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Father (formal): Av אב ,also 11th month of Hebrew calendar. Father (informal like Daddy) Aba אבא. Fathers (plural)also ancestors and Biblical Patriarchs Avot אבות
Mother (formal): Eim אם (and Informal like Mom) Ima אמא
Son as a concept: bein בן and son as “son of” example David Ben Gurion: ben בן
Son in Aramaic: bar בר (literally able or capable) also can mean pure ,wild or grain but those words are likely not related to the Aramaic for son.
Daughter: bat בת ,daughter as a child or any daughter of a person or simply daughter.
Baby: tinok תינוק.olal עולל infant/suckling,newborn.pineik פנק (slang to pamper to baby or a punk/sissy)
young male child: yeled ילד and yaldah ילדה the same (feminine) a female young child.
Youngster,teenager: naar נער ,naarah נערה female adolescent basically same as naar but feminine and also (slang girlfriend)also slave girl or maidservant (Biblical)
Youth/immature: Tza’ir צעיר
Boy Aramaic: (literally suckling) yanuka ינוקא ,child prodigy (literary/mystical).
Eldest/firstborn: b’khor בכור literally first fruits but the oldest male child (written בכר in the Bible same pronounciation)
Young woman/maiden (Biblical):Almah עלמה, virgin (literary) prostitute (slang).
Virgin: (female) betulah בתולה
Humankind: adam אדם also name of fist man,masculine name or simply a man.
Man,person,human (literally mortal or wounded): enosh אנוש.
Man adult singular: ish איש ,ishah אישה woman/wife,also baal בעל husband (literally master or lord or owner).
Male/gender ,any age or slang for simply man: zakhar זכר.
Male/masculine/brave: gever גבר.
Female gender: n’keivah נקבה,sort of crass literally (one with a cavity)
Brother/sister: Ach/achot אח ” אחות achot can also mean nurse.
Uncle/aunt (literally beloved related to name David): dod/dodah דוד” דודה
Nephew: ach’yan אחיין and niece is ach’yanit אחיינית
Grandfather: saba סבא (also old man slang) and grandmother savta סבתא (often colloquially pronounced safta).
Grandson: nekhed נכד and granddaughter nekhdah נכדה.
Family: mishpachah משפחה.shifcha שפחה (Biblical slang) female slave.
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The self and pronouns
I : anokhi אנכי, Biblical and formal implies self absorption in modern Hebrew and likely comes from the ancient Egyptian Ankh that meant life.
I : ani אני more informal both Biblical and modern.
You singular : atah/ at אתה” את masculine and at feminine.
You plural “you all/y’all: atem/aten masculine feminine אתם” אתן.
“To you” or simply you casual: lakh/leikh masculine feminine לך.
He/she: hu/hi הוא” היא , these pronouns can also be “it” also
They: hem/hen masculine feminine הם” הן.
Them: otam/otan masculine feminine אותם” אותן.
His/hers very modern: shelo/shelah שלו” שלה, lo him (Biblical) lah לה her (Biblical) “him” very modern oto אותו or אתו more Biblical (pronounced the same)
Yours: שלך pronounced shelkha masculine and shelakh feminine and shelkhem plural שלכם (multiple people).
Their: shelahem/shelahen masculine feminine שלהם” שלהן.
Us: l’nu לנו and otanu אותנו.Ours shelanu שלנו (modern).
We: anu אנו and also anachnu אנחנו (formal and modern)
Self: atzmi עצמי this most likely comes from the word etzem עצם meaning bones which may also relate to a word for wood.In Talmudic or Mishnaic era guf גוף meaning body/corpse could mean self also.
This/it modern: zeh/zu masculine feminine זה” זו and zot זאת feminine (formal and Biblical).
That/which/who: she ש and asher אשר (Biblical) “who” mi מי modern and Biblical.
So : ko כה, and also kakh כך and ken כן means yes,thus or such.
No/non: lo לא and al אל do not ( to negate an imperative) ein אין without or non and also bli בלי without or non (Biblical),and milbar מלבר without (adverb).
What: ma מה and why lamah למה also how eikh איך
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Peoples ,Nations and Government
A people: am עם group plural (example The Russian people) also umah אומה Nation a people/ethnicity (written in Bible אמה same prononciation).
Nation/People/ethnicity: goy גוי also goyim גוים (masculine plural).This means most literally Nation and in the Torah Israel is called a goy.Later it means the gentile or pagan nations, goy pejorative slang for a gentile.
Land/earth: eretz or sometimes aretz ארץ ,example eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel.Or in the feminine plural Aretzot ha’brit ארצות הברית (The United States or literally covenant of countries).
State/Nation/district: M’dinah מדינה (literally district of judgement)
Province/ Machoz מחוז
Tribe Biblical: Sheivet שבט also means stick,rod,staff or rulership.Also mateh מטה Tribe,rod,stick (Biblical) Administration in modern times or Military Headquarters.
City/large settlement/Metropolis: עיר Ir ,Irah can be a smaller town.Small town/village Kfar כפר. Kriyah קריה Burough,small district.This is likely where the name Judas Iscariot comes from ,so in Hebrew Yehudah Ish Kriot (Yehudah or Judah man of Kriot likely a tiny Kriyah or small hamlet and there was a Kriyah named Kriot near Hebron in the Bible)
King: Melekh מלך Queen Malkhah מלכה ,Kingdom Malkhut מלכות or Mamlakhah ממלכה.
Chieftain/Warlord/Miltary leader/Prince (archaic) (very Biblical) Sar שר (Feminine is Sarah meaning Princess) In modern Israel a Government Minister.
Prince: Nasikh נסיך ,Nasi נשיא (Biblical ,tribal head) In modern Israel a President of Israel or any Nation ,example Nasi Donald Trump.
Govern: As verb mashal משל (Biblical) Modern limshol למשול also lishton לשטון.
Governor: Mosheil מושל (especially a US State) ,also Nagid נגיד Governor/director or important person.Also shalit שליט ruler/leader or influencial person.Memshalah ממשלה government or government cabinet.
Citizen: Ezrach אזרח ,also Toshav תושב (Biblical literaly sitter but really meaning resident) geir גר a resident alien ( a foreign born person but an ally of the country) also can mean a convert to Judaism.
Alien/stranger: zar זר also nakhri נכרי (Biblical ,somewhat pejorative)
Hill Billy/Redneck or person of the land (slang)
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Greetings and sayings
Hello: Shalom שלום also goodbye ,literally peace.
Goodbye semi formal: l’hitra’ot להתראות (literally see you)
How are you formal: Mah shlomkha and mah shlomeikh feminine מה שלומך (Written with same consonants but pronounced differently) literally how’s your peace.
Formal greeting: Shalom aleikhem שלום עליכם meaning peace be upon you and the typical response is aleikhem shalom meaning upon you peace.Some super grammarians say you should say shalom aleikha to one single person because aleikhem is upon you plural.No one really observes this though shalom aleikhem is always appropriate single or plural.
Thank God: barukh Hashem ברוך השם
For the Sabbath/Shabat: Shabat shalom שבת שלום good or peaceful Sabbath to you.And for the Sabbath’s end and the new week’s beginning, shavua tov שבוע טוב.
Greetings informal like what’s up: literally what has happened but colloquially what’s up mah koreh מה קרה. mah nishma מה נשמע literally what will we hear but colloquially what’s up. mah hamatzav מה המצב literally what’s the situation. Mah omer מה אומר literally what is said.
Thank you: todah תודה.
Please: b’vakashah בבקשה and also means you are welcome.
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Feelings and human experience
Life: chayim חיים phrased in the masculine plural but it means life.Also chai חי meaning alive,living or vibrant. Celebration of life (literally to life) lechayim לחיים.
Existence: hayah היה (passed tense,was) lihyot לִהְיוֹת present tense to be or it is.Hoveh הווה also present tense ,to be it is.Ki’yum קיום existence,living or having substance.I am or literally “I will be” future tense (Biblical) ehyeh אֶהְיֶה. And also y’hi יְהִי may it be so (this is in the Bible the word used in “let there be light”)
Dead: meit מֵת and meitah מתה feminine and mot מות to die.Death mavet מוות.
Love: ahavah אהבה or oheiv אֹהֵב to love in a verb form.To like (more casual) le’ehov לֶאֱהוֹב
Want/wish/desire: ratzon רצון will or wish ,also rotzah רוצה want or wanna. T’shukhah תשוקה sexual desire/lust/passion/urge (also Biblical).Heifetz חפץ object,article,delight or wish.toveh תאבה lust or cheishek חשק pleasure or desire.
Pleasure/pleasant: hanaah הנאה pleasure/enjoyment and oneg עונג same meaning. Na’im נעים pleasant,sweet or lovely (root of name Naomi or Noam).To delight in or to covet (BIblical) chamad חמד.Na’eh נאה handsome,fine or pretty.
Beauty: Yofi יופי also y’feifiyah יפהפיה very beautiful ,extremely attractive. Yafeh masculine yafah feminine יפה.
Hate: Sinah שנאה hatred (noun) sanei שנא to hate (verb) it can also mean to reject or to withdraw support.
Joy/happiness: Samei’ach שמח happy, simchah שמחה joy also sason ששון sudden joy. Osher עושר deep life happiness from asher meaning blessing.Gilah גילה ecstatic (root of name Abigail ,joy of the father). Rinah רנה joyful song or praise/worship.
Sad: atzuv עצוב also nugeh נוגה mournful or forlorn.Tzaar regret/remorse צער ,charatah חרטה regret or remorse.
Shame: Bushah בושה also klimah כלימה shame (Biblical) also kalon קלון infamy,degradation or stigma. Charaf חֹרף (verb) to blaspheme to to cause shame or reproach.
Pride: (adjective) Gei’eh גאה also gaavah גאוה pride (noun). (Biblical) ofel עוּפֶל built up puffed up “full of ones self” see Habakkuk 2:4. Chutzpah חוצפּה audacity,bold. A Yiddish loan word likely from the Hebrew chatzaf meaning rude or insolence . G’vurah גבורה bravery or courage.
Emotion: Regesh רֶגֶשׁ also hegeshah הרגשה and margishah מַרְגִישָׁה to feel.
Respect: kibud כבוד also spelled the same in Hebrew but pronounced kavod meaning honor.
Fear: Pachad פַּחַד also yirah יראה (formal Biblical) also chashah חשש anxiety apprehension.
Heart: Leiv לב this means both heart the physical and emotional along with the mind also.sekhel שכל intellect,mind or brain.Maskhil משכיל an intellectual,erudite or educated also ,gaon גאון genius.
Brain: Moach מוח also lachashov לחשוב to think also machashavah מחשבה thinking or consideration.
Jealous/zealous/passionate: Kana’i קנאי.
Anger: Af אף (literally nostrils,Biblical) also zaam זעם. Charon חרון fury,rage or wrath.Zaaf זעף anger/rage.
Pain: Keiv כאב also seivel סבל suffering also daag דאג care,concern or worry.
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