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.]
י
יאה YAH acceptable / befitting
‘bring… first… be’
It is ‘befitting’ to begin by bringing the first to be. This is the equivalent of starting at the beginning.
יאל YAL undertake / be willing / be foolish
י = bring forth + אל = toward
אויל AWYL fool
אולת AWLTh folly
יאר YAR river / Nile
י = bring + אור= light
or: ‘bring… source… man’
– perhaps referring to travel by boat.
יאשיה YAShYH Josiah (a king)
י = bring + אש = fire + יה = YHWH
יבל YBL carry / bring
י = bring forth + בלל = flow
יובל YWBL jubilee / ram’s horn
יבול YBWL produce
תבל ThBL world
יבשה YBShH dry land / wither / dry
‘bring… tent… fill… be’
יגה YGH grieve
‘bring… remove… be’
יגון YGWN sorrow
יגע YGO toil / be weary
‘bring… gather… seen’
יגיע YGYO labor
יד YD hand
‘bring forth… connection’
ידה YDH praise
‘bring… connection…shall be’
ידע YDO know
‘make… connection… seen’
הדעת HDOTh knowledge
ידעני YDONY spiritist / wizard
ידע = know + נ = ahead + י = bring
יהב YHB come / give
‘bring… be… tent’
יהודה YHWDH Judah (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)
יהוה = YHWH + ד = path through + ה = shall be
also: יהוה = YHWH + ידה = praise
יהודי YHWDY jew
יהודה = Judah + י = bring forth
יהוה YHWH (name of God)
י = bring (or he) + היה = exist
also: ‘bring forth… shall be… add to… shall be’
יהושע YHWShO Joshua
יהוה = YHWH + ישע = salvation
יום YWM day
‘bring forth… add to… physical’
יונה YWNH dove
‘bring… add… emerging… be’
– perhaps refers to the dove’s role in the Flood Story.
יוסף YWSPh Joseph (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)
י = bring + ו = add + יסף = increase
יחד YChD unity / together
‘bring forth… separate… connection’
יחדו YChDW together
‘bring… separate… connection… add to’
יחיד YChYD only
י = bring forth + ח = separate + יד = hand
If you bring forth a hand separate from the other, then you present ‘only’ one hand.
יחל YChL wait / hope
‘make… separate… extending’
יחם YChM heat / wrath
‘bring… separate… physical’
חמה ChMH heat / wrath
יחש YChSh sprout / genealogy
‘bring forth… separate… doubles’
יטב YTB to be good / pleasing
‘bring… surround… tent’
or: ‘bring… surround… devotion’
יין YYN wine
‘bring forth… make… ahead’
יכח YKCh decide / judge / prove
‘bring… carry… separate’
– referring to the result of a judging a case.
תוכחת ThWKChTh reproof
יכל YKL able
י = make + כל = all
ילד YLD bring forth / birth
‘bring… extending… connection’
or: ‘bring… extending… path through’
מולדת MWLDTh native land
תולדות ThWLDWTh generations
ילל YLL wail
‘bring forth… extending… far reaching’
ילן YLN to grumble
‘make… far reaching… ahead’
– perhaps to cause a distance or lack of unity.
ים YM sea
‘bring forth… water’
ימן YMN south / right hand
‘bring… physical… emerging’
– perhaps refers to the warmth that accompanies the growing season.
תימן ThYMN south
ינה YNH oppress / wrong
‘make… ahead… separate’
ינח YNCh leave / deposit
‘make… ahead… separate’
ינק YNQ suck
‘make… ahead… enduring’
יונק YWNQ tender plant
יסד YSD lay foundation / establish
‘bring forth… pieces… path through’
יסוד YSWD foundation
סוד SWD counsel
יסף YSPh increase / add
‘bring forth… pieces… turn (change)’
יסר YSR discipline / to correct
י = make + סור = turn aside
– to alter one’s course.
יעד YOD appoint / congregation / meet
‘make… seen… connection’
or: י = bring + עד = up to
מועד MWOD appointed time or place
עדן ODN time
יעל YOL to profit
י = bring + על = above
or: ‘bring… seen… extending’
יען YON because
י = bring + ענה = answer
יעץ YOTs advise / counsel
‘bring forth… perceived… formation’
יועץ YWOTs counselor
יעקב YOQB Jacob
‘bring forth… seen… venerated…tent (house)’
יער YOR forest / wood
י = make + ערב = evening
or: י = make + ערפל = darkness
יפה YPhH beauty
‘bring forth… breath… shall be’
יפי YPhY beauty
יפלא YPhLA miracle / wonder / impossible
י = bring + פ = turn + לא = not
– meaning: something that cannot be changed or done.
יצא YTsA to go out
‘bring forth… action… source’
צאצא TsATsA offspring
מוצא MWTsA going forth / source
תוצאות ThWTsAWTh ends / outgoing
יצב YTsB stand
‘make… formation… tent’
יצג YTsG set / place
‘bring forth… formation… gather’
יצהר YTsHR oil
‘bring forth… formation… be… body’
צהרים TsHRYM noon
צהר TsHR press out oil / glisten
יצק YTsQ cast / pour
‘bring forth… formation… enduring’
– likely originating with smithing and pouring casts.
יצחק YTsChQ Isaac
י = bring + נצח = unlikely outcome + ק = venerated (God)
יצר YTsR fashion / form / make pottery
‘make… formation… body’
יוצר YWTsR potter
יצת YTsTh kindle / burn
‘bring… formation… together’
יקב YQB wine vat
‘bring forth… enduring… tent’
– perhaps referring to long term storage.
יקם YQM revenge
י = bring + י = rise up
יקץ YQTs to awake
י = bring + קצה = end
יקר YQR precious
‘make… venerated… man’
יקש YQSh ensnare / trap
‘bring… enduring… fill’
מוקש MWQSh snare
ירא YRA fear
י = bring + ראה = see
יראה YRAH bring it to be seen / provide
ירד YRD descend
‘bring forth… man… door’
– a reference to the door of a tent which hangs down when closed.
יריעה YRYOH curtain
ירה = flow + י = make + ע = seen + ה = be
ירה YRH teach / show/ shoot / throw / flow
‘make… man… be’
ירח YRCh moon
‘bring forth… body… separate’
ירך YRK base / thigh / side / loin
‘make… body… carry’
ירק YRQ green
‘bring forth… body… enduring’
ירש YRSh net / possess / dispossess / inherit
‘bring… body… fill’
רשת RShTh net
תירוש ThYRWSh new wine
רש RSh be poor
יש YSh exist / substance / there is
‘bring… fill’
ישא YShA to confuse / deceive / mislead
‘make… doubles… source’
ישב YShB dwell / sit down
‘bring … fill… tent’
מושב MWShB dwelling / seat
תושב ThWShB sojourner
שבות ShBWTh captivity
ישוף YShWPh bruise
‘bring… fill… add to… change’
ישימן YShYMN desert
י = bring + ש = fill + ימן = south
ישימון YShYMWN desert / wilderness
ישע YShO deliver / save
‘bring… fill… seen’
– meaning to set free by releasing one to be able to go forth and fill an area.
ישועה YShWOH salvation
שוע ShWO cry for help
ישעיה YShOYH Isaiah
ישע = salvation + יה = YHWH
ישר YShR upright / straight
‘make… fill… body’
מישור MYShWR plain / uprightness
ישראל YShRAL Israel
ישר = upright + אלהים = God, the Creator
יששכר YShShKR Issachar (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)
ישע = salvation + שכר = wages
יתד YThD peg
‘bring… together… connection’
יתום YThWM orphan
יתר = remain over + ו = add to + ם = physical
יתר YThR exceed / remainder / remain over
‘bring… together… body’
יתרון YThRWN profit
יתרת YThRTh appendage
Color Code
Black = Words constructed only by letter meanings.
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
