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Adonai/Adonoi Am Yisrael (Yisroel) BaMidbar Baruch HaShem Beis/Beit Beis El Yoshieinu
Beis HaMikdash ben Bereshit/Bereshis B'nei Yisrael (Yisroel) Bris Chadashah Chaverah
D'var Devarim Eliyahu Ha Navi HaShem Kepha Ketuvim
Kohein Kohein HaGadol Levi'im Melach Messiah Messianic Judaism
Miryam Mishkan Mitzvah Moshiach Moshiach ben David Moshiach ben Yosef
Navi Navi'im Olam Peshach Rabbi Sha'ul Rosh HaShannah
Ruach Ruach HaKodesh Seder Shabbat/Shabbos Shalom Shavout/Shavuos
Shemot/Shemos Shimon Talmid Tanakh Torah Torah Observant
Tzadik Vayakra Ya'akov Yeshua Yeshua ben Miryam Yeshua HaMoshiach
Yeshua MiNazeret Yitzak Yochanan Yosef

"Ha" is the definite article "the", it is added to the front of a noun. EX---Moshiach (Messiah or a messiah). HaMoshiach (the Messiah).

Adonai/Adonoi

Lord; used in worship and prayer for the Holy Name

Am Yisrael (Yisroel)

The people of Israel, the nation of Israel

BaMidbar

lit. In the wilderness--Name of the fourth book of Torah

Baruch HaShem

lit Bless the Name coll. Praise the Lord

Beit/Beis

house

Beis El Yoshieinu

lit. House (of the) G-d (of) our Salvation; a Torah-Observant Messianic Chaverah in Dayton, Ohio

Beis HaMikdash

the Temple

ben

son of

Bereshit/Bereshis

Beginning; the first book of Torah; Genesis

Bris Chadashah

the New Covenant; the New Testament of the Christian Bible

Chaverah

a Jewish Prayer/Fellowship Group; similar to cell groups

D'var

Word

Devarim

lit. Words; the fifth book of Torah

Eliyahu HaNavi

Elijah the Prophet

HaShem

lit. the Name; Used reverenly for the Holy Name

Kepha

Peter

Ketuvim

The third portion of Tanakh

Kohein, (pl. Kohanim)

Preist, a descendant of Aaron

Kohein HaGadol

High Priest

Levi'im

Descendants of Levi, charged with the care of the Mishkan and Beis HaMIkdash

Melach

King

Messiah

the Annointed One, descendant of King David

Messianic Judaism

the branch of Judaism which believes G-d will send a literal Messiah; generally it refers to the branch of Judaism which believes Yeshua is Messiah. This branch is distinguished from Christianity in that the Mitvos and tennents of Judaism are followed while honoring Yeshua as Messiah.

Miryam

Miriam, or Mary

Mishkan

the Tabranacle

Mitzvah (pl. Miztvot/Mitzvos)

Commandment

Moshiach

Messiah

Moshiach ben David

the name given to the Messiah in Tanakh who would reign in glory from Jerusalem; This is the role Yeshua will fill at His second coming.

Moshiach ben Yosef

the name given to the Messiah in Tanakh who would suffer for the sins of Israel; this is the role Yeshua filled in His first coming.

Navi

Prophet

Navi'im

Prophets, The second portion of Tanakh

Olam

World, Universe

Pesach

Passover, the Feast institued by HaShem when He delivered the people of Israel from Egypt. It commemorates HaShem sparing the firstborn of Israel and looked forward to Yeshua Redeeming us.

Rabbi Sha'ul

Paul, an emmissary (apostle) of Yeshua. Most of his ministry was to the Gentiles. He wrote two-thirds of Bris Chadashah.

Rosh HaShanna

Feast of the Trumpets, the civil Jewish New Year; commemorates the creation of Adam. Looks to the return of Messiah

Ruach

spirit

Ruach HaKodesh

Holy Spirit

Seder

the cermonial meal of Passover

Shabbat/Shabbos

the seventh day of the week; blessed by HaShem after the creation of the world. It is a day intended to be set aside for rest and worship

Shalom

peace; used as a greeting for hello and good-bye; scope of the word is complete peace--body, soul, spirit

Shavout/Shavous

The fiftieth day following Passover, the day when HaShem gave Israel Torah and made them a Nation, the day HaShem filled the 120 disciples with the Ruach HaKodesh and made them the body of Yeshua. The day of Pentecost.

Shemot/Shemos

lit.Names; the second book of Torah

Shimon

Simon, Simeon, a tribe of Israel

Talmid (pl. Talmidim)

student, disciple

Tanakh

The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, an acronym of Torah, Navi'im, and Ketuvim

Torah

generally, the first five books of Tanakh; specifically, the Laws given to Moses by HaShem at Mt. Sinai

Torah Observant

someone committed to keep the mitvos of Torah

Tzadik

a righteous man

Vayakra

World, Universethe third book of Torah

Ya'akov

Jacob, James

Yeshua

He will Save A man born around 3 BCE. At age 30, He began a teaching/healing/miraclous ministry; He was executed in 30 CE for blasphemy and treason. His followers believe He is Messiah, and that He arose three days later and will return to reign in Jerusalem. aka Jesus

Yeshua ben Miryam

Yeshua, son of Mary

Yeshua HaMoshiach

Yeshua the Messiah, Jesus Christ

Yeshua MiNazeret

Yeshua From Nazereth

Yitzak

Isaac

Yochanan

Jonathon, John

Yosef

Joseph