Glossary of Hebrew toponyms
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B
- Be'er
- Beer
- Be'erot (plural)
- בְּאֵר, wiktionary:באר, 'well'; plural בְּאֵרוֹת
- Beit
- Bayit (sometimes)
- Beth
- Bet
- בֵּית, wiktionary:בית, 'house'
E
G
- Gan
- גַּן, wiktionary:גן, 'garden'
- Giv'at
- Givat
- Givatayim (dual)
- Giv'ot (plural)
- גִּבְעַת, wiktionary:גבעה, 'hill'
H
I
- Illit
- עילית, wiktionary:עילית, 'upper'
K
- Kerem
- כֶּרֶם, wiktionary:כרם, 'vineyard'
- Kfar
- כְּפַר, wiktionary:כפר, 'village'
- Kiryat
- Qiryat
- קִרְיַת, wiktionary:קריה, 'town'
M
- Ma'ayan
- Ma'yan
- מעיין, wiktionary:מעיין, 'spring, fountain'
- Mishmar
- מִשְׁמַר, wiktionary:משמר, 'guard'
N
- Nahal
- נַחַל, wiktionary:נחל, stream, wadi, Biblical Hebrew: 'valley'
- Neve
- Neot (plural)
- נְוֵה, נוה, in this context: '(place of) residence, abode, oasis'; plural נאות
Q
- Qiryat: see Kiryat
R
- Ramat
- רָמַת, wiktionary:רמה, 'heights, highlands'; plural Ramot
- Ramot
- רָמוֹת, 'heights, highlands'; plural of Ramat
- Rosh
- רֹאשׁ, wiktionary:ראש, 'head'
T
- Tel
- תֵל, wiktionary:תל, 'mound (tell), hill', often in names of archaeological sites
- Tzur
- Tsur
- צוּר, wiktionary:צור, 'rock, cliff'
See also
Further reading
- M. E. J. Richardson, "Hebrew Toponyms", Tyndale Bulletin Vol. 20, Issue 1, 1969, doi:10.53751/001c.30678
- Joseph Jacobs, Place-names, Jewish Encyclopedia
- Elitzur, Yoel (2013-08-01). "Toponyms in the Land of Israel". In Khan, Geoffrey (ed.). Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics. Vol. 3. Leiden: Brill. p. 779. ISBN 978-90-04-17642-3. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12.