Word entries are of the format:
Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes
[Color Code, Transliteration Chart, and Chart of Letter Meanings are at the bottom of this page.]
ב
באר BAR pit / well
ב = with + אור = light
באש BASh stink / be odious
ב = with + אש = fire
בגד BGD act treacherously / covering / garment
‘tent… move away… path through’
בד BD separate / alone / pole
‘tent… door’
– describes the function of a door.
בדד BDD alone
בדל BDL piece / separate
for ‘piece’:
בד = separate + ל = far reaching
– describes a piece removed from something.
for ‘separate’:
‘tent… door… extending’
– referring to a closed door’s function ‘to separate’
בדלח BDLCh bdellium
unknown
* This word might actually mean: separating wall
בד = separate + ל = far reaching + ח = wall
also: ‘tent… door… extending… separate’
בדק BDQ damage
בד = separate + ק = enduring
בהו BHW yet inhabited / empty / void
‘tent… shall be… add to’
בהל BHL hasten / frighten / dismay
‘tent… be… far reaching’
בהמה BHMH animal
בהל = frighten + מ = physical + ה = be
בהן BHN big toe / thumb
‘with… be… ahead’
בהר BHR bright
ב = with + הר = mountain
– perhaps describing gold.
בהרת BHRTh bright spot
בוא BWA come in
‘tent… add to… source’
– refers to how tents become occupied.
מבוא MBWA entrance
תבואה ThBWAH produce / harvest
בוז BWZ disrespect / despise
בוס = trample + ז = result
בול BWL overflow
‘tent… add… extending’
or: בוא = come in + ל = extending
בוס BWS trample
בוא = come in + ס = divisions
– ‘divisions’ often refers to physical damage.
בוש BWSh ashamed
בול = overflow + ש = fill
or: ‘tent… add… fill’.
בשת BShTh shame
בור BWR pit / well
ב = with + אור = light
בזה BZH plunder / despise / disdain
‘tent… result… be’
בחן BChN examine / test / try
‘tent… separate… ahead’
בחר BChR with other / choose
‘tent… separate… man’
– pertaining to what originally belonged to someone else’s ‘tent’.
בטח BTCh to trust
‘devotion… hidden… separate’
מבטח MBTCh confidence
בטן BTN womb / belly
‘tent… hidden… emerging’
– conveys the idea that babies live in a hidden tent (womb) until born (emerging).
בין BYN space between / an interval / understand
‘tent… bring forth … ahead’
– perhaps the difference between now and then.
תבונה ThBWNH understanding
בית BYTh house
‘devotion… bring… together’
בכה BKH weep
ב= devotion + כה = announce
בכי BKY weeping
בכר BKR birthright / first born
‘tent… carry… man’
– perhaps refers to who carries on the family ‘tent’.
בכרים BKRYM first fruit
בלבת BLBTh in the midst of / flame
ב = with + לב = heart + ת = together
בלה BLH wear out / failure / except / alarm
‘with… extending… be’
– the natural result of wear and tear due to time or use.
בלהה BLHH terror
בליעל BLYOL worthless / wickedness
בלה = failure + יעל = profit
בלל BLL flow / anoint / mix / give feed
‘tent… extending… far reaching’
– the idea of a ‘tent’ was sometimes used to represent a container.
בלע BLO swallow
בלל = give feed + ע = seen
בלעדי BLODY without
בלה = failure + עד = up to + י = bring forth
בלתי BLThY except
בלה = failure + ת = together + י = bring
במה BMH high place
‘devotion… physical… be’
בן BN son
‘tent… ahead’
בנות BNWTh daughters
בנה BNH build
‘tent… ahead… shall be’
תבנית ThBNYTh pattern / form
בנימן BNYMN Benjamin (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)
בן = son + ימן = right (hand)
בעד BOD behind / about / on behalf
ב = with + עד = up to
בעל BOL master / marry
ב = devotion + על = above
בער BOR burn / kindle / remove / purge
ב = with + יער = wood
בעת BOTh startle / frighten
ב = with + עת = time
– a matter of something sudden that startles.
also: ‘with… seen… together’
בצע BTsO cut off / gain by violence
בצר = clip off + ע = seen
בצר BTsR inaccessible / clip off
for ‘inaccessible’:
ב = with + צור = cliff/shelter
for ‘clip off’:
ב = devotion + יצר = fashion / form
בצור BTsWR inaccessible / unassailable
מבצר MBTsR fortress
בקע BQO break open / split
ב = tent + רקע = spread
בקעה BQOH valley / plain
בקר BQR dawn / morning / cattle / seek
בקע = split + ר = body
– perhaps a reference to the sun appearing as half on the horizon.
בקש BQSh seek
‘devotion…venerated… fill’
בר BR son (*Aramaic)
ברא BRA create
ב = devotion + ראה = see
or: ב = with + ראה = see
ברד BRD hail
ב = with + ירד = descend
ברה BRH to select
‘devotion… man… be’
בירה BYRH fortress / capital
ברזל BRZL iron
ברא = create + ז = result + ל = extending
– perhaps refers to a blacksmith hammering to flatten metal.
ברח BRCh flee
‘tent… man… separate’
בריא BRYA fat
‘with… body… bring… first’
בריח BRYCh bar
‘tent… body… make… separate’
– perhaps refers to actual tent poles.
ברית BRYTh covenant
‘devotion… man… bring… together’
ברך BRK bless / reservoir (where camels kneel)
for ‘bless’:
‘devotion… body… carry’
for ‘reservoir (where camels kneel)’:
ב = with + דרך = road
ברכה BRKH pool
ברק BRQ lightning
ב = with + רקע = spread
or: ‘with… body… venerated (God)’
ברר BRR purify / purge
‘devotion… body… man’
or: ברך = bless + ר = body
ברוש BRWSh evergreen tree
‘tent… body… add … doubles’
– this wood was used to make instruments – and perhaps identical tent poles. This word is usually translated as cypress or fir.
בשל BShL boil
‘with… doubles… extending’
בשם BShM spice
‘with… fill… physical’
– as in, with fragrance.
בשר BShR flesh / bear news
‘with… fill… body’
בת BTh daughter / bath
‘tent… together’
בתולה BThWLH virgin
בת = tent + ו = add to + ל = far reaching + ה = be
– perhaps refers marrying off one’s daughter to someone distant.
בתל BThL virgin
Color Code
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Purple = Words constructed with root words + letter meanings.
Brown Italics = Related words with meanings derived via logic, context or unknown.
Brown Bold = Words derived via grammar rules.
Red = Unknown word construction.

Chart of Letter Meanings
