ה – He – Biblical Hebrew Study Dictionary

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Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes

 

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ה


האח    HACh     aha                                                     

‘be… source… wall’


הבל    HBL     breath / vanity / futility  

‘be… tent… extending’

– first occurs as the name of Abel in Genesis 4:2.

or:  ה = be + בלה = failure


חברון      HBRWN     Hebron    (a mountain)

‘separate… tent… man… add… ahead’


הגה     HGH     meditate / moan / speak                       

‘the… gather… shall be’

– perhaps reflecting the idea that actions follow thoughts.


הדף    HDPh     push / thrust                    

‘be… path through… turn (change)’


הדר   HDR     ornament / majesty / honor        

‘be… connection… body’


ההיא  HHYA     at the acceptable (time)

ה = the + ה = be + יאה = befitting


הוא     HWA     he                                               

‘be… add to… first’

– perhaps reflects the male builder role that facilitates expansion.


הוד     HWD     splendor                                     

‘be… add to… path through’


הוה     HWH     destruction                                 

‘the… add to… be’

– reflects the idea that iniquity is represented by adding to what exists.


הוי       HWY     woe

‘be… add to… bring forth’

– perhaps refers to not being spared from consequences.


הון      HWN     wealth                               

‘be… add to… ahead’

– reflects the idea of accumulation or collecting wealth.


היא     HYA     she                                               

‘be… bring forth… source’

– reflects the female birthing role.


היה      HYH     be / exist

‘the… bring forth… be’

יהי      YHY    bring to be


היכל    HYKL     temple

‘shall be… bring… carry… extending’

– perhaps relevant to the word for priest כהן  ‘carry… ahead… shall be’


הין      HYN     hin   (a measurement)             

‘be… bring forth… emerging’


הכרה    HKRH    appearance / expression 

‘the… vessel… body… be’


הלאה   HLAH     beyond                                   

‘the… extending… first… be’

What is extending of the first is what is ‘beyond’ it.


הלוא      HLWA       be not?

ה = be + לא = not


הלך    HLK     walk

‘be… far reaching… carry’


הלל     HLL      praise / boast / be mad 

‘be… extending… far reaching’


הלם    HLM     here                                            

‘the… extending… physical’  


המה     HMH      sound / chaos / tumult  

‘the… physical… be’

הם  HM     they     

הום    HWM     roar                                           

מהומה  MHWMH    confusion / panic


הן      HN      if                                          

‘be… ahead’


הנה      HNH     observe / they

‘the… ahead… be’


הנני     HNNY     ‘here I am’                    

הנה = observe + אני = I


הפך      HPhK     turn

‘be… corner… carry’

תהפוכה   ThHPhWKH     perversity


הר        HR     mountain

‘be… body’

– perhaps since both man and mountains were made from dirt.


הרה      HRH     pregnant

‘the… body… shall be’


הרג      HRG     slay

‘the… body… remove’


הרס      HRS     destroy                              

‘be… body… pieces’


השביעי     HShBYOY     the seventh        

ה = be + שוב = return + י = make + ע = seen + י = bring

-first occurs in Genesis 2:2 as ‘the seventh’ day when God finished his work and שבת Shabbat (Sabbath)  from all he created.


הששי     HShShY     the sixth

‘be… fill… doubles… bring forth’

-first occurs in genesis 1:31 as ‘the sixth’ day when God created all the land creatures and man.  This day differed from the day God created the fish and birds, because on this day (the sixth) what he created was obviously male and female.


 

 

 

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.

 

 

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