| Habacuc {prop} (Habakkuk) SEE: Habakkuk | :: |
| Habakkuk {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: חבקוק {m} /Ḥavaqúq/ |
| habit {n} (an action done on a regular basis) | :: הרגל {m} /hergél/, מנהג {m} /minhág/ |
| hacker {n} (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data) | :: קראקר {m} /kraker/, האקר {m} /haker/ |
| hackneyed {adj} (repeated too often) | :: נדוש /nadósh/, חבוט /khavút/ |
| Hades {prop} (from Greek mythology) | :: האדס |
| hadith {n} (collected sayings and actions of Muhammad) | :: חדית' |
| Hadrian {prop} (male given name) SEE: Adrian | :: |
| hafnium {n} (chemical element) | :: הפניום /hafniyum/ |
| haft {n} (handle) | :: קת {f} (kat), ידית {f} (yadít) |
| Hagar {prop} (mother of Ishmael) | :: הגר /Hagár/ |
| Hagar {prop} (female given name) | :: הגר /Hagár/ |
| Haggai {prop} (book of The Bible) | :: חגי /Khagai/ |
| haggis {n} (traditional Scottish dish) | :: האגיס |
| ha-ha {interj} (approximation of the sound of laughter) | :: חחח |
| haha {interj} (representation of laughter) | :: חחח /kha-kha-kha/, חה־חה־חה /kha-kha-kha/ |
| Haifa {prop} (a city in northern Israel) | :: חיפה {f} /kheifá/ |
| hail {n} (balls of ice) | :: ברד {m} /barád/ |
| hail {v} (to fall from the sky, of hail) | :: ברד {m} /barád/ |
| hair {n} (a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head) | :: שערה {f} /sa'ará/ |
| hair {n} (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals) | :: שיער {m} /seʿār/ |
| haircut {n} (act of cutting of hair) | :: תספורת |
| hairdresser {n} (professional for haircutting or hairstyling) | :: מעצב שיער {m} /me'atzév se'ár/ |
| hair dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| hairdryer {n} (electrical appliance for drying hair) | :: מייבש שיער {m} /meiabesh se'ar/ |
| hairless {adj} (bald) SEE: bald | :: |
| hair of the dog {n} (curing drink) | :: כוסית התאוששות, כוסית של הבוקר שאחרי |
| hairstyle {n} (the style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged) | :: תסרוקת \ תסרקת {f} /tisróket/ |
| hairy {adj} (of a person) | :: שעיר |
| hairy {adj} (of a body part other than the head) | :: שעיר |
| Haiti {prop} (a country in the Caribbean) | :: האיטי /ha'iti/ |
| Haitian Creole {n} (language spoken in Haiti) | :: קריאולית האיטית {f} /kreólit haítit/ |
| hajib {n} (headscarf) SEE: hijab | :: |
| hajj {n} (pilgrimage to Mecca) | :: חג׳ {m} /haj/ |
| haka {n} (group dance of New Zealand's Maori people) | :: האקה |
| Hakhel {prop} (mitzvah to “assemble” the Jewish people to hear the Torah) | :: מצוות הקהל \ מצות הקהל {f} /mitsvát hak-hél/ |
| Halacha {prop} (a Jewish law) | :: הלכה /halakhá/ |
| Halacha {prop} (the whole of Jewish law) | :: הלכה /halakhá/ |
| halachic {adj} (of or pertaining to Halacha; in accordance with Halacha) | :: הלכתי /hil'khatí/ |
| halal {adj} (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs) | :: חלאל |
| half {n} (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided) | :: חצי {m} /khétsi/ |
| half {v} (halve) SEE: halve | :: |
| half-breed {n} (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) | :: בן תערובת {m} /ben ta'aróvet/ |
| half-life {n} (time in physics) | :: מחצית חיים |
| half-life {n} | :: מחצית חיים |
| half-line {n} (ray) SEE: ray | :: |
| half title {n} (book title) | :: שער קטן |
| halitosis {n} (condition of having foul-smelling breath) | :: באשת |
| hallelujah {interj} (exclamation to praise God) | :: הללויה /hallelúyah/ |
| hallelujah {interj} | :: הללויה /hallelúyah/ |
| Halloween {prop} (October 31st) | :: ליל כל הקדושים /leil kol haqdoshím/ |
| hallucination {n} (sensory perception of something that does not exist) | :: הזיה |
| hallway {n} (corridor) SEE: corridor | :: |
| halva {n} (confection) | :: חלוה {f} /khalvá/ |
| halve {v} (to divide in two equal parts) | :: חצה /khatsá/ |
| halyard {n} (rope) | :: מעלן {m} /ma'alan/ |
| ham {n} (thigh of a hog cured for food) | :: שינקן, שינקה |
| hamantaschen {n} (three-cornered cookies) | :: אזני המן {f-p} /'oz'nei hamán/ |
| hamartia {n} (sin) SEE: sin | :: |
| Hamas {prop} (Islamic militant organization) | :: חמאס {m} /hamas/ |
| hamburger {n} (sandwich) | :: המבורגר {m} /hamburger/ |
| hamlet {n} (small village) | :: כפרון {m} /kfarón/ |
| Hamlet {prop} (the main character of the play Hamlet) | :: המלט {m} |
| hammer {n} (tool) | :: פטיש {m} /patísh/ |
| hammer and sickle {n} (symbol of communism) | :: פטיש ומגל /patísh ve-magal/ |
| hammock {n} (swinging couch or bed) | :: ערסל /arsal/ |
| Hampshire {prop} (county in the south of England) | :: המפשייר |
| hamster {n} (small, short-tailed European rodent) | :: אוגר {m} /ogér/ |
| hand {n} (part of the fore limb) | :: יד {f} /yad/ |
| hand {n} (pointer of an analogue/analog clock) | :: מחוג {m} /makhog/ |
| hand {n} (hand's breadth) | :: טפח |
| hand {n} (handwriting; style of penmanship) | :: כתב יד {m} /ktav yad/ |
| handakuten {n} (Japanese semi-voiced mark) | :: האנדקוטן {m} /handákuten/ |
| handbook {n} (a book of reference) | :: ספר עזר {m} /séfer 'ézer/, ספר כיס {m} /séfer kís/, ספר שימוש \ ספר שמוש {m} /séfer shimúsh/ |
| handbrake {n} (hand-operated brake in a car) | :: אמברקס {m} /ambreks/ |
| handcraft {n} (handicraft) SEE: handicraft | :: |
| handcuffs {n} (metal rings for fastening wrists) | :: אזקים {m-p} /aziqím/ |
| handful {n} (amount held in hand) | :: חפן {m} /ẖófen/ |
| hand grenade {n} (explosive device) | :: רמון יד /rimon yad/ |
| handgun {n} (small, hand-held gun) | :: אקדח {m} /ekdakh/ |
| handicap {n} (allowance granted in a race to the competitor) | :: מקדם {m} /mikdam/ |
| handicapped {adj} (having a handicap) | :: נכה {m} /nakhe/ |
| handicraft {n} (trade requiring skill of hand) | :: אמנות {f} /umanút/ |
| hand in {v} (to give to a responsible person) | :: מסר |
| handkerchief {n} (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands) | :: ממחטה {m} |
| handle {v} (be concerned with, make a business of) | :: טיפל (ב־) /tipél (b'-)/ |
| handle with kid gloves {v} (to treat something very delicately) | :: טיפל בכפפות של משי /tipél bikhfafót shél méshi/ |
| handsome {adj} (of man: attractive) | :: טוב מראה /tov mareh/ |
| hands up {interj} (surrender!) | :: הרם ידים /harém yadáyim/ |
| hand tool {n} (tool powered by human muscle) | :: כלי יד {m} /kli yad/ |
| handwaving {n} (frantic or conspicuous gesturing) | :: נפנופי־ידיים |
| handwriting {n} (characteristic writing of a particular person) | :: כתב יד {m} /ktav yad/ |
| handy {n} (handgun) SEE: handgun | :: |
| handyman {n} (man who does odd tasks) | :: תיקונצ'יק {m} |
| hang {v} (to cause to be suspended) | :: תלה |
| Hangeul {n} (Korean phonetic script) | :: הנגול {m} /hangúl/ |
| hang out {v} (to do nothing in particular) | :: בלה /bilá/ |
| hangover {n} (illness caused by heavy drinking) | :: חמרמורת, הנגאובר /hungover, hengover/ |
| hang up one's boots {v} (to retire) | :: לתלות נעלים |
| Hannah {prop} (mother of Samuel) | :: חנה {f} /khaná/ |
| Hannah {prop} (female given name) | :: חנה {f} /khaná/ |
| Hanoi {prop} (capital of Vietnam) | :: האנוי |
| Hanover {prop} (German city) | :: הנובר |
| Hanseong {prop} (Seoul) SEE: Seoul | :: |
| Hanukkah {prop} (the Jewish festival) | :: חנכה {f} /khanuká/ |
| hanukkiah {n} (nine-branched candelabrum) | :: חנכיה {f} /khanukiyá/ |
| Hanyang {prop} (Seoul) SEE: Seoul | :: |
| hapax {n} (hapax legomenon) SEE: hapax legomenon | :: |
| hapax legomenon {n} (word occurring only once) | :: מלה יחידאית {f} /milá yeḥidaít/ |
| haply {adv} (perhaps) SEE: perhaps | :: |
| happen {v} (to occur) | :: קרה /kará/, הלך /halákh/ |
| happily ever after {adv} (happily until one's death) | :: באושר ועושר עד עצם היום הזה /beósher va'ósher 'ad 'étzem hayóm hazé/ |
| happiness {n} (emotion of being happy) | :: אושר \ אשר {m} /'ósher/ |
| happy {adj} (contented, joyous) | :: מאושר /m'ushar/, שמח /saméakh/ |
| happy birthday {interj} (good wishes for a birthday) | :: יום הולדת שמח \ יום הלדת שמח /yom hulédet saméakh/ |
| happy Hanukkah {phrase} (holiday greeting) | :: חג אורים שמח /ḥag urím saméaḥ/ |
| Happy Holidays {phrase} (holiday greeting) | :: חג שמח /chag sameach/ |
| happy New Year {phrase} (Happy New Year) | :: שנה טובה /shaná tová/ |
| Harajuku {prop} (district in Shibuya, Tokyo) | :: הרג׳וקו {m} /Harajukú/ |
| hara-kiri {n} (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen) | :: חרקירי {m} |
| harassment {n} (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress) | :: הטרדה {f} /hatradá/ |
| harbor {n} (for ships) | :: נמל {m} /namél/ |
| harbor {v} (to provide safe place) | :: העניק מחסה /he'eník makhasé/ |
| harbour {n} (harbor) SEE: harbor | :: |
| hard {adj} (resistant to pressure) | :: קשיח /kashíakh/ |
| hard-boiled {adj} (of an egg) | :: קשה {f} /kasha/, מבושלת קשה {f} /m'vushelet kasha/, קשה מבושלת /kasha m'vushelet/ |
| hard disk {n} (unit and all the disks within it) | :: כונן קשיח |
| hard drive {n} (device used for storing large amounts of data) | :: כונן קשיח {m} |
| hardly {adv} (barely, only just) | :: בקושי /bekóshi/ |
| hard nut to crack {n} (challenging problem to solve) | :: אגוז קשה לפצוח {m} /egóz qashé l'fitzúaẖ/ |
| hard-on {n} (rigid state of the penis) SEE: erection | :: |
| hardtack {n} (hard biscuit) | :: פכסם /pakhsam/, צנים /tsnim/ |
| hard-working {adj} (tending to work with ardour) SEE: hardworking | :: |
| hardworking {adj} (taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly) | :: חרוץ /kharúsh/ |
| hare {n} (animal) | :: ארנב {m} /arnáv/, ארנבת {f} /arnévet/ |
| Haredi Judaism {prop} (Haredi Orthodoxy) | :: יהדות חרדית /yahadut kharedit/, חרדיות /kharediut/ |
| harem {n} (the private part of an Arab household) | :: הרמון {m} /harmón/ |
| harem {n} (group of women in a polygamous household) | :: הרמון {m} /harmon/ |
| harlequin {n} (pantomime fool) | :: מוקיון {m} /muqyón/ |
| harm {n} (injury; hurt; damage) | :: נזק {m} /nézek/ |
| harmonica {n} (wind instrument) | :: מפוחית פה /mapukhit pe/ |
| harness {n} (restraint or support) | :: רתמה {f} /ritmá/ |
| harness {v} (to place a harness on something) | :: רתם /ratám/ |
| harp {n} (musical instrument) | :: נבל |
| harpsichord {n} (musical instrument) | :: צ'מבלו |
| harpy {n} (Fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman) | :: הרפיה {f} /hárpiya/ |
| harpy eagle {n} (Harpia harpyja) | :: הרפיה {f} /hárpiya/ |
| harrow {n} (device) | :: משדדה |
| harrowing {adj} (causing pain or distress) | :: מענה, מייסר |
| Harry {prop} (male given name) | :: הארי {m} |
| Harvard {prop} (name) | :: הרווארד |
| harvest {n} (autumn, fall) SEE: autumn | :: |
| harvest {n} (season of gathering the ripened crop) | :: אסיף {m} /'asíf/ |
| harvest {n} (process of gathering the ripened crop) | :: קצירה {f} /k'tsirá/, אסיף {m} /'asíf/, קציר {m} /katsír/ |
| harvest {n} (yield of harvesting) | :: קציר {m} /katsír/, אסיף {m} |
| harvest {v} (to bring in a harvest; reap) | :: קצר /katsár/ |
| harvestman {n} (arachnid) | :: קוצר {m} /kotsér/ |
| Haryana {prop} (state) | :: הריאנה |
| hash {n} (the # symbol) | :: סולמית {f} /sulamít/ |
| hash browns {n} (chopped and fried potatoes) | :: האש בראונס {p} /haʾēš bəraʾūns/ |
| Hashemite {n} (one claiming to be a direct descendent of Hashim) | :: האשמי /hashimí/ |
| Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan {prop} (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) | :: הממלכה הירדנית ההאשמית {f} /hamamlakhá hayardenít hahashemít/ |
| hashish {n} (marijuana generally) SEE: cannabis | :: |
| hashish {n} (dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant) | :: חשיש /khashísh/ |
| hash mark {n} (symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| Hasid {n} (a member of a Hasidic movement) | :: חסיד {m} |
| Hasidic {adj} (being a Hasid) | :: חסידי |
| Hasidic {adj} (of Hasidic Judaism) | :: חסידי |
| Hasidism {prop} (Jewish movement) | :: חסידות \ חסידות {f} /khasidút/ |
| Haskalah {prop} (Jewish Enlightenment) | :: השכלה {f} |
| Hassid {n} (Hasid) SEE: Hasid | :: |
| Hassidism {prop} (Hasidism) SEE: Hasidism | :: |
| hassium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 108) | :: הסיום /hesyum/ |
| hasta la vista {phrase} (see you later) SEE: see you later | :: |
| hasty {adj} (acting in haste; being too hurried or quick) | :: פזיז /paziz/ |
| hat {n} (a head covering) | :: כובע {m} /kóva/ |
| hate {v} (to dislike intensely) | :: שנא /sané/ |
| hate {n} (hatred) SEE: hatred | :: |
| hate crime {n} (a crime motivated by hate) | :: פשע שנאה {m} /pésha-sin'á/ |
| hater {n} (one who hates) | :: שונא {m} /soné/, שונאת {f} /sonét/ |
| hatred {n} (strong aversion) | :: שנאה {f} /siná/ |
| haughty {adj} (disdainful, supercilious; in demeanour conveying the assumption of superiority) | :: יהיר /yahír/, שחצן /shaẖtzán/ |
| Haumea {prop} (celestial body) | :: האומיה |
| haunt {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| Havana {prop} (capital of Cuba) | :: הוואנה |
| have {v} (to possess) | :: use ל־ /l'-/ + subject + יש /yesh/ + object; literally "to subject there is object" |
| have {v} (must) SEE: have to | :: |
| haven {n} (harbour) | :: נמל {n} /namél/ |
| have one's eye on {v} (watch) SEE: watch | :: |
| have one's fingers in many pies {v} (be involved in many different things) | :: ידו בכול, ידו טמונה בכל צלחת |
| have to {v} (obligation) | :: צריך {m} /tsarích/ |
| Hawaiian {n} (Hawaiian language) | :: הוואית {f} /havait/ |
| Hawaiian goose {n} (Branta sandvicensis) SEE: nene | :: |
| Hawking {prop} (surname) | :: הוקינג |
| hay {n} (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder) | :: חציר {m}, שחת {f}, מספוא {m} |
| haya {n} (beech) SEE: beech | :: |
| haystack {n} (a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay) | :: ערימת שחת {f} |
| hazard {n} (chance) SEE: chance | :: |
| haze {n} (very fine particles suspended in the air) | :: אובך |
| hazel {n} (hazelnut) SEE: hazelnut | :: |
| hazelnut {n} (fruit) | :: אלסר |
| hazzan {n} (Jewish cantor in a synagogue) | :: חזן {m} /khazán/ |
| he {n} (fifth letter of the various Semitic alphabets) | :: הא {f} /hé/, ה |
| he {pron} (personal pronoun "he") | :: הוא /hu/ |
| head {v} (to be in command of) | :: עמד בראש /amad b’rosh/ |
| head {v} (to move in a specified direction) | :: עשה את דרכו |
| head {adj} (foremost in rank or importance) | :: ראש /rosh/, ראשי |
| head {adj} (placed at the top or the front) | :: ראש /rosh/ |
| head {n} (bow of a vessel) SEE: bow | :: |
| head {n} (headache) SEE: headache | :: |
| head {v} (to behead) SEE: behead | :: |
| head {n} (part of the body) | :: ראש {m} /rosh/ |
| head {n} (blunt end of a nail, screw etc.) | :: שושנה {f} /shoshana/ |
| head {n} (leafy top part of a tree) | :: נוף {m} /nóf/ |
| headache {n} (pain or ache in the head) | :: כאב ראש {m} /ke'év rosh/ |
| headgear {n} (anything worn on the head) | :: כסוי ראש {m} /kisúy rosh/ |
| headmaster {n} (the most senior master in a school (male)) | :: מנהל {m} /menahél/ |
| headmistress {n} (female head teacher) | :: מנהלת {m} /menahélet/ |
| head of state {n} (the chief public representative of a nation) | :: ראש מדינה {m} /rosh m'diná/ |
| headphones {n} (pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound) | :: אזנית / אוזניות |
| headpiece {n} (helmet) SEE: helmet | :: |
| headpiece {n} (something covering the head) SEE: headgear | :: |
| headquarters {n} (the military installation) | :: מפקדה {f} /mifkada/ |
| headquarters {n} (center of organisation's activity) | :: מטכ'ל {m} /matei klali/ |
| heads {n} (side of coin) | :: עץ {m} /'etz/ |
| head-shrinker {n} (slang: psychotherapist) SEE: shrink | :: |
| heads or tails {n} (heads or tails) | :: עץ או פלי /'etz o páli/ |
| headwear {n} (headgear) SEE: headgear | :: |
| heal {v} (make better) | :: שיפר /shipér/ |
| heal {v} (become better) | :: השתפר /hishtapér/ |
| health {n} (state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction) | :: בריאות {f} /bri’út/ |
| health {n} (physical condition) | :: בריאות {f} /bri’út/ |
| heap {v} (to supply in great quantity) | :: הרעיף /hir'íf/ |
| hear {v} (to perceive sounds through the ear) | :: שמע /shamá'/ |
| hear {v} (to perceive with the ear) | :: שמע /shamá'/ |
| hearing {n} | :: קשב {m} /keshev/ |
| heart {n} (an organ) | :: לב {m} /lev/ |
| heart {n} (centre or core) | :: מרכז {m} /merkáz/, לב {m} /lev/ |
| heart attack {n} (death) SEE: death | :: |
| heart attack {n} (failure) SEE: failure | :: |
| heart attack {n} (acute myocardial infarction) | :: התקף לב |
| hearth {n} (floor of fireplace) | :: אח {m} /akh/ |
| hearts {n} (plural of "heart") SEE: heart | :: |
| heat {n} (thermal energy) | :: חום {m} /khóm/, טמפרטורה {f} /temperatúra/ |
| heat {n} (condition or quality of being hot) | :: חום {m} /khóm/ |
| heat {n} (attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth) | :: פיקנטיות {f} /pikantiyút/ |
| heat {n} (hot spell) | :: גל חום {m} /gal khóm/ |
| heat {v} (to cause an increase in temperature of an object or space) | :: חימם /khimém/ |
| heat {v} (to arouse, to excite (sexually)) | :: הדליק /hidlík/, הלהיט /hilhít/ |
| heat pump {n} (device to transfer heat) | :: משאבת חם {f} /mash'evát khom/ |
| heat wave {n} (heat wave) SEE: heatwave | :: |
| heatwave {n} (period of very hot weather) | :: גל חום {m} /gal khóm/, חמסין {m}, שרב {m} |
| heaven {n} (sky) | :: שמים {m-p} /shamáyim/ |
| heaven {n} (paradise and upper-world) | :: פרדיסא {m} /pardaysā’/, גן־עדן {f} /gan-éden/ |
| Heaven {prop} (All meanings) SEE: heaven | :: |
| heavy {adj} (having great weight) | :: כבד /kavéd/ |
| heavy cruiser {n} | :: סירת כבדה {f} /sayeret kvedah/ |
| hebdomad {n} (period of seven days) SEE: week | :: |
| hebdomadal {adj} (occurring once a week) SEE: weekly | :: |
| Hebraic {adj} | :: עברי \ עברי /ivrí/ |
| Hebrew {adj} (pertaining to the people) | :: עברי /ivrí/ |
| Hebrew {adj} (pertaining to the language) | :: עברי /ivrí/ |
| Hebrew {n} (person) | :: עברי {m} /ivrí/, עברים {m-p} /ivrím/, עבריה {f} /ivriyá/, עבריות {f-p} /ivriyót/ |
| Hebrew {n} (language, see also: Biblical Hebrew) | :: עברית {f} /ivrít/ |
| Hebron {prop} (city in Palestine) | :: חברון {f} /khevrón/ |
| hedge {n} (thicket of bushes planted in a row) | :: גדר חיה /gadér khayá/ |
| hedgehog {n} (animal) | :: קפוד / קיפוד {m} /kipod/ |
| hedonism {n} (philosophy) | :: הדוניזם {m} /hedonism/ |
| hedonist {n} (someone devoted to hedonism) | :: הדוניסט {m} /hedonist/ |
| heel {n} (anatomy: part of the foot) | :: עקב |
| Heffalump {n} (fictional elephant-like creature) | :: פיל נפיל {m} /píl nafíl/, היפופיל {m} /hipopíl/ |
| hegemony {n} (domination, influence, or authority over another) | :: הגמוניה /hegmonya/ |
| he-goat {n} (billy goat) SEE: billy goat | :: |
| heh {n} (Semitic letter) | :: ה״א /hey/ |
| height {n} (distance from bottom to top) | :: רמה {f} /ramá/ |
| height {n} (height of a standing person or animal) | :: גובה {?} /govah/ |
| Heijō {prop} (Pyongyang) SEE: Pyongyang | :: |
| Heilongjiang {prop} (Amur) SEE: Amur | :: |
| Heine {prop} (surname of German-speakers) | :: היינה /hayne/ |
| heir {n} (one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another) | :: יורש {m} /yorésh/, יורשת {f} |
| heir {n} (one who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office) | :: יורש {m} /yorésh/, יורשת {f} |
| heir {n} (successor in a role) | :: יורש {m} /yorésh/, יורשת {f} |
| Helen {prop} (female given name) | :: הילני {f} /Heléni/ |
| helicopter {n} (aircraft) | :: מסוק {m} /masók/ |
| Heliopolis {prop} (Ancient Egyptian city) | :: און /āwen/ |
| helium {n} (chemical element) | :: הליום {m} /helyúm/ |
| hell {prop} (abode for the condemned) | :: גיהנום {m} {f} /gehinóm/ |
| hell {interj} (hell!) | :: לעזאזל! /la'azazél/ |
| Hellenic {adj} (of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization) | :: הלני {m} /heleni/ |
| Hellenic {adj} (of or relating to Hellas or the Hellenes) | :: הלני {m} /heleni/ |
| Hellenic Republic {prop} (official name of Greece) | :: הרפובליקה ההלנית /ha-Republiqah ha-Helenit/ |
| Hellenism {n} (characteristics of ancient Greek culture) | :: יונות |
| Hellenist {n} (person who adopted the Greek culture during the Hellenistic period) | :: מתיוון {m} /mityavén/ |
| hell hath no fury like a woman scorned {proverb} (a woman will make one suffer if rejected) | :: אין זעם כזעמה של אישה דחויה, אש התופת לא תשווה לזעמה של אישה דחויה, אין בתופת זעם כמו זה של אישה מבוזה |
| hello {interj} (greeting) | :: שלום /shalóm/, שלום עליכם /shalóm 'aleikhém/ |
| hello {interj} (when answering the telephone) | :: שלום? /shalóm?/, הלו? /haló?/ |
| hello {interj} (is anyone there?) | :: שלום? מישהו שם? /shalóm?, mísheu shám?/ |
| hellspawn {n} (monster) SEE: monster | :: |
| hellspawn {n} (fiend) SEE: fiend | :: |
| helm {n} (steering apparatus of a ship) | :: ידית הגה {m} /yadit hege/, גלגל הגה {m} /galgal hege/, הגה {m} / hegeh/ |
| helmet {n} (protective head covering) | :: קסדה {f} /kasda/ |
| helmsman {n} (person responsible for steering a ship) | :: הגאי {m} /hagai/, תופש הגה {m} /tofes hegeh/ |
| helot {n} (serf, slave) SEE: slave | :: |
| help {n} (action given to provide assistance) | :: עזרה {f} /ʿezrá/, סיוע {m} /si'yua/ |
| help {n} (textual support of a software application) | :: עזרה {f} /ezrá/ |
| help {v} (transitive: provide assistance to (someone or something)) | :: עזר /'azár/, סייע {m} /siyéa'/ |
| help {v} (contribute in some way to) | :: תרם {m} /taram/ |
| help {interj} (cry of distress) | :: הצילו /hatsílu/ |
| helper {n} (one who helps) | :: עוזר {m} /ozér/ |
| helplessness {n} (state of being helpless) | :: אוזלת יד {f} /ozlat yad/ |
| Helsinki {prop} (the capital city of Finland) | :: הלסינקי |
| hemisphere {n} (half of the Earth) | :: המיספירה, חצי כדור {m} /khatsi kadúr/ |
| hemisphere {n} (lobe of cerebrum) SEE: cerebral hemisphere | :: |
| hemlock {n} (poisonous plant of genus Conium) | :: ראש {m} /rōš/ |
| hemp {n} (Cannabis sativa) | :: קנבוס {m} /kanabos/ |
| hen {n} (female chicken) | :: תרנגולת / תרנגלת {f} /tarnególet/ |
| hence {adv} (from here) | :: מכאן /mikán/ |
| hence {adv} (as a result, therefore) | :: לכן /lakhén/ |
| henna {n} (dye) | :: חינה {f} /ḥína/ |
| henotheism {n} (belief or worship) | :: הנותאיזם |
| hentai {n} (a work of anime that contains sexual art (esp. manga or anime)) | :: הנטאי {m} /hentay/ |
| heptagon {n} (polygon with seven sides and seven angles) | :: משובע \ משבע {m} /meshubá/ |
| heptagonal {adj} (Having seven angles and sides) | :: משובע {m} /meshubá/, משובעת {f} /meshubá`at/ |
| her {determiner} (belonging to) | :: שלה {f} /shela/, -ה /-ah/ |
| heraldry {n} (the profession of devising and blazoning arms) | :: הרלדיקה {f} /heraldika/ |
| herb {n} (plant used to flavour food) | :: ירק /yereq/, עשב |
| herbalism {n} ((obsolete) botany) SEE: botany | :: |
| herd {n} (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) | :: עדר {m} /'éder/ |
| herd {n} (any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company) | :: עדר {m} /'éder/, להקה {f} /lahaká/ |
| herd {n} (a crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative) | :: אספסוף {m} /asafsúf/ |
| herd {n} (herdsman) | :: רועה {m} /ro'é/ |
| herder {n} (one who herds) | :: רועה {m} /ro'é/ |
| herd immunity {n} (form of indirect protection against a disease) | :: חסינות העדר |
| here {adv} (in, on, or at this place) | :: כאן /kán/, פה /pó/ |
| here {adv} (to this place) | :: הנה /héna/, לכאן /lekán/, לפה /lepó/ |
| here {n} (this time, the present situation) | :: עכשיו /akhsháv/, כעת /ka'ét/, עתה /atá/ |
| here {n} | :: כאן /kán/, פה /pó/ |
| here {adj} (to call attention) | :: הי /hey/ |
| here and there {adv} (from time to time) SEE: from time to time | :: |
| Hereford {prop} (the city) | :: הרפורד |
| here lies {phrase} (epitaph) | :: פ"נ |
| heretic {n} (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals) | :: כופר {m} /kofér/, כופרת {m} /koféret/, אפיקורוס {m} /epikóros/, אפיקורס {m} /epikóres/, מין {m} /mín/ |
| hereto {adv} (so far) SEE: so far | :: |
| here you are {phrase} (said when handing something over) | :: בבקשה /b'vakashá/, הא לך /hē lechá/ |
| heritage interpretation {n} (discipline of explanation) | :: המסרה |
| Her Majesty {pron} (title of respect when referring to a queen) | :: הוד מלכותה {f} /hod malkhutah/ |
| hermaphrodite {n} (individual or organism having both male and female gonads) | :: הרמפרודיט /hermafrodit/ |
| hermeneutics {n} (art and science of text interpretation) | :: הרמנויטיקה {f} |
| hermetic {adj} (hermetically sealed) | :: הרמטי |
| Hermione {prop} (Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes) | :: הרמיוני |
| hero {n} (person of great bravery) | :: גבור {m} /gibór/, גבורה {f} /giborá/ |
| hero {n} (main protagonist) | :: גבור {m} /gibbór/ |
| Herod {prop} (king) | :: הורדוס |
| Herodotus {prop} (ancient historian) | :: הרודוטוס |
| heron {n} (bird) | :: אנפה {f} /anafá/ |
| herpes {n} (viral disease) | :: הרפס {m} /hérpes/, שלבקת {f} /shalbéqet/ |
| herpes zoster {n} (acute viral inflammation) SEE: shingles | :: |
| herring {n} (fish in Clupea) | :: מליח /malíaẖ/, דג מלוח {m} /dag malúaẖ/ |
| hertz {n} (the derived unit of frequency) | :: הרץ |
| Hertzsprung-Russell diagram {n} (plot of the absolute magnitude of stars) | :: דיאגרמת הרצשפרונג-ראסל |
| hesitant {adj} (tending to hesitate) | :: הססן {m} /Hasesan/ |
| hesitate {v} | :: להסס |
| heterochromia {n} (heterochromia) | :: הטרוכרומיה |
| heterogeneity {n} (diversity) SEE: diversity | :: |
| heterosexism {n} (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) | :: הטרוסקסיזם /heteroseksizm/ |
| heterosexuality {n} (heterosexual orientation) | :: הטרוסקסואליות {f} /heteroseksualiot/ |
| heth {n} (Semitic letter) | :: חי״ת \ חית {f} /khet/ |
| heuristic {n} (heuristic method, heuristics) | :: יורסיטיקה |
| hexadecimal {n} (number system with base sixteen) | :: בסיס הקסדצימלי {m} /basís hexadetsimáli/ |
| hexadecimal {adj} (expressed in hexadecimal) | :: הקסדצימלי {m} /hexadetsimáli/, הקסדצימלית {f} /hexadetsimálit/ |
| hexagon {n} (A polygon with six sides and six angles) | :: משושה {m} /meshushé/ |
| hexagonal {adj} (geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon) | :: משושה \ מששה {m} /meshushé/ |
| hexagonal {adj} (crystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°) | :: משושה \ מששה {m} /meshushé/ |
| hexapod {n} (insect) SEE: insect | :: |
| Hezbollah {prop} (Lebanese Shia islamic organisation) | :: חיזבאללה /hizballa/, חזבאללה /hizballa/ |
| H-hour {n} (hour at which major event is set to begin) | :: שעת ש' |
| hi {interj} (friendly, informal greeting) | :: שלום /shalóm/ |
| hibakusha {n} (survivor of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) | :: היבקושה {m} {f} /hibakusha/ |
| hidden {adj} (out of sight; not visually apparent) | :: מסתר /mustar/, נסתר /nistar/ |
| hidden {adj} (that has been hidden) | :: גנוז /ganuz/ |
| hidden agenda {n} (wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody) | :: אג׳נדה {f} /ajénda/ |
| hide {v} ((intransitive)) | :: התחבא /hitkhabé/ |
| hide and go seek {n} (hide and seek) SEE: hide and seek | :: |
| hide and seek {n} (game) | :: מחבואים {m-p} |
| hieroglyph {n} (element of ideographic writing system) | :: הירוגליף {m} |
| hieroglyphic {n} (a writing system) | :: כתב חרטומים \ כתב חרטמים {m} /k'tav khartumím/ |
| high {adj} (elevated; tall) | :: גבוה /gavóah/ |
| high {adj} (slang: stoned) | :: מסטול {m} /mastúl/ |
| high court {n} (supreme court) SEE: supreme court | :: |
| high five {n} (gesture) | :: כיף {m} /kif/ |
| High Holidays {prop} (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, collectively) | :: ימים נוראים {m-p} /yamím nora'ím/ |
| highlands {n} (area of high land) | :: רמה /ramah/ |
| high-level language {n} (user-friendly programming language) | :: שפה עלית {f} /safá 'ilít/, שפת־על /s'fát 'ál/ |
| highlighter {n} (pen for highlighting) | :: מרקר {m} /márqer/ |
| high-priced {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive | :: |
| high road {n} (main road or highway) SEE: highway | :: |
| high seas {n} (regions of ocean far from shore) | :: הים הפתוח {m} /hayam hapatuakh/ |
| high-speed rail {n} (type of rail transport) | :: רכבת מהירה {f} |
| high street {n} (the main street of any town) | :: רחוב ראשי {m} /rekhóv rashí/ |
| hight {v} (call) SEE: call | :: |
| highway {n} (main public road) | :: כביש מהיר {m} /kvish mahir/, אוטוסטרדה {f} /otostrada/ |
| highway robbery {n} (The asking of an excessive or exorbitant price) SEE: daylight robbery | :: |
| hijab {n} (headscarf) | :: חג׳אב {m} /hijab/ |
| Hijazi Arabic {prop} (the language) | :: ערבית חג׳אזית // |
| Hijra {n} (Muhammad's departure from Mecca) | :: הג׳רה |
| hilarious {adj} (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) | :: מצחיק {m} /mats'khík/ |
| hill {n} (elevated location) | :: גבעה {f} /giv'á/, תל {m} /tel/ |
| hillock {n} (small hill) | :: גבעונת {f} /givónet/ |
| him {pron} (he) SEE: he | :: |
| him {pron} (accusative / direct object) | :: אותו /otó/ |
| Himachal Pradesh {prop} (Himachal Pradesh) | :: הימאצ׳אל פראדש |
| Himalayas {prop} (a mountain range of south-central Asia) | :: הימלאיה \ הימליה /himaláya/ |
| Hindi {n} (language) | :: הינדית {f} /hindít/ |
| hindsight {n} (the phrase "in hindsight") | :: בדיעבד /bedi'avád/ |
| hindsight is 20/20 {proverb} (in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset) | :: כולם חכמים בדיעבד, במבט לאחור רואים הכול שש-שש, במבט לאחור כולנו חכמים, חוכמה לאחר מעשה |
| Hinduism {prop} (religion) | :: הינדואיזם {m} /hindu'ísm/ |
| hint {n} (clue) | :: רמז {m} /remez/ |
| hip {n} (joint) | :: ירך {f} /yarekh/ |
| hip flask {n} (pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages) | :: בקבוקון כיס שטוח, בקבוק אלכוהול אישי לכיס |
| hippopotamus {n} (large African mammal) | :: היפופוטם {m} /hipopotám/, בהמות {m} /b'hemót/, סוס יאור {m} /sus y'ór/ |
| hiragana {n} (Japanese syllabary) | :: היראגאנה |
| Hirschfeld {prop} (surname) | :: הירשפלד /hirshfeld/ |
| his {determiner} (attributive: belonging to him) | :: שלו /shello/ |
| his {pron} (that which belongs to him) | :: שלו, שלו /shelo/ |
| Hispanic America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish) | :: אמריקה הספרדית |
| historian {n} (writer of history) | :: היסטוריון {m} /historyón/ |
| historian {n} (person who studies history) | :: היסטוריון {m} /historyón/ |
| historic {adj} (historical) SEE: historical | :: |
| historical {adj} (pertaining to history) | :: היסטורי /históri/ |
| historical linguistics {n} (the scientific study of language change) | :: היסטורית בלשנות {f} /balshanút histórit/ |
| history {n} (aggregate of past events) | :: הסטוריה / היסטוריה {f} /história/ |
| history {n} (branch of knowledge that studies the past) | :: היסטוריה {f} /história/ |
| history {n} (record or narrative description of past events) | :: היסטוריה {f} /história/ |
| history {n} (medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions) | :: היסטוריה {f} /história/ |
| history {n} (computing: record of previous user events) | :: היסטוריה {f} /história/ |
| hit {v} (to give a blow) | :: הרביץ /hirbíts/ |
| hit {v} (to come into contact with forcefully and suddenly) | :: פגע /pagá/ |
| hit {n} (blow, punch) | :: מכה /maká/ |
| hit {n} (success, especially in the entertainment industry) | :: להיט {m} /lahít/ |
| hit {v} (to hit) SEE: strike | :: |
| hit and run {n} (the crime of causing an accident and leaving) | :: פגע וברח /pagá uvarákh/ |
| hitch {n} (knot) | :: ענד {m} /ened/ |
| hitchhike {v} (to try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road) | :: תפס טרמפ /tafás trémp/, נסע בטרמפ /nasá b'trémp/ |
| hither {adv} (to here) | :: הלום /halóm/, הנה /héna/ |
| hitherto {adv} (up to this time) | :: עד כה |
| Hitler {prop} (Austrian surname held by Adolf Hitler) | :: היטלר {m} |
| hive {n} (structure for housing a swarm of honeybees) SEE: beehive | :: |
| hoarder {n} (one who hoards) | :: אוגר {m} /oger/ |
| hoarfrost {n} (frozen dew drops) | :: כפור {m} /kfor/ |
| hoax {v} (to deceive with a hoax) | :: מתח /matákh/ |
| hobbit {n} (fictional small humanoid creature) | :: הוביט {m} /hóbit/ |
| hobby {n} (activity done for enjoyment in spare time) | :: תחביב {m} /takhviv/ |
| hobbyist {n} (person interested in an activity or subject as a hobby) | :: חובב {m} /ḥovév/ |
| hockey {n} (the sport) | :: הוקי {m} /hokey/ |
| hoe {n} (agricultural tool) | :: מעדר {m} /má'der/ |
| Hoffman {prop} (surname Hoffman) | :: הופמן /Hofman/ |
| hog {n} (animal of the family Suidae) | :: חזיר {m} /khazir/ |
| Hogwarts {prop} (fictional school for learning magic) | :: הוגוורטס {m} /Hogworts/ |
| hoi polloi {n} (elite) SEE: elite | :: |
| Hokkaido {prop} (a northern largest island of Japan, or a prefecture based in itself) | :: הוקאידו |
| hold {v} (to grasp) | :: החזיק /hekhzík/ |
| hold {n} (cargo area) | :: ספנה {f} /safnah/, מחסן {m} /makhsan/ |
| hole {n} (hollow in some surface) | :: חור \ חר {m} /khor/ |
| hole {n} | :: חור {m} |
| hole {v} (to destroy) SEE: destroy | :: |
| holiday {n} (day on which a festival etc. is traditionally observed) | :: חג {m} /khag/ |
| holiday {n} (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel) | :: חופשה \ חפשה /ḥufshá/ |
| hollow {n} (hollow in some surface) SEE: hole | :: |
| Hollywood {prop} (area of Los Angeles) | :: הוליווד {m} /holivud/ |
| Hollywood {prop} (the American motion picture industry) | :: הוליווד {m} /holivud/ |
| holmium {n} (chemical element) | :: הולמיום /hólmiyum/ |
| holocaust {n} (sacrifice to a god) | :: עולה {f} /olá/ |
| holocaust {n} (annihilation of a group of animals or people) | :: רצח עם {m} /rétzakh am/ |
| holocaust {n} (state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group) | :: שואה {f} /sho'a/ |
| Holocaust {prop} (the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany) | :: השואה /ha-sho'á/ , שואה {f} /sho'á/ |
| holy {adj} (dedicated to a religious purpose) | :: קדוש {m} /ka'dosh/, קדושה {f} /kdo'sha/ |
| holy {adj} (dedicated for a specific purpose) | :: קדוש {m} /ka'dosh/, קדושה {f} /kdo'sha/ |
| holy {n} (holy thing) | :: קדש /kodesh/ |
| Holy Ghost {prop} (aspect of the Holy Trinity) SEE: Holy Spirit | :: |
| Holy Land {prop} (that part of Asia in which most Biblical events are set) | :: ארץ הקדש {f} /éretz haqódesh/ |
| Holy of Holies {prop} (the most sacred place within a sacred building) | :: קודש הקודשים {m} /kodesh hakodashim/ |
| Holy Roman Empire {prop} (state) | :: האימפריה הרומית הקדושה {f} /ha'impérya harómit haqdoshá/ |
| Holy See {prop} (episcopal see of the Catholic Church) | :: הכס הקדוש {m} /hakés haqadósh/ |
| Holy Spirit {prop} (Christian: aspect of the Holy Trinity) | :: רוח הקדש /Ruakh haKadosh/ |
| holy war {n} (primarily religious war) | :: ג'יהאד, מלחמת קודש |
| holy water {n} (water, sanctified) | :: מים קדושים {m-p} /máyim kdoyshim/ |
| homage {n} | :: הומאז' {m} |
| home {n} (house or structure in which someone lives) | :: בית {m} /báyit/ |
| home {n} (someone’s native land) | :: בית {m} /báyit/ |
| home {n} (childhood or parental home) | :: בית {m} /báyit/ |
| home {n} (habitat) | :: בית {m} /báyit/, מקום {m} /makóm/ |
| home {adv} (homewards) | :: הביתה /habáyta/ |
| homeland {n} (country which one regards as home) | :: מולדת {f} /moledet/, מכורה {f} /mekhora/ |
| homeopathy {n} (system of treating diseases with very small amounts) | :: הומאופתיה /homeopatia/ |
| hometown {n} (place of birth or residence) | :: עיר מגורים {f} /ir m'gurim/ |
| homeward {adv} (towards home) | :: הביתה /habáyta/ |
| homewards {adj} (leading toward home) | :: הביתה /habáyta/ |
| homework {n} (work that is done at home) | :: עבודת בית, שיעורי בית |
| homo {n} (short form of homosexual) | :: הומו |
| homoerotic {adj} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual | :: |
| homograph {n} (word with the same spelling but different meaning) | :: הומוגרף {m} /homográf/ |
| homonym {n} (word with the same sound or spelling) | :: הומונים {m} |
| homophobia {n} (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) | :: הומופוביה {f} |
| homosexual {adj} (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex) | :: הומוסקסואל {m} /homoseksuál/ |
| homosexual {n} (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex) | :: הומוסקסואל {m} /homoseksual/ |
| homosexuality {n} (sexual orientation) | :: הומוסקסואליות {f} /homoseksuáliut/ |
| Honduras {prop} (a country in Central America) | :: הונדורס /honduras/ |
| honest {adj} (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth) | :: כנה /kené/ |
| honey {n} (sweet substance produced by bees) | :: דבש {m} /dvash/ |
| honey {n} (term of affection) | :: מותק /motek/, חביבי {m} /havivi/, חביבתי {f} /havivati/ |
| honey badger {n} (Mellivora capensis) | :: גירית הדבש {f} /girit hadvash/ |
| honeybadger {n} (honey badger) SEE: honey badger | :: |
| honey buzzard {n} (Pernis apivorus) | :: איה {f} /ayá/ |
| honey dipper {n} (kitchen tool) | :: דבשון {m} /divshon/ |
| honey drizzler {n} (kitchen tool) SEE: honey dipper | :: |
| honeymoon {n} (trip taken by a newly wed married couple) | :: ירח דבש {m} /yéraẖ dvash/ |
| honeymoon {n} | :: ירח־דבש /yerakh-dəvaš/ |
| honey wine {n} (mead) SEE: mead | :: |
| Hong Kong {prop} (coastal administrative region in south-east China) | :: הונג קונג {m} /hong kong/, הונג־קונג {m} /hong-kong/ |
| Honiara {prop} (the capital of the Solomon Islands) | :: הוניארה /honiara/ |
| Honolulu {prop} (the capital of Hawaii) | :: הונולולו /honolulu/ |
| honor {n} (recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect) | :: כבוד {m} /kavód/ |
| honor {n} (favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth) | :: כבוד {m} /kavód/ |
| honor {n} (excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue) | :: כבוד {m} /kavód/ |
| honor {n} (token of praise or respect) | :: כבוד /kavod/ |
| honor {v} (think of, respect highly) | :: כיבד \ כבד /kibéd/ |
| honor {v} (confer honour on) | :: כיבד \ כבד /kibéd/ |
| honorificabilitudinitatibus {n} (state of being able to receive honours) | :: כביד {m} /kabíd/ |
| honour {n} (honour) SEE: honor | :: |
| honour {v} (honour) SEE: honor | :: |
| honour killing {n} (murder as a cultural practice) | :: רצח על חלול כבוד המשפחה {m} /rétzakh al khilúl kavód hammishpakhá/ |
| hood {n} (headwear) | :: ברדס, קפוצ׳ון |
| hood {n} (thug) SEE: thug | :: |
| hoof {n} (tip of a toe of ungulates) | :: פרסה {f} /parsa/ |
| hook {n} (rod bent into a curved shape) | :: וו {m} /vav/ |
| hook {v} (to steal) SEE: steal | :: |
| hookah {n} (pipe) | :: נרגילה /nargíla/ |
| hooker {n} (prostitute) SEE: whore | :: |
| hookup {n} (brief sexual relationship) SEE: fling | :: |
| hooligan {n} (person that causes trouble or violence) | :: חוליגן {m} /ḥuligán/ |
| hoop {n} (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel) | :: חשוק {m} /ẖishúq/ |
| hoopoe {n} (bird Upupa epops) | :: דוכיפת {f} /dukhifat/ |
| hooray {interj} (elated expression of approval) | :: הידד! /heidad!/ |
| hooter {n} (slang: penis) SEE: dick | :: |
| hooter {n} (owl) SEE: owl | :: |
| hoover {v} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum | :: |
| hoover {n} (vacuum cleaner) SEE: vacuum cleaner | :: |
| hop {v} (jump a short distance) | :: קפיצה דילוג |
| hope {v} (to want something to happen, with expectation that it might) | :: קיווה \ קוה /kivá/ |
| hope {n} (belief that something wished for can happen) | :: תקוה {f} /tikvá/, יהב {m} /yeháv/ |
| hope {n} (person or thing that is a source of hope) | :: תקווה {f} /tikvá/ |
| hopeless {adj} (desperate) SEE: desperate | :: |
| hora {n} (circle dance) | :: הורה {f} /hóra/ |
| horizon {n} (line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky) | :: אופק \ אפק {m} /ófek/ |
| horizontal {adj} (parallel to the plane of the horizon) | :: אפקי /ofkí/ |
| horn {n} (growth on the heads of certain animals) | :: קרן {f} /keren/ |
| horn {n} (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle) | :: צופר {m} /tzofar/ |
| horndog {n} (man fixated on sex) | :: חרמן {m} /kharmán/ |
| horned melon {n} (plant) | :: הארן מעלאנע |
| hornet {n} (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body) | :: צרעה {m} /tzir'a/ |
| Horn of Africa {prop} (peninsula in East Africa) | :: קרן אפריקה {f} /qéren áfrika/ |
| horny {adj} (sexually aroused) | :: חרמן /kharmán/ |
| horoscope {n} (astrological forecast) | :: הורוסקופ |
| Horowitz {prop} (surname) | :: הורוביץ |
| horror {n} (intense distressing fear or repugnance) | :: אימה {f} /éima/ |
| horse {n} (members of the species Equus ferus) | :: סוס {m} /sus/ |
| horse {n} (knight in chess (see also knight)) | :: פרש {m} /parash/ |
| horsefly {n} (fly of the family Tabanidae) | :: זבוב הסוס {m} /zvuv hasus/ |
| horseman {n} (man who rides a horse) | :: רכב /rakav/ |
| horseman {n} (soldier on horseback) | :: פרש {m} /parásh/ |
| horsepower {n} (metric) | :: כוח סוס {m} /kóaḥ sus/ |
| horsepower {n} | :: כוח-סוס (Ko'ah Sus) also כ״ס |
| horseradish {n} (plant) | :: חזרת {f} /ḥazeret/ |
| horseradish {n} (condiment) | :: חזרת הגינה /hazeret hagina/ |
| horseshoe {n} (metallic shoe of a horse) | :: פרסה {f} /parsá/ |
| horseshoe bat {n} (bat of the genus Rhinolophus) | :: פרסף |
| horsetail {n} (plant of the order Equisetales) | :: שבטבט {m} /šəḇaṭbā́ṭ/ |
| hose {n} (flexible tube) | :: צנור {m} /tsinór/, קולח {m} /kolákh/ |
| Hosea {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: הושע /Hoshe'ah/ |
| Hosea {prop} (prophet) | :: הושע {m} /Hoshe'ah/ |
| hospitable {adj} (cordial and generous towards guests) | :: מכניס אורחים /makhnís-'or'khím/ |
| hospital {n} (large medical facility) | :: בית חולים {m} /beit kholím/ |
| hospitalise {v} (hospitalize) SEE: hospitalize | :: |
| hospitality {n} (act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests) | :: הכנסת אורחים {f} /hachnasát orḥím/ |
| hospitalize {v} (to send to a hospital) | :: אשפז /ishpéz/ |
| hospital ship {n} (hospital ship) | :: אנית בית חולים {f} /oniyat beit kholim/ |
| host {n} (person who receives or entertains a guest) | :: מארח /mearéakh/ |
| host {n} (person or organisation responsible for running an event) | :: מארחים (mearkhím) |
| host {n} (moderator) | :: מנחה (mankhé) |
| host {n} (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) | :: פנדקאי {m} /pundaqáy/ |
| hostage {n} (person given as a pledge or security) | :: בן ערבה {m} /ben arubá/, בת ערבה {f} /bat aruba/ |
| hostel {n} (short for youth hostel) SEE: youth hostel | :: |
| hostler {n} (person at an inn who looks after horses) | :: סיס {m} /sayás/ |
| hot {adj} (having a high temperature) | :: חם /kham/ |
| hot air {n} (empty, confused or exaggerated talk) | :: דברי הבל, אוויר חם |
| hot-air balloon {n} (balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air) | :: כדור פורח {m} |
| hot chocolate {n} (beverage) | :: שוקו {m} /shóko/ |
| hot dog {n} (frankfurter in a bun) | :: נקניקייה {f} /naknikiyá/ |
| hotel {n} (establishment providing accommodation) | :: מלון {m} /malón/ |
| hothouse {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| hot potato {n} (awkward or delicate problem) | :: תפוח אדמה לוהט {m} /tapúaẖ adamá lohét/ |
| hot spell {n} (heatwave) SEE: heatwave | :: |
| hot spring {n} (natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20°C (68° F)) | :: מעין חם {m} /ma'ayán kham/ |
| hottie {n} (slang: sexually attractive person) | :: חתיך {m} /ḥatikh/, חתיכה {f} /ḥatikha/ |
| hour {n} (time period of sixty minutes) | :: שעה {f} /sha'á/ |
| house {n} (genre of music) SEE: house music | :: |
| house {n} (human abode) | :: בית {m} /báyit/ |
| household {n} (those living in the same residence) | :: משק בית {m} /mésheq báyit/ |
| houseleek {n} (Sempervivum) | :: חי העולם {m} /ḥay hā-ʿōlā́m/, חי לעולם {m} /ḥay lə-ʿōlā́m/ |
| house music {n} (type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum) | :: האוס |
| house of ill fame {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| House of Representatives {prop} (lower house of parliament) | :: בית הנבחרים {m} /beit hanivkharim/ |
| house sparrow {n} (Passer domesticus) | :: דרור הבית {m} /dror ha-báyt/ |
| housewife {n} (female head of household) | :: עקרת בית {f} /akéret báyit/ |
| how {adv} (to what degree) | :: כמה /káma/ |
| how {adv} (in what manner) | :: איך /ekh/, כיצד /keytsád/ |
| how {adv} (in what state) | :: איך /ekh/ |
| how {adv} (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings) | :: כמה /káma/ |
| how are you {phrase} (greeting) | :: ?מה שלומך /ma shlomkha?/ (singular male), (ma shlomekh?) (singular female), (ma shlomkhem?) (plural male), (ma shlomkhen?) (plural female) |
| how do I get to the airport {phrase} (how do I get to the airport?) | :: איך מגיעים לשדה התעופה /éykh megi'ím le s'de ha t'ufá/ |
| how do I get to the bus station {phrase} (how do I get to the bus station?) | :: איך להגיע לתחנת האוטובוס? /eikh l'hagía' l-taḥanat ha-otobus/ |
| how do I get to the train station {phrase} (how do I get to the train station?) | :: איך מגיעים לתחנת הרכבת /éykh megi'ím letachanát harakévet/ |
| how do you say …… in English {phrase} (request for translation into English) | :: איך אומרים …… באנגלית? |
| howdy {interj} (hi) SEE: hi | :: |
| howdy doody {interj} (hi) SEE: hi | :: |
| however {adv} (nevertheless) | :: אף על פי כן, למרות זאת |
| how long {adv} (how long (length of time)) | :: כמה זמן /káma zman/, עד מתי /'ad matáy/ |
| how many {determiner} (what number) | :: כמה /káma/ |
| how much {determiner} (what quantity) | :: כמה /káma/ |
| how much does it cost {phrase} (how much is it?) | :: כמה זה עולה? /káma ze olé?/ |
| how much is it {phrase} (how much does it cost) SEE: how much does it cost | :: |
| how no {adv} (why not) SEE: why not | :: |
| how old are you {phrase} (what is your age in years) | :: בן כמה אתה {m} /ben káma atá/, בת כמה את {f} /bat kama at/ |
| how's it going {phrase} (how's it going? - informal greetings) | :: מה נשמע? /Ma nishma'?/ |
| howzit {interj} (what's up) SEE: what's up | :: |
| Hrodna {prop} (Grodno) SEE: Grodno | :: |
| hryvnia {n} (Ukrainian currency) | :: הריבניה |
| Hu {prop} (Chinese surname) | :: חו |
| Hubble constant {prop} (number) | :: קבוע האבל /kavúa Hábl/ |
| hue {n} (color or shade of color; tint; dye) | :: גוון {m} /gaven/ |
| Hue {prop} (city, province of Vietnam) | :: הואה |
| hug {n} (affectionate embrace) | :: חיבוק \ חבוק {m} /khibúk/ |
| hug {v} (embrace) | :: חיבק \ חבק /khibék/ |
| Huldah {prop} (biblical prophetess) | :: חלדה /ḥuldá/ |
| hull {n} (frame of a ship or plane) | :: גוף {m} /guf/ |
| hum {n} | :: המיה {f} /hemyah/ |
| human {adj} (of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens) | :: אנושי /enoshí/ |
| human being {n} (a human being) SEE: human | :: |
| human being {n} (person) | :: בן אדם {m} /ben 'ádam/ , אדם {m} /'ádam/ |
| humane {adj} (with regard for the health and well-being of another) | :: אנושי /enoshí/ |
| humanism {n} (ethical system) | :: הומניזם |
| humanitarian {adj} (concerned with people's welfare) | :: הומניטרי /humanitári/ |
| humankind {n} (human race) SEE: mankind | :: |
| human milk {n} (breast milk) SEE: breast milk | :: |
| human nature {n} (set of qualities shared by all humans) | :: טבע האדם {m} |
| human resource management {n} (process) | :: ניהול אנשי הצוות |
| human right {n} (basic right that all humans should be guaranteed) | :: זכות אדם {f} /z'khút-adám/ |
| human rights {n} (basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed) | :: זכויות האדם {f-p} /zekhuyót ha-ádam/ |
| human trafficking {n} (criminal activity in which people are recruited, etc. to serve an exploitative purpose) | :: סחר בבני אדם {m} /sákhar biv'néi 'adám/ |
| humble {adj} (near the ground) | :: נמוך /namúkh/ |
| humble {adj} (thinking lowly of oneself) | :: צנוע /tsanúa/, ענו /anáv/ |
| humid {adj} (slightly wet) | :: לח /lakh/ |
| humidity {n} (dampness, especially that of the air) | :: לחות {f} /lakhút/ |
| humility {n} (characteristic of being humble) | :: צניעות {f} /tsniút/, ענווה {f} /anavá/ |
| Hummer {n} (sport utility vehicle) | :: האמר {m} /hamer/ |
| hummingbird {n} (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae) | :: קוליברי |
| hummock {n} (small hill) SEE: hillock | :: |
| hummus {n} (dip made of chickpea paste) | :: חומוס {m} /khúmus/ |
| humour {n} (something funny) | :: הומור {m} /humor/ |
| Hun {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| hundred {num} (cardinal number 100) | :: מאה /me'á/ |
| Hungarian {n} (the language) | :: הונגרית {f} /hungarít/ |
| Hungary {prop} (the country) | :: הונגריה {f} /hungarya/ |
| hunger {n} (need for food) | :: רעב {m} /ra'áv/ |
| hungry {adj} (affected by hunger; desirous of food) | :: רעב /ra'év/ |
| hunk {n} (sexually attractive man) | :: חתיך {m} /ḥatich/, לירד {m} /lird/ |
| hunt {v} | :: צד /tsad/, חיפש /khipés/ |
| hunt {n} (the act of hunting, shooting) | :: מצוד {m} /matsód/, ציד {m} /tsáyid/ |
| hunter {n} (person who hunts game) | :: ייד / ציד {m} /tsayád/ |
| hunting {n} (chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts) | :: ציד {m} /tsáyid/ |
| hunting {n} (looking for something) | :: מצוד {m} /matsód/, חיפוש {m} /khipús/ |
| hurler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| hurt {v} (to be painful) | :: כאב /ka’áv/ |
| hurt {v} (to cause physical pain and/or injury) | :: פגע /pagá'/, הכאיב /hikh’ív/ |
| Husayn {prop} (Husayn) | :: חוסיין |
| husband {n} (male partner in marriage) | :: בעל {m} /baʿal/, איש {m} /ʾish/ |
| husk {n} (exterior of certain vegetables or fruits) | :: קליפה {f} /klipá/ |
| hussy {n} ((obsolete) a housewife or housekeeper) SEE: housewife | :: |
| hustle {v} (to rush or hurry) | :: למהר {m} |
| hustle {v} (to con or deceive) | :: לרמות |
| hustle and bustle {n} (activity) | :: המולה, התרוצצות |
| hustler {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| hut {n} (small wooden shed) | :: בקתה {f} /biktá/ |
| hutong {n} (lane) SEE: lane | :: |
| hutong {n} (alley) SEE: alley | :: |
| hyacinth {n} (plant of the genus Hyacinthus) | :: יקינתון {m} |
| hybrid {n} (biology: offspring resulting from crossbreeding) | :: כלאיים \ כלאים {m-p} /kil'áyim/, בן תערובת {m} /ben ta'aróvet/ |
| Hyde Park {prop} (name of a park) | :: הייד פארק {m} /hayd parq/ |
| Hyderabad {prop} (capital of Telangana) | :: היידראבאד |
| hydration {n} | :: רויה {f} /rvayá/ |
| hydrocephalus {n} (skull enlargement due to fluid) | :: הידרוצפלוס {f} /hidrotsefalus/ |
| hydrogen {n} (chemical element) | :: מימן {m} /meiman/ |
| hydrogen peroxide {n} (H2O2) | :: מי חמצן {m-p} /mé khamtsán/ |
| hydrophyte {n} (plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water) | :: צמחי מים |
| hydrotherapy {n} (technique that uses water for the treatment of disease) | :: הידרותרפיה {f} |
| hyena {n} (mammal) | :: צבוע {m} /tzavoa/ |
| hygiene {n} (conditions and practices that promote and preserve health) | :: היגיינה |
| hygrometer {n} (instrument that measures humidity) | :: היגרומטר {m} /higrométer/ |
| hymen {n} (membrane which occludes the vagina) | :: קרום הבתולין {m} /qrum habetulín/ |
| hymn {n} (a song of praise or worship) | :: זמירה /z"mirah/ |
| hyperactive {adj} (having an increased state of activity) | :: פעלתן /p'altán/ |
| hyperbola {n} (geometric curve) | :: היפרבולה {f} /hiperbola/ |
| hypercorrection {n} (nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule) | :: תיקון יתר {m} /tikun yeter/ |
| hypergeometric distribution {n} (probability distribution) | :: התפלגות היפרגאומטרית {p} |
| hyperglycemia {n} (unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood) | :: היפרגליקמיה |
| hyperkinetic disorder {n} (developmental disorder) | :: הפרעה היפרקינטית {f}, תסמונת היפרקינטית {f} |
| hyperlink {n} (link from one electronic document to another) | :: קישור \ קשור {m} /ki'shur/ |
| hypermetropia {n} (disorder of the vision) SEE: farsightedness | :: |
| hyperopia {n} (disorder of the vision) SEE: farsightedness | :: |
| hyperventilate {v} (to breathe quickly and deeply) | :: התנשם |
| hyphen {n} (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split) | :: מקף {m} /makáf/ |
| Hypnos {prop} (Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep) | :: היפנוס |
| hypnosis {n} (a trancelike state) | :: היפנוזה {f} /hipnozah/ |
| hypochondria {n} (psychological disorder) | :: היפוכונדריה {f} |
| hypocrisy {n} (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess) | :: צביעות \ צביעות {f} /tsviút/ |
| hypocrite {n} (person practising hypocrisy) | :: צבוע \ צבוע {f} /tsavúa/ |
| hypocritical {adj} (characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite) | :: צבוע |
| hypotenuse {n} (The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) | :: יתר {m} /yéter/ |
| hypothalamus {n} (a region of the brain, below the thalamus) | :: היפותלמוס {m} |
| hypothesis {n} (tentative conjecture in science) | :: היפותזה {f} /hipotezá/ |
| hypothesis {n} (assumption taken to be true) | :: הנחה {f} /hanakhá/ |
| hypothyroidism {n} (disease state) | :: תת פעילות של בלוטת התריס /tat peilut shel balutat hatris/ |
| hyrax {n} (mammal of the order Hyracoidea) | :: שפן {m} /shafan/ |
| hyssop {n} (herb of the genus Hyssopus) | :: אזוב |
| hysteria {n} (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion) | :: היסטריה {f} /histérya/ |