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# Biblical Hebrew dictionary

8377 words: the Hebrew words of the whole Hebrew Bible, each with how often it is used, its meanings in the OpenScriptures lexical index and in Brown–Driver–Briggs (1906), MACULA's English glosses, and the verses it stands in, word for word and in the JPS translation of 1917.

13955 verses quoted; every verse links to its page in Mova's corpora, with its dependency tree.

## The alphabet

[א](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/alef/) · [ב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/bet/) · [ג](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/gimel/) · [ד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/dalet/) · [ה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/he/) · [ו](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/vav/) · [ז](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/zayin/) · [ח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/het/) · [ט](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/tet/) · [י](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/yod/) · [כ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/kaf/) · [ל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/lamed/) · [מ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/mem/) · [נ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/nun/) · [ס](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/samekh/) · [ע](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ayin/) · [פ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/pe/) · [צ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/tsadi/) · [ק](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/qof/) · [ר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/resh/) · [ש](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/shin/) · [ת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/tav/)

## The 100 commonest words

- [וְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ו/) — used 50273 times — and
- [הוּא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/הוא/) — used 44784 times — he
- [הַ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ה/) — used 30415 times — the
- [לְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ל/) — used 20065 times — to
- [בְּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ב/) — used 15539 times — in
- [אֵת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/את/) — used 10939 times — mark of the accusative
- [מִן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מן/) — used 7559 times — out of
- [יהוה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/יהוה/) — used 6513 times — Jehovah
- [עַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/על/) — used 5770 times — above
- [אֶל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אל/) — used 5514 times — motion to
- [אֲשֶׁר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אשר/) — used 5500 times — who
- [כֹּל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/כל/) — used 5412 times — the whole
- [אָמַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אמר/) — used 5307 times — utter
- [לֹא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/לא/) — used 5168 times — not
- [בֵּן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/בן/) — used 4933 times — son
- [כִּי](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/כי/) — used 4483 times — that
- [הָיָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/היה/) — used 3561 times — fall out
- [כְּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/כ/) — used 2902 times — like
- [עָשָׂה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עשה/) — used 2626 times — do
- [אֱלֹהִים](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אלהים/) — used 2601 times — gods
- [בּוֹא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/בוא/) — used 2558 times — come in
- [מֶלֶךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מלך/) — used 2523 times — king
- [יִשְׂרָאֵל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ישראל/) — used 2506 times — Israel
- [אֶרֶץ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ארץ/) — used 2504 times — earth
- [יוֹם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/יום/) — used 2302 times — day
- [אִישׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/איש/) — used 2187 times — man
- [פָּנֶה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/פנה/) — used 2126 times — face
- [בַּיִת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/בית/) — used 2042 times — house
- [נָתַן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/נתן/) — used 2009 times — give
- [עַם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עם/) — used 1833 times — people
- [יָד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/יד/) — used 1618 times — hand
- [הלך](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/הלך/) — used 1547 times — go
- [ה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ה-2/) — used 1516 times — interrogative particle
- [דָּבָר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/דבר/) — used 1441 times — speech
- [הוּא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/הוא-2/) — used 1394 times — he
- [רָאָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ראה/) — used 1299 times — see
- [עַד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עד/) — used 1262 times — as far as
- [אָב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אב/) — used 1210 times — father
- [זֶה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/זה/) — used 1177 times — this
- [שָׁמַע](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שמע/) — used 1159 times — hear
- [דָבַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/דבר-2/) — used 1136 times — speak
- [עִיר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עיר/) — used 1092 times — city
- [יָשַׁב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ישב/) — used 1080 times — sit
- [דָּוִד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/דוד/) — used 1075 times — David
- [יָצָא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/יצא/) — used 1068 times — go out
- [אִם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אם/) — used 1068 times — if
- [הִנֵּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/הנה/) — used 1059 times — lo!
- [שׁוּב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שוב/) — used 1057 times — turn back
- [עִם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עם-2/) — used 1048 times — with
- [אֶחָד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אחד/) — used 970 times — one
- [לָקַח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/לקח/) — used 966 times — take
- [יָדַע](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ידע/) — used 946 times — know
- [אֵת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/את-2/) — used 926 times — with
- [עָלָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עלה/) — used 889 times — go up
- [עַיִן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עין/) — used 886 times — eye
- [שָׁנָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שנה/) — used 876 times — year
- [אֲנִי](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אני/) — used 874 times — I
- [שֵׁם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שם/) — used 864 times — name
- [שָׁלַח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שלח/) — used 847 times — send
- [מוּת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מות/) — used 843 times — die
- [שָׁם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שם-2/) — used 834 times — there
- [יְהוּדָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/יהודה/) — used 819 times — Judah
- [אָכַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אכל/) — used 809 times — eat
- [עֶבֶד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עבד/) — used 800 times — slave
- [אַיִן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אין/) — used 788 times — nothing
- [אִשָּׁה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אשה/) — used 781 times — woman
- [גַּם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/גם/) — used 769 times — also
- [שְׁנַיִם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שנים/) — used 768 times — two
- [מֹשֶׁה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/משה/) — used 766 times — Moses
- [נֶפֶשׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/נפש/) — used 754 times — soul
- [מָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מה/) — used 752 times — what?
- [כֹּהֵן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/כהן/) — used 750 times — priest
- [אֵלֶּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אלה/) — used 746 times — these
- [כֵּן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/כן/) — used 744 times — right
- [אַתָּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אתה/) — used 744 times — thou
- [קָרָא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/קרא/) — used 733 times — call
- [אַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אל-2/) — used 730 times — not
- [אַחַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אחר/) — used 720 times — the hinder
- [דֶּרֶךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/דרך/) — used 706 times — way
- [מִצְרַיִם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מצרים/) — used 681 times — Egypt
- [הֲ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ה-3/) — used 658 times — interrogative particle
- [נָשָׂא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/נשא/) — used 655 times — lift
- [יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ירושלם/) — used 643 times — Jerusalem
- [אָח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אח/) — used 629 times — brother
- [קוּם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/קום/) — used 627 times — arise
- [זֹאת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/זאת/) — used 604 times — this
- [לֵב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/לב/) — used 600 times — inner man
- [רֹאשׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/ראש/) — used 599 times — head
- [בַּת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/בת/) — used 587 times — daughter
- [שׂים](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/שים/) — used 585 times — put
- [מַיִם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מים/) — used 581 times — hot springs
- [מֵאָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מאה/) — used 579 times — hundred
- [כֹּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/כה/) — used 577 times — thus
- [הֵמָּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/המה/) — used 562 times — they
- [הַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/הר/) — used 558 times — mountain
- [גּוֹי](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/גוי/) — used 555 times — nation
- [אָדָם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/אדם/) — used 551 times — man
- [עָבַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עבר/) — used 548 times — pass over
- [גָּדוֹל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/גדול/) — used 525 times — great
- [עָמַד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/עמד/) — used 521 times — take one’s stand

## Where the words come from

The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

The same words on Mova free, with the whole entries and the trees of their meanings: [the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/).