Chapter 4 Hebrew Nouns – Transliteration Mnemonic Meaning Word ʾădōnāy [I don’t] have a lord ʾā-dônt lord, ʾādôn and master ʾāḥ brothers [plural of ʾaḥîm [Ish!] a man or husband has ʾîš man, ʾîš cooties! [plural of אִישׁ] Real men are ʾănāšîm(ed) (unashamed). men, ʾănāšîm [To distinguish from נָשִׁים remember ‘women’, ‘alpha male’] Gen 2:23, Adam said, will “She be called because woman, אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ she was taken from אִישׁ” [plural of אִשָּׁה] means of bat-miṣwâ ‘daughter commandment’. bat daughter [This feminine noun has the feminine ending ַת] bānôt [plural of בַּת] Jewish people sometimes refer to non-Jewish people as nation, gôy ‘gôy’ or ‘goyim’. That oil [derrick] in the derek derek road is in the way of our way, road, journey journey be ‘Armageddon’ of Megiddo.” mountain, hill, hill har “hill This mountain is har(d). [plural of mountains, הַר] kōhēn [leave] my heart, mind, and lēb lēb heart, mind, will heart, mind, will mayim soul, life, person, neck, a book is [safer] in the book, scroll, library eye, spring
Chapter 4 – Hebrew Nouns Transliteration Mnemonic Meaning Word ʾădōnāy ʾādôn ʾā-dônt [I don’t] have a lord and master lord, ʾāḥ ʾaḥîm brothers [plural of ʾîš ʾîš [Ish!] a man or husband has cooties! man, ʾănāšîm [plural of אִישׁ] Real men are ʾănāšîm(ed) (unashamed). [To distinguish from נָשִׁים ‘women’, remember ‘alpha male’] men, ʾiššâ Gen 2:23, Adam said, “She will be called אִשָּׁה because she was taken from אִישׁ” woman, [plural of אִשָּׁה] bat bat-miṣwâ means ‘daughter of commandment’. [This feminine noun has the feminine ending ַת] daughter bānôt [plural of בַּת] gôy Jewish people sometimes refer to non-Jewish people as ‘gôy’ or ‘goyim’. nation, derek That oil derek [derrick] in the road is in the way of our journey way, road, journey har ‘Armageddon’ be “hill of Megiddo.” This mountain is har(d). mountain, hill, hill [plural of הַר] mountains, kōhēn lēb lēb [leave] my heart, mind, and will heart, mind, heart, mind, will mayim soul, life, person, neck, a book is [safer] in the library book, scroll, eye, spring
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