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Most common Hebrew words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1901–2000
פֻּלְחָן
cult (devotion to a saint); rite, ritual
Masculine noun
אַמָּה
forearm; Hebrew cubit, usually 44.3 cm (17½ in) but sometimes 51.8 cm (20.4 in); middle finger; penis; canal
Feminine noun
גִּיטָרָה
guitar
Feminine noun
שָׁגוּי
incorrect; erroneous; mistaken
Adjective
מִצְרִי
Egyptian (person)
Masculine noun
מַצָּע
bedding; subbase, substrate, medium; platform
Masculine noun
נָקַם
to take revenge, to avenge
Pa'al verb
פָּטוּר
exempt
Adjective
כְּרַךְ
large city, metropolis; metropolitan area
Masculine noun
טְרָאוּמָה
A trauma: a serious injury to the body.; Trauma: serious emotional injury.
Feminine noun
טַבָּח
butcher (person who prepares meat for a living); cook, chef
Masculine noun
שַׁגְרִירוּת
An embassy.
Feminine noun
מִתְאָר
outline
Masculine noun
חֲגִיגִי
Celebratory: of, pertaining to, or in the manner of celebration.
Adjective
מְנֻתָּק
Disconnected, cut off.
Adjective
מַדָּף
A shelf; a bookshelf; a store shelf.; A flap, an airplane wing flap.
Masculine noun
סָחַט
wring, squeeze, press out; wring, extort, blackmail
Pa'al verb
בִּיּוֹלוֹגְיָה
biology (the study of all life or living matter)
Feminine noun
חַף
free (of), innocent (of)
Adjective
מֹתֶן
hip, waist
Masculine noun
שָׁד
breast
Masculine noun
חָלוּק
Divided, disunited.
Adjective
נִצָּן
bud
Masculine noun
צִטֵּט
To quote
Pi'el verb
חָשׁוּךְ
dark, obscure
Adjective
פּוֹל
broad bean, fava bean, fava (Vicia faba)
Masculine noun
שִׁכּוּן
housing
Masculine noun
פִּרְנֵס
to support, to sustain (someone)
Pi'el verb
מִנְזָר
monastery (a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows); convent, abbey
Masculine noun
חִבֵּק
to hug (embrace)
Pi'el verb
יִשֵּׂם
to apply, to implement
Pi'el verb
מַלְכוּתִי
Royal: of or pertaining to royalty.; Royal, kingly, queenly, majestic: in the manner of royalty.
Adjective
הֶעֱצִים
to strengthen, to make numerous; to close (one's eyes); to nominalize, to (turn into a) noun
Hif'il verb
חֲגוֹרָה
belt
Feminine noun
רָטֹב
wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid), moist, sapful (sap of plants)
Adjective
צִלְצֵל
chime, ring, sound; call
Pi'el verb
בָּאר
bar, pub (place where alcohol is served)
Masculine noun
נֶחְלַק
to be divided; to disagree
Nif'al verb
שִׁבֵּט
to clone
Pi'el verb
לֵיְזֶר
A laser: a device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.; A Laser: a member of a class of small sailing dinghy.
Masculine noun
דֶּרֶג
a grade, a level, an echelon
Masculine noun
פֶּלֶג
stream, brook, tributary; section, part; faction
Masculine noun
נָסַח
to tear down; to tear away a person
Pa'al verb
תַּקְרִית
incident; clash, disturbance, skirmish
Feminine noun
צָפַן
to hide; to treasure up
Pa'al verb
מְזֻיָּף
false, spurious, artificial
Adjective
אַרְגָּז
box with golden gifts of the Philistines; crate, box
Masculine noun
נַיָּד
mobile; portable
Adjective
הִדְגִּים
to demonstrate
Hif'il verb
שָׁקוּף
transparent, see-through, clear
Adjective
שְׁוָא
shva (a Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel) (ִ◌ְ); schwa (unstressed vowel sound)
Masculine noun
פְּלָסְטִיק
plastic: a solid polymer material
Masculine noun
נָקַשׁ
to strike, to knock
Pa'al verb
הִתְגַּיֵּס
to enlist, to volunteer; to be recruited
Hitpa'el verb
הוּכַח
to be proven
Huf'al verb
אַשְׁלָיָה
an illusion; a delusion
Feminine noun
בּוּרוּת
ignorance; illiteracy
Feminine noun
הִתְוַדֵּעַ
to present or reveal oneself; to become known; to introduce oneself, to become acquainted, to make the acquaintance of
Hitpa'el verb
מִכְלוֹל
a whole, entirety; a complex; an ensemble; bolt carrier
Masculine noun
הִתְאַבְּדוּת
suicide (the event)
Feminine noun
הִתְחַנֵּן
to beg, to implore
Hitpa'el verb
נָטַר
to guard (chiefly vineyards); to cherish anger, to bear a grudge
Pa'al verb
רָקֶטָה
rocket; racquet
Feminine noun
גָּרוּשׁ
divorced; divorcé
Adjective
בֹּרִית
soapwort, any plant of the genus Saponaria; soap, a cleansing substance
Feminine noun
לַק
nail polish
Masculine noun
שָׁטִיחַ
A carpet, a rug.
Masculine noun
מוֹעֵצָה
counsel, an advise
Feminine noun
חוֹרֵג
step- used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent
Adjective
צָפוּף
compact, dense; crowded
Adjective
נִמְחַק
to be erased
Nif'al verb
נִטֵּל
to lift, raise
Pi'el verb
הַלְוָיָה
accompaniment; funeral, funeral procession
Feminine noun
פּוֹלָנִי
male Pole (a person from Poland or of Polish descent)
Masculine noun
אֱגוֹז
walnut; nut (hard-shelled seed)
Masculine noun
מִנּוּחַ
terminology, nomenclature
Masculine noun
תָּר
to explore; to seek
Pa'al verb
הֵאִיץ
to speed up, to accelerate; to urge someone on
Hif'il verb
יִדֵּעַ
to inform; to make definite
Pi'el verb
חִסָּכוֹן
saving (reduction in cost)
Masculine noun
לַחַן
A tune (as the tune of a song), a melody.
Masculine noun
מַהְפְּכָן
revolutionary, revolutionist
Masculine noun
בָּבְלִי
Babylonian
Adjective
מָרוֹם
height, peak, summit; heavens, sky
Masculine noun
קְרִיטִי
Critical: important, significant, urgent.
Adjective
הִגְשִׁים
to realize, fulfill (a dream or plan)
Verb
פְּלָדָה
The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: related to steel, metal, etc.; steel (an artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness)
Feminine noun
פֶּגַע
a wound, an injury
Masculine noun
פָקוּלְטָה
faculty (a division of a university or college); faculty, academic staff
Feminine noun
לָחַשׁ
to whisper
Pa'al verb
אִשְׁפֵּז
to hospitalize
Pi'el verb
רִאשׁוֹן
one of the Rishonim, Jewish sages after the Geonim but prior to the Shulchan Aruch; יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן (yóm rishón, “Sunday”)
Masculine noun
כַּלְכַּל
steward, purser; chief flight attendant, chief flight steward
Masculine noun
אֲחֹתוֹ
His/its sister: defective spelling of אֲחוֹתוֹ: singular form of אֲחוֹת (akhót) with third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
Noun
גֵּרָה
to sexually stimulate, arouse, tease; to irritate, agitate, annoy, frustrate; to egg on, to provoke to improper or violent behavior
Pi'el verb
רַף
bar; threshold, standard, benchmark
Masculine noun
פַּז
top quality gold.; The color gold.; Advantageous, favourable; rare and expensive.
Masculine noun
הִתְנַחֲלוּת
settlement (a colony newly established; a place or region newly settled)
Feminine noun
קְרוֹבָה
female relative (family member); A poem inserted into the leader's repetition aloud of the morning prayer service; Kerovah.
Feminine noun
אָרָד
bronze
Masculine noun