A Hebrew dictionary is not a book about a guy who makes coffee. This could be a dictionary that describes different words in the way they looked in ancient and modern Hebrew. Or it might translate from some language to Hebrew.

Hebrew Dictionary

A Hebrew Research Center offers its own Hebrew dictionary. It contains ancient Hebrew words as well as modern words. It has a pronunciation guide. Then it gives the English translation. Av in Hebrew is the equivalent of father. Mother is eym. E-ven is stone.

There is another Hebrew dictionary on the web. It’s a Hebrew glossary. Once again this one shows the Hebrew words is written by their letters, the transliteration, the English word, but then adds a description of the meaning. In this one father is Abba. It’s not just father, but rather father in an endearing way like dear father. It contains more information than other dictionaries.

Another word from this Hebrew dictionary is Adam Kadmon. It’s a phrase meaning primordial man. This type of being was produced by the divine as an interim step between divine and human. It’s a god-like human.

Let’s continue to delve into words from this Hebrew dictionary. Mabul means flood More precisely it’s Noah’s flood. His name in Hebrew is closer to Noach.

The Hebrew dictionary has more words in it. Maggid means preacher. This is a specific type of preacher who tells stories where moral lessons are related. These types of stories have specific formats. The introduction comes at the beginning. The main body of the story is next. Then there’s a conclusion in which the moral lesson is described.

You can also read about makkot in the Hebrew dictionary. These are stripes. These aren’t the stripes you would find on clothing. These stripes come from being whipped. Courts ordered lashings for various crimes. Imagine if that could be done when people lie in courts in the present.

Here’s one more word from the Hebrew dictionary. It’s a common word. Rabbi is this word. That’s master. In the early days the Sanhedrin gave these men authority. The Babylonian version was Rav.

Hebrew Dictionary

There’s a lot more in the Hebrew dictionary. Any search engine can bring you to it.