beyóm bahír/ |
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) | :: פצצה {f} /p'tsatsá/ |
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs) | :: פוצץ /potséts/, הפציץ /hiftsíts/ |
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success | :: |
| bombard {v} | :: להפציץ /le'haftzytz/ , להפגיז /le'hafgyz/ |
| Bombay {n} (Mumbai) SEE: Mumbai | :: |
| bomber {n} (aircraft) | :: מפציץ {m} /maftsits/ |
| bombproof {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter | :: |
| bomb shelter {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter | :: |
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: בתאבון /b'te'avón/ |
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) | :: בונוונטורה {m} |
| bondsman {n} (male slave) | :: עבד {m} /eved/ |
| bone {v} (slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: זיין /ziyén/, דפק /dafák/ |
| bone {n} (material) | :: עצם {m} /étsem/ |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: עצם {m} /étsem/ |
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) | :: מח עצם {m} /móaḥ 'étzem/ |
| boner {n} (erect penis) | :: זקפה {f} /zikpá/ |
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection | :: |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| Bonn {prop} (a city in Germany) | :: בון |
| bonsai {v} (a miniaturized tree or plant) | :: בונסאי /bónsay/ |
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) | :: נסיעה טובה /nesi'á tová/, דרך צלחה /derekh tzleha/ |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: ספר {m} /séfer/ |
| bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books) | :: ארון ספרים {m} /aron sfarym/ |
| bookie {n} (bookmaker) SEE: bookmaker | :: |
| bookkeeper {n} (person responsible for keeping records) | :: מנהל חשבונות {m} |
| booklet {n} (small book) | :: ספרון {m} /sifron/ |
| bookmaker {n} (a person who prints or binds books) | :: מדפיס {m} /madpís/; כורך {m} /korékh/ |
| bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) | :: סימניה {f} /simaniyá/ |
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf | :: |
| book-scorpion {n} (pseudoscorpion) SEE: pseudoscorpion | :: |
| bookshelf {n} (shelf for storing books) | :: ארון ספרים {m} /aron sfarym/ |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: חנות ספרים {f} /khanút sfarím/ |
| Books of Moses {prop} (five books) | :: תורת משה {f} /torát moshé/ |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| bookworm {n} (avid reader) | :: תולעת ספרים /tola'at sfarym/ |
| boom {n} (spar extending the foot of a sail) | :: מנור {m} /manor/ |
| boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil) | :: בומרנג {m} /bumerang/ |
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: מגף {m} /magáf/ |
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick | :: |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| boot camp {n} (initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in armed forces) | :: טירונות {f} /tironut/ |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| Bordeaux {prop} (a city in France) | :: בורדו |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} (the outer edge of something) | :: גבול {m} /gvul/ |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: גבול {m} /g'vúl/ |
| border {v} | :: להגביל /le'hagbyl/ , להגבל /le'higavel/ |
| bordereau {n} (a statement with listing) | :: בורדרו |
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom) | :: לשעמם /le'sha'amem/ |
| bored {adj} (suffering from boredom) | :: משועמם /mesho'amam/ |
| boredom {n} (state of being bored) | :: שעמום {m} /shi'amum/ |
| boring {adj} (causing boredom) | :: משעמם /mesha'amem/ |
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born | :: |
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| boron {n} (chemical element) | :: בורון {m}, בור {m} /bor/ |
| borrow {v} (receive temporarily) | :: שאל /sha'ál/ |
| borrow {v} (adopt (an idea) as one's own) | :: שאל /sha'ál/, אימץ /i'méts/ |
| borrow {v} (to copy a word from another language) | :: שאל /sha'ál/, אימץ /i'méts/ |
| borscht {n} (beetroot soup) | :: חמיצה {f} /khamitza/ |
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) | :: עיבוי בוז-איינשטיין {m} /‘ibuy boz-ainštain/ |
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket | :: |
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') | :: בוסניה /bosnia/ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: בוסניה והרצגובינה {f} /bosniya v'hertsegovina/ |
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: בוספורוס {m} /bosporus/ |
| Bosra {prop} (town in Syria) | :: בוסרה |
| Boston {prop} (city in Massachusetts) | :: בוסטון /bost'on/ |
| bosun's chair {n} (boatswain's chair) SEE: boatswain's chair | :: |
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot | :: |
| bot {n} (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks) | :: בוט {m} |
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons) | :: גן בוטני {m} /gan botáni/ |
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden | :: |
| botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany) | :: בוטניקאי {m} /botánikai/, בוטניקאית {f} /botánikait/ |
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants) | :: בוטניקה /bot'aniqa/ |
| both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other) | :: שני {m-p} |
| bother {v} (to annoy, disturb) | :: הפריע |
| bother {v} (make or take trouble) | :: טרח, הטריח את עצמו |
| bother {v} (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience) | :: טרח |
| bother {n} (trouble, inconvenience) | :: טרחה {f} /t'irkha/ |
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother | :: |
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) | :: בוצוונה /botswana/ |
| bottle {n} (container) | :: בקבוק {m} /bakbúk/ |
| bottle {n} (contents of such a container) | :: בקבוק {m} /bakbúk/ |
| bottle {v} (seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) | :: בקבק /bikbék/ |
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle | :: |
| bottom {n} (lowest part) | :: תחתית {f} /takhtít/ |
| bottom {n} (euphemistic: buttocks or anus) | :: תחת /takhat/, ישבן {m} |
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) | :: פסיבי {m} /pasívi/, פס {m} /pas/ |
| bouillabaisse {n} (type of fish stew or soup from Provence) | :: בויאבז {m} /buyabéz/ |
| boulevard {n} (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) | :: שדרה {f} /sderá/ |
| boundary {n} ((topology) the set of points in the closure, not belonging to the interior) | :: שפה {f} /safá/ |
| boundless {adj} (without bounds, unbounded) | :: ללא גבול /le lo gevūl/ |
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance | :: |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bounty hunter {n} (person who catches criminals in return for a reward) | :: צייד ראשים {m} /tzayad rashim/ |
| bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers) | :: זר {m} /zer/, זר פרחים |
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee | :: |
| bourgeoisie {n} (class) | :: בורגנות {f} /burganut/ |
| Bournemouth {prop} (town in Dorset) | :: בורנמות׳ |
| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange | :: |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: קשת {f} /késhet/ |
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) | :: קשת {f} /késhet/ |
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) | :: קשת {f} /késhet/ |
| bow {v} (to become bent) | :: התכופף /hitkoféf/ |
| bow {v} (to bend a thing) | :: כופף /koféf/ |
| bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: קד /kad/ |
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) | :: קידה {f} /kidá/ |
| bow and arrow {n} (weapon) | :: חץ וקשת |
| bowel {n} (large intestine) | :: מעי {m} /m'í/ |
| bowel {n} (interior of something) | :: קרב {m} /qérev/, קרבים {d} {p} /qraváyim/ |
| bowhead {n} (Balaena mysticetus) | :: בלנה גרינלנדית |
| bowhead whale {n} (a whale, Balaena mysticetus) SEE: bowhead | :: |
| bowl {n} (container for food) | :: קערה {f} /keara/ |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowline {n} (knot) | :: קשר הצלה {m} /kesher hatsalah/ |
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer | :: |
| bowman {n} (the person positioned nearest the bow) | :: איש חרטום {m} /ish khartom/ |
| bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow) | :: עניבת פרפר {f} /anivat parpar/ |
| box {n} (cuboid space; container) | :: קופסה \ קפסה {f} /kufsá/ |
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) | :: התאגרף /hit'agréf/ |
| boxcutter {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife | :: |
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match) | :: מתאגרף {m} /mitagref/, מתאגרפת {f} /mitagrefet/ |
| boxer {n} (breed of dog) | :: בוקסר /boqser/ |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: אגרוף {m} /igrof/ |
| Boxing Day {n} (the day after Christmas: 26 December) | :: יום הקופסאות |
| boxing glove {n} (padded mitten worn in boxing) | :: כפפת אגרוף {f} /kiffát igrúf/ |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: ילד {m} /yéled/ (child), נער /na'ár/ , בחור {m} /bakhúr/ |
| boycott {v} (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) | :: החרים /hekhrím/ |
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) | :: חרם {m} /khérem/ |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: חבר {m} /khavér/ |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: חזיה \ חזייה {f} /khaziyá/ |
| brace {n} (rope for moving a yard) | :: מושכה {f} /moshkhah/ |
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness | :: |
| bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) | :: צמיד |
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs | :: |
| brachygrapher {n} (stenographer) SEE: stenographer | :: |
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast | :: |
| Brahman {prop} | :: ברהמן |
| braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots) | :: כתב בריל {m} /ktav brail/ |
| brain {n} (organ) | :: מוח \ מח {m} /móakh/ |
| brain {n} (brains: intellect) | :: שכל {m} /sekhel/ |
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) | :: גזע המוח {m} /geza‘ ha-mokha/ |
| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming | :: |
| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) | :: סעור מחות {f} /si'úr mokhót/ |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: שטף מח /shatáf móach/ |
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) | :: שטיפת מוח \ שטיפת מוח {m} /shtifát móakh/ |
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) | :: בלמים {m-p} /b'lamím/ |
| brake {v} (to operate brakes) | :: בלם /balám/ |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| brambling {n} (bird) | :: פרוש הררי {m} /paroosh hara/ |
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: ענף {m} /anaf/ |
| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree) | :: ענף {m} /anaf/ |
| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: סניף {m} /snif/ |
| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) | :: מותג /mutág/ |
| Brasília {prop} (The capital of Brazil) | :: ברזיליה /brazilia/ |
| brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) | :: פליז {m} /pliz/ |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist) | :: אגרופן {m} /egrofán/ |
| Bratislava {prop} (The capital of Slovakia) | :: ברטיסלאבה {f} /bratisláva/ |
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) | :: אמיץ {m} /amitz/, אמיצה {f} /amitza/ |
| brawl {n} (disorderly argument or fight) | :: קטטה {f} /qtatá/ |
| bray {v} (to make the cry of a donkey) | :: נער /na'ár/ |
| bray {n} (cry of an ass or donkey) | :: נעירה {f} /ne'ira/ |
| brazen bull {n} (ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death) | :: שור הפליז {m} /shor ha-pliz/, שור סיציליאני {m} /shor sitzilyáni/ |
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: ברזיל /brazil/ |
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) | :: ברזילאי {m} /brazilai/, ברזילאית {f} /brazilait/ |
| brazil nut {n} (tree) | :: אגוז ברזילאי |
| brazilwood {n} (timber tree) | :: אלמוג {m} /almog/ |
| Brazzaville {prop} (the capital of the Republic of the Congo) | :: ברזוויל |
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) | :: לחם {m} /lekhem/ |
| bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state) | :: לחם ושעשועים /lekhem vesha'ashu'im/ |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadcrumb {n} (tiny piece of bread) | :: פירור \ פרור {m} /perúr/ |
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker | :: |
| breadstick {n} (slender loaf of crisp bread) | :: גריסיני {m} /grisíni/ |
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width | :: |
| break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: נשבר /nishbár/ |
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: שבר /shavár/ |
| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) | :: נשבר /nishbár/ |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack) | :: שבר /shavár/ |
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) | :: הפר /hefér/ |
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) | :: התקלקל /hitkalkél/ |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) | :: שבר /shavár/ |
| break {v} (to win a game as receiver in tennis) | :: שבירה |
| break {n} (instance of breaking something into pieces) | :: שבירה {f} /sh'virá/ |
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile | :: |
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) | :: הצלחה וברכה! /hatzlakhá u-v'rakhá!/ |
| breakdown {n} (failure, particularly mechanical) | :: התקלקלות |
| breakdown {n} (lapse of mental stability) | :: התמוטטות (hitmotetut) {f} |
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) | :: ארוחת בוקר / ארוחת בקר {f} /arukhát bóker/ |
| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains) | :: דגני בקר {m-p} /dignéi bóqer/ |
| breakthrough {adj} (characterized by major progress) | :: פורץ-דרך {m} /poretz-derekh/, פורצת-דרך {f} /poretzet-derekh/ |
| breakthrough {n} (major progress) | :: פריצת-דרך {f} /pritzat-derekh/ |
| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown | :: |
| breakwater {n} (construction in or around a harbour) | :: שובר גלים {m} /shover galim/ |
| breakwater {n} | :: שובר-גלים {m} /shover-galym/ |
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ) | :: שד {m} /shad/, ציצי {m} /tsitsi/ |
| breast {n} (chest) | :: חזה {m} /khaze/ |
| breast {n} (seat of emotions) | :: לב {m} /lev/ |
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) | :: עצם החזה {m} /etzem ha'khaze/ |
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) | :: הניק /heník/ |
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) | :: חלב אם {m} /halav em/ |
| breastplate {n} (armor) | :: שריון {m} /širyōn/ |
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate | :: |
| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs) | :: הבל פה {m} /hével pe/ |
| breath {n} | :: נשימה {f} /neshima/ , נשיפה {f} /neshifa/ |
| breathalyzer {n} (a device that measures alcohol in expired air) | :: ינשוף {m} /yanshúf/ |
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) | :: נשם /nashám/ |
| breathe {v} (to exchange gases in similar way) | :: נשם /nashám/ |
| breathe {v} (to draw into lungs) | :: נשם /nashám/ |
| breathtaking {adj} (stunningly beautiful) | :: עוצר-נשימה {m} /otzer-neshima/, עוצרת-נשימה {f} /otzeret-neshima/ |
| breechloader {n} | :: נטען מכנס {m} /nit'an mikhnas/ |
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw | :: |
| Brest {prop} (a city in Belarus) | :: ברסט |
| brethren {n} | :: אחים לדת {p} |
| Breton {n} (the language) | :: בריטנית {f} /britonít/ |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| brewery {n} (building where beer is produced) | :: מבשלה {f} /mavshélet/ |
| Brexit {prop} (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU) | :: ברקזיט {m} /brékzit/ |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: שוחד {m} /shokhad/ |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: לשחד /le'shakhed/ |
| bribery {n} (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions) | :: שיחוד {m} /shikhud/ |
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building) | :: לבנה {f} /l'véna/ |
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: כלה {f} /kalá/ |
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) | :: חתן {m} /khatán/ |
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) | :: מהר {m} /mohar/ |
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: גשר {m} /gésher/ |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: ברידג׳ {m} /bridj/ |
| brie {n} (mild French cheese) | :: ברי |
| brigand {n} (bandit) | :: שודד {m}, לסטים {m} /listim/ |
| bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) | :: בהיר {m} /bahyr/, בהירה {f} /behira/ |
| brightness {n} (the quality of being bright) | :: בהירות {f} /behirut/ |
| brightness {n} (intelligence, cleverness) | :: תבונה, אינטלגנציה |
| brilliant {adj} (shining brightly) | :: מבריק /mavryq/ |
| brilliant {adj} (highly intelligent) | :: מבריק /mavryq/ |
| brim {v} (to be full to overflowing) | :: גדוש {m} /gadush/ |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| brimstone {n} (butterfly species) | :: לימונית {f} /limonít/ |
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: הביא /heví/ |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| bris {n} (ritual male circumcision) | :: ברית {f} /bərîṯ/ |
| Brisbane {prop} (Capital of Queensland, Australia) | :: בריזביין |
| Bristol {prop} (city in south-west England) | :: בריסטול /brisṭol/ |
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton | :: |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| Britain {prop} (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles) | :: בריטניה {f} /británya/ |
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| British {prop} (the citizens or inhabitants of the UK) | :: בריטי {m} /briti/ |
| British {prop} | :: בריטים {m-p} (brit'im), בריטיות {f-p} (brit'iot) |
| British {adj} | :: בריטי {m} (brit'i), בריטית {f} (brit'it) |
| British Columbia {prop} (province of Canada) | :: קולומביה הבריטית {?} |
| British Isles {prop} (group of islands) | :: האיים הבריטיים {m-p} /hiyim he-britiyim/ |
| British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: איי הבתולה הבריטיים {p} /Iyey ha-btula ha-britiyim/ |
| Briton {n} (inhabitant of Great Britain) | :: בריטי {m} /briti/, בריטית {f} /britít/ |
| Brittany {prop} (region of North West France) | :: ברטאן {f} /bretayn/ |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| bro {n} (used to address a male) | :: אחי {m} /akhí/ |
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba) | :: פול {m} /pōl/ |
| broadcast {n} (transmission of a radio or television programme) | :: שידור {m} /shidúr/ |
| broadcast {n} (programme transmitted) | :: שידור {m} /shidúr/ |
| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) | :: שידר /shidér/ |
| broadcaster {n} (person) | :: שדרן {m} /šadrán/, שדרנית {f} /šadranít/ |
| broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) | :: ברוקולי {m} /brókoli/ |
| brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter) | :: עלון {m} /'alon/ |
| broken {adj} | :: שבור /shavur/ ; מקולקל {m} /mequlqal/ |
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: ברוקר {m} /bróker/ |
| bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element) | :: ברום {m} /brom/ |
| bronchitis {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: ברונכיטיס /bronkhit'is/ |
| bronchoscopy {n} (technique) | :: ברונכוסקופיה |
| bronchus {n} (Either or two branches of the trachea) | :: סמפון {m} /simfón/, סמפונות {m-p} /simfonót/ |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| bronze {n} (alloy) | :: ארד {m} /arad/ |
| brood {n} (the young of any egg-laying creature) | :: תטולה {f} /tetulá/ |
| brood {v} (to keep an egg warm) | :: דגר /dagár/ |
| brook {n} (a small stream) | :: פלג {m} /péleg/ |
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate | :: |
| Brooklyn {prop} (borough of New York City) | :: ברוקלין /bruqlin/ |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: מטאטא {m} /mat'at'e/ |
| broom {n} (Fabaceae shrub) | :: רותם \ רתם {m} /rótem/ |
| broth {n} (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled) | :: מרק {m} /marák/ |
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution) | :: בית בשת \ בית בושת {m} /beit boshet/ |
| brother {n} (male sibling) | :: אח {m} /akh/ |
| brother {n} (male having parents in common) | :: אח {m} /akh/ |
| brotherhood {n} (state of being brothers or a brother) | :: אחווה \ אחוה {f} /akhavá/ |
| brotherhood {n} (an association of any purpose, a fraternity) | :: אחווה \ אחוה {f} /akhavá/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother) | :: גיס {m} /gís/, יבם {m} /yavám/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) | :: גיס {m} /gís/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) | :: גיס {m} /gís/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's sister's husband) | :: גיס {m} /gís/ |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband) | :: גיס {m} /gís/ |
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead | :: |
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| brown {n} (colour) | :: חום /khúm/ |
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour) | :: חום /khúm/ |
| Brown {prop} (transliterations of the English name "Brown") | :: בראון |
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite | :: |
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) | :: ננס חום |
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn | :: |
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser | :: |
| Brumaire {prop} (the second month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: ברוימר {m} /bruymér/ |
| brunch {n} (a meal) | :: בוהריים /bohorayim/ |
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: ברוניי /bruney/ |
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with brown or black hair) | :: ברונטית {f} /brunet'it/ |
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine | :: |
| bruschetta {n} (Italian toasted bread topped with garlic and tomatoes) | :: ברוסקטה {f} /bruskéta/ |
| brush {n} (implement) | :: מברשת {f} /mivréshet/ |
| brush {n} (act of brushing) | :: הברשה {f} /havrashá/ |
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush)) | :: הבריש /hivrísh/ |
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) | :: בריסל /Brisel/ |
| brute {n} (animal destitute of human reason) | :: בהמה /behema/ |
| brute {n} (brutal person) | :: בהמה /behema/ |
| bruxism {n} (habit or practice of grinding the teeth) | :: חריקת שיניים |
| Bryansk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: בריאנסק |
| bête noire {n} (an anathema) | :: כבשה שחורה {m} {f} /Kivsá Shxorá/ |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) | :: בועה {f} /bu'a/ |
| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market) | :: בועה {f} /bu'a/ |
| bubble {v} (to rise up in bubbles) | :: פעפוע (pipua') |
| bubble {n} (someone who has been fooled) SEE: dupe | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat | :: |
| bubble bath {n} (bath in which an additive is poured into the water to create bubbles) | :: אמבטיית קצף {f} /ambátyat kétsef/ |
| buccaneer {n} (pirate) | :: בוקניר {m} /bukanir/ |
| Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) | :: בוקרשט {f} /bukarest/ |
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram | :: |
| bucket {n} (container) | :: דלי {m} /dli/ |
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) | :: ארמון בקינגהאם {m} /Armon Baqingham/ |
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) | :: כוסמת {f} /kusémet/ |
| bud {n} (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) | :: נצן {m} /nitzan/ |
| Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) | :: בודפשט {f} /búdapesht/ |
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| buddha {n} (enlightened human) | :: בודהה {m} /budha/ |
| Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher) | :: בודהא {m} /buda/ |
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) | :: בודהיזם {m} /budhizm/ |
| Buddhist {n} | :: בודהיסט {m} /budhist'/, בודהיסטית {f} /budhist'it/ |
| budget {n} (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) | :: תקציב {m} /taktsív/ |
| Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) | :: בואנוס איירס {?} |
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) | :: תאו {m} /teó/, ג'מוס {m} /jamús/, בופלו {m} /búfalo/ |
| buffalo {n} (North American bison) | :: ביזון {m} /bizon/ |
| Buffalo {prop} (a city in New York State) | :: באפלו /Bafalo/ |
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) | :: חרק {m} /kharák/ |
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)) | :: באג {m} /bag/ |
| bug {n} (an enthusiasm for something) | :: חידק /khaidak/ (bacteria]]) |
| bug {n} (an electronic listening device) | :: מיקרופון /mikrofon/ |
| bug {n} (a small image placed in a corner of a television program) | :: סמל /semel/ (symbol) |
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic | :: |
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex | :: |
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: בנה /baná/ |
| build castles in the air {v} (to have any desire, idea, or plan unlikely to be realized) | :: בנה מגדלים באוויר {m} /bana migdalim baavir/ |
| builder {n} (a person who builds or constructs things) | :: בנאי {m} /banai/ |
| building {n} (act or process of building) | :: בנייה {f} /b'niyá/ |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: בניין \ בנין {m} /binyan/ |
| built-in {adj} (constructed as a non-detachable part) | :: מבנה {m} /muvneh/ |
| built-in {adj} (included) | :: מובנה / מבנה {m} /muvné/ |
| bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root) | :: בצל {m} /batzál/ |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: בולגריה {f} /bulgarya/ |
| Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) | :: בולגרי |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: בולגרית {f} /bulgarít/ |
| bulge {v} (to stick out from) | :: בליטה /blita/ |
| bulk {n} (unpackaged goods in transport) | :: תפזרת {f} /tifzoret/, צבר {m} /tsover/ |
| bulk carrier {n} (watercraft) | :: אנית תפזרת {f} /oniyat tifzoret/, אנית צבר {f} /oniyat tsover/ |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: שור {m} /šor/, פר {m} /par/ |
| bulldog {n} (breed of dog) | :: בולדוג {m} /buldog/ |
| bulldog clip {n} (rigid handled binder clip) | :: אטב נייר |
| bulldozer {n} (tractor) | :: בולדוזר {m} /buldozer/ |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/ |
| bullet train {n} (Japanese high-speed train) | :: שינקנסן {m} /shinkansen/ |
| bullfighting {n} (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull) | :: מלחמת שוורים {f} /milkhemet shvarym/ |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bully {n} (person who is cruel to others) | :: בריון {m} /biryon/ |
| bulrush {n} (Any of several wetland plants) | :: סוף {m} /suf/ |
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater | :: |
| bumblebee {n} (genus of bee) | :: דבור {f} /dabur/ |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| bummer {interj} (a disappointment, a pity, a shame) | :: באסה {f} /bása/ |
| bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) | :: לחמניה |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bunk {n} (built-in bed on board a ship) | :: דרגש שנה {m} /dargash shenah/ |
| bunny {n} (young rabbit) | :: שפנפן {m} /shfanfan/, שפנפנה {f} /shfanfana/ |
| bunny {n} (women in a costume of rabbit ears and tail) | :: שפנפנה {f} /shfanfana/ |
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) | :: מבער בונזן |
| bunting {n} (bird) | :: גבתון {m} /gibtón/ |
| buoy {n} (moored float) | :: מצוף {f} /matzof/ |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: נטל {m} /net'el/, על {m} /'ol/ |
| burden {n} (responsibility, onus) | :: נטל {m} /net'el/, על {m} /'ol/ |
| bureau {n} (unit of governance, office) | :: משרד {m} /misrád/ |
| bureau {n} (office (room)) | :: לשכה {f} /lishká/ |
| bureau {n} (desk) | :: מכתבה {f} /mikhtavá/ |
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) | :: בירוקרטיה {f} /berokrátya/ |
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) | :: ביורוקרטיה {f} /biuroqrat'ia/ |
| burek {n} (a type of baked or fried filled pastry) | :: בורקס {m} /burékas/ |
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: בורגס |
| burgee {n} (a broad tapering pennant) | :: דגל מועדון {m} /degel mo'adon/ |
| burglar {n} | :: פורץ {m} /poréts/, פורצת {f} /porétset/ |
| burglary {n} (the crime of breaking into) | :: פריצה {f} /pritza/ |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: קבורה {f} /k'vura/ |
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) | :: בורקה {f} /burka/ |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: בורקינה פאסו |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: בורמה {f} /burma/ |
| burn {n} (physical injury) | :: כויה {f} /kviyá/ |
| burn {n} (intense non-physical sting) | :: ירידה {f} /yeridá/ |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: שרף /saraf/ |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: נשרף /nisráf/ |
| burn {v} (computing: to write data) | :: צרב /tsaráv/ |
| burn {v} (to waste) | :: שרף /saraf/ |
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand | :: |
| burning {adj} (feeling very hot) | :: לוהט /lohét/ |
| burning {n} (fire) | :: שריפה {f} /srefa/, דליקה {f} /dleka/ |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle | :: |
| burning bush {n} (biblical object) | :: הסנה הבוער |
| burnt {adj} (damaged or injured by fire or heat) | :: שרוף /sarúf/ |
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night) | :: לילה לבן {m} {m-p} {f} {f-p} |
| buro {n} (office) | :: לשכה {f} /lishka/ |
| buro {n} (desk) | :: שולחן |
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka | :: |
| burrito {n} (Mexican dish) | :: בוריטו {m} |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: בורונדי /burundi/ |
| bury {v} | :: לקבור /liqbor/ ; להטמין /le'hat'myn/ |
| Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia) | :: בוריאטיה {f} /buriyatya/ |
| bury one's head in the sand {v} (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) | :: טמן ראשו בחול /tamán roshó baḥól/ |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: אוטובוס {m} /otobús/ |
| Busan {prop} (Busan, South Korea) | :: פוסן |
| busbar {n} (electrical conductor) | :: פס צבירה |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: שיח {m} /siakh/ |
| Bush {prop} (surname) | :: בוש /bush/ |
| bushing {n} (mechanical engineering: type of bearing to reduce friction) | :: תותב {m} /totav/ |
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: עסק {m} /'eseq/ |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: עסקים {m-p} /'asaqym/ |
| business {n} (particular situation or activity) | :: ענין {m} /'inyán/ |
| business {n} (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) | :: ענין {m} /'inyán/ |
| business {n} (something involving one personally) | :: ענין {m} /'inyán/ |
| business before pleasure {proverb} (discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification) | :: עסקים קודמים להנאה, עסקים קודמים לשעשועים, עסקים קודמים לבילויים |
| business card {n} (small card) | :: כרטיס בקור {m} /kartis biqur/ |
| businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) | :: איש עסקים {m} /'ish asakím/ |
| businesswoman {n} (woman of business) | :: אשת-עסקים {f} /eshet-'asaqym/ |
| busk {v} (nautical: to tack) SEE: tack | :: |
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) | :: תחנת אוטובוס {f} /takhanát ótobus/ |
| busy {adj} (crowded with business or activities) | :: עמוס {m} /'amús/, סואן {m} /so'én/ , הומה {m} /homé/ |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: עסוק {m} /'asúq/, עסוקה {f} /'asuqa/ |
| busy {adj} (engaged) | :: עסוק |
| but {conj} (rather) | :: אבל /avál/, אולם /ulám/, אך /akh/, ברם /b'ram/ |
| but {conj} (although) | :: אבל /avál/ |
| but {conj} (except) | :: פרט ל /prat' le-/, למעט /lema‘et'/ |
| butch {n} (masculine lesbian) | :: בוצ'ה {f} /bútcha/ |
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: שוחט {m} /shochét/ |
| butchershop {n} (a butcher's shop) | :: אטליז {m} /itliz/ |
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: עכוז {m} /akuz/, תחת {m} /taḥat/ , ישבן {m} /yašván/, טוסיק {m} /túsik/ |
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: חמאה {f} /khem'a/ |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| butterfly {n} (insect) | :: פרפר {m} /parpar/ |
| buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk) | :: חובצה \ חבצה |
| butternut {n} (butternut squash) SEE: butternut squash | :: |
| butternut squash {n} (Cucurbita moschata cultivar) | :: דלורית {f} /dalorít/ |
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: עכוז {m} /akuz/ |
| button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: כפתור {m} /kaftor/ |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: כפתור {m} /kaftor/ |
| button {n} | :: כפתור {m} /kaftor/ |
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) | :: חור כפתור, אבקה |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: קנה /kaná/ |
| buzz {n} (continuous humming noise) | :: זמזום {m} /zimzúm/ |
| buzz {n} (information spread behind the scenes) | :: שמועה {f} /sh'mu'á/ |
| buzz {v} (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound) | :: זמזם /zimzém/ |
| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper | :: |
| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: עקב {m} /'aqáv/ |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| buzzer {n} (device) | :: זמזם {m} /zamzam/ |
| by {prep} (near, or next to) | :: עד |
| by {prep} (not later than) | :: עד |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: על ידי /'al yadei/, באמצעות /be'emtza'ut/ |
| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work) | :: מאת /mi'et/ |
| by {prep} (indicates a means) | :: על ידי /al yedey/ |
| by {prep} (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy) | :: ב־ /be-/ |
| by {prep} | :: לפי /lefy/ |
| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) | :: בכלל /bikhlal/ |
| Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon) | :: גבל {f} /gval/ |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| bye {interj} (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) | :: ביי ביי |
| by-election {n} (special election) | :: בחירות ביניים {f-p} /b'khirót beinayim/ |
| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot | :: |
| by heart {prep} (knowing completely) | :: בעל פה /be'ál pé/ |
| bylina {n} (traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem) | :: בילינה |
| by oneself {prep} (without company) | :: בגפו {m} /begapó/ |
| by oneself {prep} | :: בעצם־… /b'étzem-.../ |
| by-product {n} (side effect) | :: תוצר לוואי /totzar levai/ |
| byre {n} (a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle) | :: רפת |
| byte {n} (8-bit unit) | :: בית /báyit/ |
| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way | :: |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| by the way {prep} (incidentally) | :: אגב /agáv/, דרך אגב /dérekh agáv/ |
| by turns {adv} (one after the other) SEE: in turn | :: |
| Byzantine {adj} (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire) | :: ביזנטי |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: האימפריה הביזנטית {f} /ha-imperia ha-bizantit/ |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} (ancient Greek city) | :: ביזנטיון |