User:The Editor's Apprentice/To do list/English Hebrew-Yiddish borrowings
Always check the Jewish English Lexicon before making any entries.
Things to take into account (based on [1]):
- Pronunciation, especially -s vs -t ending, but also vowels, etc.
- Meanings listed in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic dictionaries
- The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, Volume 2: Beth-Waw
- Brown-Driver-Briggs [Biblical] Hebrew and English Lexicon
- Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
- Klein [Etymological] Dictionary [of Rabbinic Hebrew]
- Jastrow’s Dictionary [of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic]
- Brown-Driver-Briggs [Aramaic] and English Lexicon
- A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine Period
- Morfix
- Hebrew Academy Dictionary
- Morphology (singular/plural forms, etc.)
To be done
[edit]| English term | English gloss or notes | Source language | Source term | Source gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| daf yomi | Hebrew | דף יומי | daily regimen of learning the Gemara | |
| kiddush levana | check capitalization | Hebrew | קידוש לבנה | |
| hagaddah | Hebrew | הַגָּדָה | Sedar guidebook | |
| kumzits | Hebrew | קומזיץ | ||
| motzei shabbos/motza'ei shabbat | Hebrew | מוצאי שבת | evening immediately following Shabbat | |
| drosha | alt of drasha (see also [2]) | Both? | דרשה | sermon, speech |
| shalom bayis/shalom bayit | Both? | שלום בית | ~domestic harmony | |
| aron kodesh | Hebrew | ארון קדש | Torah ark | |
| beis yakov/bais yaakov | ? | בית יעקב | Haredi school for girls | |
| korban pesach | ? | קרבן פסח | Passover sacrifice | |
| bekishe | Yiddish | בעקעטשע | type of frock coat | |
| hatzolah/hatzalah | Hebrew | הצלה | volunter EMS |