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.]
ש
שאב ShAB to draw / bale water
‘fill… first… tent’
– here ‘tent’ refers to a container. Thus a bucket is filled first which then is used to fill a vessel.
שאג ShAG to roar
‘fill… first… move away’
– as in, a lion’s warning.
שאון ShAWN noise
שאה ShAH make pieces of / lay waste / desolate
‘doubles… source… be’
– ‘doubles’ refers to multiple similar things such as broken pieces.
שאול ShAWL grave / sheol / land of dead
– derived from שאלה
שאל ShAL inquire / ask
‘fill… first… extending’
– perhaps refers to what often begins a (verbal) exchange.
שאלה ShALH grave
‘fill… first… extending… be’
– where what came first will later dwell.
– first occurs in Genesis 37: 35 spelled שאלה where Jacob declares that he will go down to his grave morning his son Joseph.
שאף ShAPh pant / tremble
‘doubles… source… breath’
שאר ShAR leaven / rest / remain / remnant / relative / flesh
‘fill… first… body’
– the word describes leaven (yeast) added to dough. The concepts of ‘rest’ and ‘remain’ were perhaps deduced from leaving dough to rest and rise.
שבה ShBH take captive
ישב = dwell + ה = shall be
שבט ShBT tribe / scepter / rod
‘fill… tent… surround’
שבך ShBK net
‘fill… tent… carry’
שבכה ShBKH net-work
שבע ShBO swear / seven
‘fill… devotion… seen’
– derived from השביעי meaning ‘the seventh’.
שבועה ShBWOH oath
שבוע ShBWO week
שבעים ShBOYM seventy
שבר ShBR grain / break
‘fill… tent… body’
or: ‘doubles… tent… body’
בר BR grain / corn
שבת ShBTh Sabbath / rest / cease
‘fill… devotion… together’
or: שוב = turn back + ת = together
שגב ShGB be exalted / high / cliff
ש = fill + גבה = high
משגב MShGB stronghold
שגה ShGH to err / mistake
ש = fill + יגה = grieve
– to fill with grief.
שגג ShGG to stray
שגה = mistake + ג = move away
שגגה ShGGH error / unintentional
שגיא ShGYA great / much (*Aramaic)
שד ShD violence / destruction / breast
‘doubles… path through’
– to render everything into similar pieces (or doubles).
שדד ShDD devastate
שד = destruction + ד = path through
שדה ShDH field
‘fill… path through… shall be’
שדי ShDY field
שדי ShDY create the future / almighty
‘fill… path through… bring’
also: ‘doubles… path through… bring’
שה ShH sheep
‘doubles… be’
– perhaps refers to being similar to the others of the flock.
שהם ShHM shoham stone / onyx
‘doubles… be… physical’
– perhaps describes reflective properties.
שוא ShWA devastation / desolation / empty / vain
‘doubles… add to… source’
– to ‘make pieces of’.
שוב ShWB return / turn back
‘fill… add to… tent’
– the required action to add something to one’s tent, it must first be brought back to the tent.
שוה ShWH be like / compare
‘doubles… add to… be’
– ‘doubles’ refers to multiple similar things.
שוח ShWCh pour out / bow down
‘fill… add to… separate’
שחח ShChCh bow down / be humble
שוט ShWT roam / to and fro / whip / displease
‘fill… add to… surround’
שוך ShWK entwine / shut in
for ‘entwine’:
‘doubles… add to… vessel’
for ‘shut in’:
or: ‘fill… add to… vessel’.
שול ShWL hem
‘doubles… add to… extending’
שופר ShWPhR shofar / trumpet
‘fill… add… breath… body’
שוק ShWQ leg / thigh
‘doubles… add to… enduring’
– perhaps notes the necessity of mobility for survival.
שוקת ShWQTh desire
‘fill… add to… enduring… together’
שור ShWR ox / behold
‘doubles… add to… body’
– perhaps refers to horns.
– first occurs in Genesis 32:5
– there may be an Egyptian correlation between this word and the word שר ruler / prince that first occurs in Genesis 12 : 15 pertaining to Pharaoh’s officials.
שוש ShWSh rejoice
‘fill… add to… fill’
– meaning: to overflow.
שושן ShWShN lily
‘doubles… add to… doubles… emerging’
– perhaps describes its pairs of petals.
שורר ShWRR enemy
unknown
perhaps: ‘doubles… add to… body… man’
שררות ShRRWTh stubbornness
שרר ShRR hostile
שזר ShZR twist
‘doubles… result… body’
– results in a body comprised of two or more similar parts.
שחד ShChD bribe / gift
‘doubles… separate… path through’
– multiple similar items that result in a change of course.
שחה ShChH bow down / worship
‘fill… separate… shall be’
– describes the act of ‘pouring out’.
שחט ShChT cut into pieces / slaughter
‘doubles… separate… hidden’
– first occurs in Genesis 22:10 when Abraham was taking the knife to ‘sacrifice’ Isaac.
שחין ShChYN boil
‘doubles… separate… bring… emerging’
שחק ShChQ mock / play / cloud / sky
‘doubles… separate… enduring’
שחוק ShChWQ laughter
שחר ShChR dawn / seek
ש = fill + אחר = after
שחת ShChTh destroy / to end / pit
שחט = cut into pieces + ת = together
משחית MShChYTh destruction
שטה ShTH acacia
‘doubles… hidden… be’
– refers to the sharp thorns on acacia trees.
שטן ShTN adversary / accuser / satan
‘fill… hidden… ahead’
– first occurs in Numbers 22:22 referring to the invisible angel that frightens Balaam’s donkey.
שטף ShTPh overflow / rinse
‘fill… surround… turn (change)’
שטר ShTR to write
‘fill… hidden… man’
שוטר ShWTR officer / foreman
שיב ShYB old age
‘fill… make… tent’
– a full tent would indicate an old age.
שיבה ShYBH gray hair
שיח ShYCh meditate / plant / speak / complaint
‘doubles… bring forth… separate’
– ‘doubles’ mean multiple similar things, ‘separate’ refers to both what is not part of the physical here and now and what is individual.
שים ShYM set / make
‘fill… bring… physical’
שיר ShYR sing
‘fill… bring forth… body’
שית ShYTh set / put
‘fill… bring… together’
שכב ShKB lie down
‘fill… vessel… tent’
– ‘vessel’ refers to a container.
שכח ShKCh forget
‘fill… carry… separate’
– perhaps an analogy similar to packing a bag one didn’t bring along.
שכח ShKCh find (*Aramaic)
שכך ShKK subside
‘fill (full)… carry… hand’
– indicating completeness or room for no more.
שכל ShKL wise / prudent / bereaved
ש = doubles + כל = all
or: ‘fill… vessel… extending’
שכלת ShKLTh ears of grain
‘doubles… vessel… extending… together’
שכם ShKM shoulder / neck/ ridge / rise early / Shechem
שוך = entwine + ם = physical
– perhaps referring to the place where garments hang.
שכן ShKN dwell / neighbor
שכב = lie down + ן = ahead
– a place where one will continue to lie down into the future.
שכר ShKR be drunk / to hire / wages
‘fill… vessel… body’
– appears to refer to being full.
שכור ShKWR drunkard
שלג ShLG snow
‘doubles… far reaching… move away (or gather)’
– describes how snow drifts and gets blown around.
שלח ShLCh send
‘fill… far reaching… separate’
– to occupy elsewhere.
שלחן ShLChN table
שלח = send + ן = ahead
or: ‘fill… extending… separate… ahead’.
שלט ShLT dominate
‘fill… extending… surround’
שלטן ShLTN dominion
שלך ShLK throw / cast
‘fill… far reaching… carry’
שלל ShLL spoil / plunder
‘doubles… extending… far reaching’
– first occurs in Genesis 49:27. ‘Far reaching’ refers to a matter of distance.
שלם ShLM peace
‘fill… extending… physical’
– peace is something that fills the physical rather than being an absence of something.
שלמה ShLMH Solomon
שלם = peace + ה = shall be
שלף ShLPh draw (sword)
‘doubles… extending… turn (change)’
– a change between two similar things (sword and sheath) by extending.
שלש ShLSh three
– derived from שלישי meaning third.
שלשום ShLShWM time past / day before yesterday
שליש ShLYSh officer
שלשים ShLShYM thirty
שלישי ShLYShY third
‘fill… extending… make… doubles… bring forth’
– first occurs in Genesis 1:13 as the ‘third’ day when God created the plants and trees that carry seeds for their kind to produce many things similar to them (doubles).
שם ShM name / put / there
for ‘name’:
‘doubles… physical’
for ‘put’:
also: ‘fill… physical’
שמאול ShMAWL left side
unknown
perhaps: שם = there + אולת = folly
– first occurs in Genesis 13:9 spelled שמאל.
שמד ShMD destroy
‘doubles… physical… path through’
– rendering a path through into broken pieces.
שמה ShMH desolation / horror
שמד = destroy + ה = be
שמח ShMCh rejoice / joy
‘fill… physical… separate’
– as in, to overflow into the physical with joy.
or: שמד = destroy + ח = separate
– as in, a removal from destruction.
שמט ShMT let drop / release
‘fill… physical… surround’
שמים ShMYM heaven
ש = fill + מים = water
– may refer to day two of the Creation Story when God created the heaven in the midst of the waters.
שמין ShMYN heaven (*Aramaic)
שמלה ShMLH garment
‘doubles… physical… extending… be’
– multiple similar things which are extending (hanging).
שמם ShMM desolate / appalled
שמה = desolation + ם = physical
שמן ShMN oil / eight / fat
for ‘oil’:
‘fill… physical… emerging’
– . First occurrence referring to oil is in Genesis 28:18.
for ‘eight’:
or: ‘doubles… physical… ahead’
– refers to a new cycle beginning with eight, because seven is the number of completion since God created everything in seven days.
– first occurs in Genesis 5:8 meaning ‘eight’ where Adam lived 800 years after the birth of Seth.
שמונים ShMWNM eighty
שמע ShMO hear
‘fill… physical… perceive’
– it should be noted that sound can be both heard and felt.
שמועה ShMWOH report
שמעון ShMOWN Simeon (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)
שמע = hear + ו = add to + ן = ahead
שמר ShMR guard
שם = set + ר = man
משמר MShMR jail / watch
שמש ShMSh sun
‘fill… physical… doubles’
– perhaps ‘doubles’ refers to its same appearance every day.
שן ShN tooth
‘doubles… emerging’
שנא ShNA hate
שן = tooth + א = first
also: ‘doubles… ahead… source’
שנה ShNH year / two / change / sleep
‘fill… emerging… shall be’
– possibly referring to an annual harvest.
also: ‘doubles… ahead… be’
– referring to a repeated cycle of seasons.
שתים ShThYM Two
שני ShNY two / scarlet
‘fill… emerging… bring forth’
– first occurs in Genesis 1:8 as day ‘two’ when God Created the firmament in the midst of the waters and called it heaven.
שנן ShNN ivory / tooth
שן = tooth + ן = emerging
שסה ShSH plunder
‘doubles… divisions… be’
– multiple similar things (doubles) that are divided (divisions).
שעה ShOH recognize / gaze / regard
‘fill… seen… be’
– what is perceived or noticed.
שען ShON to lean
‘fill… seen… ahead’
– appears to describe leaning forward.
משענת MShONTh staff
שער ShOR gate / hair / male goat
‘fill… seen… body’
שוער ShWOR gatekeeper
שערה ShORH barley
‘doubles… seen… body… be’
שפה ShPhH speech / language / lip / edge
‘fill… breath… be’
or: ש = fill+ פה = mouth
שפח ShPhCh maid
– related to משפחה which means ‘family’.
שפט ShPhT judge / govern
– from ישפט meaning: י = bring + שפי = bareness + ט = hidden
-first occurs in Genesis 16:5 in the phrase: ישפט יהוה meaning: ‘bring…bareness… hidden, YeHuwah… (between me and her)’. Thus it means to uncover the truth.
ותאמר שרי אל אברם חמסי עליך אנכי נתתי שפחתי בחיקך ותרא כי הרתה ואקל בעיניה ישפט יהוה ביני וביניך
שפי ShPhY sweep bare / bareness / smooth / bare hill
‘fill… wind… bring’
שפך ShPhK pour out
‘fill… turn… vessel’
שפל ShPhL low
ש = fill + נפל = fall
שפלה ShPhLH lowland
שק ShQ sackcloth
‘doubles… enduring’
– used for keeping multiples (of supplies).
שקד ShQD watch / be alert / be awake
שקט = quiet + ד = connection
שקה ShQH cause to drink / shakeh
‘fill… enduring… shall be’
שקט ShQT be quiet
‘fill… enduring… hidden’
שקל ShQL shekel / to weigh
‘doubles… enduring… extending’
– perhaps describes the act of weighing on a scale.
משקל MShQL weight
שקף ShQPh watch / to look
שקד = watch + ף = turn (change)
שקץ ShQTs detestable thing
ש = fill + קצה = end
שקוץ ShQWTs abomination
שקר ShQR honor promise / lie
‘fill… enduring… man’
– the word first occurs in Genesis 21: 23 where Abimelech explains the covenant with Abraham at Beersheba. The word שקר doesn’t appear in any form again until Exodus 5:9.
ועתה השבעה לי באלהים הנה אם תשקר לי ולניני ולנכדי כחסד אשר עשיתי עמך תעשה עמדי ועם הארץ אשר גרתה בה
שר ShR ruler / prince
unknown
perhaps: ‘doubles… man’
– first occurs in Genesis 12:15 referring to Pharaoh’s officials.
שרד ShRD puncture
‘fill… body… path through’
שריד ShRYD survivor
שרי ShRY Sarai
‘fill… body… bring forth’
שרה ShRH Sarah
‘fill… body… shall be‘
שרח ShRCh flee
שר = ruler + ח = separate
שרף ShRPh cook / burn
– from שרפה meaning: ש = fill + ר = man + פה = mouth
– refers to food preparation or cooking. First occurs in Genesis 11:3.
שרץ ShRTs swarm
ש = doubles + רץ = run
or: ‘doubles… body… formation’
– ‘doubles’ refers to multiple similar things.
שרק ShRQ whistle / hiss
‘doubles… man… enduring’
– perhaps the two finger whistle. ‘Enduring’ is something long lasting.
or: ‘fill… man… enduring’.
שרש ShRSh root
‘doubles… body… fill’
שרת ShRTh minister
שר = ruler + ת = together
– The word שרת first occurs in Genesis 39:4 in the story where Potiphar, a high ranking Egyptian who bought Joseph, gives him charge over everything of his.
‘And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served (שרת) him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.’ – Genesis 39:4 (KJV)
שש ShSh bright / linen / six / cheerful
for ‘bright’:
‘fill… fill’
– as in, overflow.
for ‘linen’:
‘doubles… fill’
– referring to linen made of multiple similar threads.
ששים ShShYM sixty
שת ShTh Seth
‘fill… together’
– perhaps related to Eve proclaiming when she named him that God had given her another in the place of Abel.
שתה ShThH drink
‘fill… together… be’
שתל ShThL to plant
‘fill… together… far reaching’
– ‘far reaching’ refers to a notable distance.
or: ‘doubles… together… extending’
שתק ShThQ to calm / to quiet
‘fill… together… venerated (God)’
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