Name Preferences
The following names will be changed to their proper Hebrew Transliteration as appropriate. This will be done as documents are updated. For new documents, it will be designated in the first use as appropriate.
Tanakh & Beriys Chadashah Sepher (Scrolls)
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Hebrew |
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Hebrew |
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Torah |
Torah |
Zechariah |
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Genesis |
Malachi |
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Exodus |
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Leviticus |
Writings |
Kesuvim |
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Numbers |
Bemidbar |
Psalm |
Tehilliym-p Tehillah-s |
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Deuteronomy |
Proverbs |
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Job |
Iyyov |
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Prophets |
Neviim |
Song of Songs |
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Joshua |
Yehoshua |
Ruth |
Rus |
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Judges |
Shofetiym |
Lamentations |
Eykhah |
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1 Samuel |
Ecclesiastes |
Qohelet |
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2 Samuel |
2 Shemuel |
Esther |
Ester |
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1 Kings |
1 Melakhiym |
Daniel |
Daniyyel |
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2 Kings |
2 Melakhiym |
Ezra |
Ezra |
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Isaiah |
Yeshayahu |
Nehemiah |
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Jeremiah |
1 Chronicles |
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Ezekiel |
2 Chronicles |
2 Divrey Hayyamiym |
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Hosea |
Hoshea |
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Joel |
Yoel |
New Testament |
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Amos |
Amos |
Matthew |
Matisyahu |
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Obadiah |
Ovadyah |
John |
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Jonah |
Yonah |
James |
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Micah |
Miykah |
1 John |
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Nahum |
Nachum |
2 John |
2 Yochanan |
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Habakkuk |
Chavaqquq |
3 John |
3 Yochanan |
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Zephaniah |
Jude |
Yehudah |
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Haggai |
Chaggay |
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Forefathers and Sons |
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Anglicized |
Hebrew |
Anglicized |
Hebrew |
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Adam |
Adam |
Eve |
Chavvah |
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Cain |
Qayin |
Abel |
Hevel |
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Noah |
Noach |
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Ham |
Cham |
Japheth |
Yefes |
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Abram |
Avram |
Sarai |
Saray |
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Abraham |
Avraham |
Sarah |
Sarah |
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Isaac |
Rebekah |
Rivqah |
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Jacob |
Leah |
Lea |
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Esau |
Esav |
Rachel |
Rachel |
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Zilpah |
Zilpa |
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Bilhah |
Bilha |
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12 Tribes |
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Anglicized |
Hebrew |
Anglicized |
Hebrew |
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Reuben |
Reuven |
Gad |
Gad |
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Simeon |
Asher |
Asher |
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Levi |
Levi |
Issachar |
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Judah |
Zebulun |
Zevulun |
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Dan |
Dan |
Joseph |
Yosef |
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Naphtali |
Naftali |
Benjamin |
Binyamin |
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Manasseh |
Ephraim |
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People |
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Anglicized |
Hebrew |
Anglicized |
Hebrew |
Anglicized |
Hebrew |
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Aaron |
Aharon |
Hilkiah |
Chilqiyyahu |
Mary |
Miryam |
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Abihu |
Avihu |
Hittites |
Chittiy |
Michal |
Mikhal |
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Ahab |
Achav |
Hivites |
Michael |
Miykael |
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Abihail |
Hobab |
Hovav |
Miriam |
Miryam |
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Abimelech |
Hophni |
Chofniy |
Mordecai |
Mordekay |
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Absalom |
Avshalom |
Hormah |
Chorma |
Moses |
Moshe |
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Achsah |
Akhsa |
Hur |
Chur |
Nabal |
Naval |
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Ahasuerus |
Achashverosh |
Jabin |
Yavin |
Nadab |
Nadav |
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Ahithophel |
Achitofel |
James |
Nahshon |
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Amalek |
Amaleq |
Jasher |
Yashar |
Nathan |
Natan |
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Amminadab |
Amminadav |
Jebusite |
Nebuchadnezzar |
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Amorites |
Jehoram |
Yeroram |
Noah |
Noach |
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Anakims |
Anaqim |
Jehoshaphat |
Yehoshafat |
Obed |
Oved |
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Artaxerxes |
Artachshasta |
Jehu |
Yehu |
Othniel |
Otniel |
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Asaph |
Asaf |
Jephthah |
Yiftach |
Pharez |
Peretz |
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Asshur |
Ashshur |
Jephunneh |
Phinehas |
Piynechas |
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Bathsheba |
Bat Sheva |
Jeroboam |
Rabshakeh |
Ravshaqeh |
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Babylonians |
Bavlites |
Jesse |
Rachel |
Rachel |
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Balaam |
Bilam |
Jesus |
Yeshua |
Raguel |
Reuel |
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Balak |
Balaq |
Jethro |
Rahab |
Rachav |
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Bath-sheba |
Bas-sheva |
Jews |
Yehudim |
Rebekah |
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Bezaleel |
Betzalel |
Jezebel |
Izevel |
Rehoboam |
Rechavam |
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Bilhah |
Bilha |
Joab |
Yoav |
Salmon |
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Caleb |
Kalev |
Joel |
Yoel |
Samson |
Shimshon |
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Chaldees |
Kasdim |
John |
Yochanan |
Samuel |
Shemuel |
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Cyrus |
Koresh |
Jonah |
Yona |
Saul |
Shaul |
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Darius |
Dareyavesh |
Jonathan |
Yehonatan |
Sheba |
Sheva |
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David |
Daviyd |
Joshua |
Yehoshua |
Shimei |
Shimi |
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Deborah |
Devora |
Josiah |
Sihon |
Sichon |
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Dinah |
Dina |
Judas |
Yehuda |
Simon |
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Egyptian |
Mitzrian |
Jude |
Yehuda |
Solomon |
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Egyptians |
Mitzrim |
Judean |
Yehudim |
Uriah |
Uriyyah |
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Eleazar |
Elazar |
Iscariot |
Uzziah |
Uzziyya |
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Elijah |
Eliyyahu |
Ishmael |
Yishmael |
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Uzziyyahu |
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Elisabeth |
Elishevsa |
Kenaz |
Qenaz |
Zacharias |
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Enoch |
Chanokh |
Kenites |
Qeni |
Zarah |
Zerach |
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Esther |
Ester |
Kohath |
Qehat |
Zedekiah |
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Gabriel |
Gavriyel |
Korah |
Qorach |
Zelophehad |
Tzelofchad |
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Gideon |
Gidon |
Laban |
Lavan |
Zilpah |
Zilpa |
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Hannah |
Channa |
Lazarus |
Elazar |
Zipporah |
Tzippora |
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Hezekiah |
Chizqiyya |
Machir |
Makhir |
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Hezron |
Chetzron |
Malachi |
Malakhi |
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Locations |
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Anglicized |
Hebrew |
Anglicized |
Hebrew |
Anglicized |
Hebrew |
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Ashtaroth |
Ashtarot |
Hermon |
Chermon |
Midian |
Midyan |
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Assyria |
Ashshuur |
Horeb |
Chorev |
Moab |
Moav |
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Babylon |
Bavel |
India |
Hoddu |
Nebo |
Nevo |
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Bethel |
Betel |
Israel |
Yisrael |
Persia |
Paras |
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Bethlehem |
Betlechem |
Jericho |
Yerecho |
Persian |
Parsian |
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Chaldeans |
Kasdim |
Yericho |
Philistines |
Pelishtiym |
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Canaan |
Kenaan |
Jerusalem |
Rephidim |
Refidim |
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Carmel |
Karmel |
Joppa |
Yafo |
Samaria |
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Ebal |
Eval |
Jordan |
Yarden |
Shechem |
Shekhem |
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Egypt |
Judah |
Shiloh |
Shiloh |
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Egyptian (s) |
Mitzrian |
Kadesh |
Qadesh |
Siloam |
Shiloach |
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Ethiopia |
Kush |
Kedar |
Qedar |
Sinai |
Sinay |
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Euphrates |
Peras |
Kenezite |
Sion/Zion |
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Gaza |
Azza |
Lachish |
Lakhish |
Sodom |
Sedom |
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Gerizim |
Gerizzim |
Lasharon |
Lashsharon |
Syria |
Aram |
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Gilead |
Gilad |
Lebanon |
Levanon |
Tabor |
Tavor |
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Gomorrah |
Amorah |
Massah |
Massa |
Tyre |
Tzor |
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Gibeon |
Givon |
Medes |
Maday |
Zidon |
Tzidon |
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Hanani |
Chanani |
Meribah |
Meriva |
Zin |
Tzin |
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Hazeroth |
Chatzerot |
Mesech |
Meshekh |
Zion |
Tziyyon |
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Hebron |
Chevron |
Mesopotamia |
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Notes: 1. p – plural
2. s – singular
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