List of English words of Hebrew origin
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
There is a separate English words of Semitic origin other than those solely of Hebrew or Arabic origin.
From Hebrew words
; abacus : from אבק avaq 'dust', probably from Greek ἄβαξ abax 'slab'; agora (currency) : from אגורה agorah 'small coin', from Greek agora "an assembly of the People" from ageirein "to assemble
; aliyah : from עלייה aliyah 'ascent'
; almemar : from אלממר almemar 'bema', from Arabic المنبر al-minbar 'pulpit'
; amen : from אמן amen 'certainly', 'verily'
; armageddon : from הר מגידו har megido 'mount megido'
; baal : from בעל ba'al 'lord'
; babel : from בלל balal 'confound' + in part from Akkadian ?? ?? bāb-ilu 'gate of god'
; bar mitzvah : from בר מצוה bar miṣwah 'son of the commandment'
; bath (volume) : from בַּת bath '10 gallons liquid measure' from Greek βαθύς, "deep",
; bat mitzvah : from בת מצוה bath miṣwah 'daughter of the commandment'
; behemoth : from בהמות behemoth 'beasts'
; bethel : from ביתאל beth'el 'house of God'
; bethesda (chapel) : from Greek Bethesda 'Bethesda', probably from bayith chesed 'house of kindness'
; bris : from ברית b'rith 'covenant'
; brith milah : from בְּרִית מִילָה b'rith milah 'covenant of circumcision'
; brouhaha : perhaps from barukh hab-ba 'blessed be he who comes'
; cab (volume) : from qab 'hollow vessel'
; cabal : from קַבָּלָה qabbalah 'received '
; challah : from חלה ḥallah 'egg-rich yeast-leavened bread'
; chazan, hazan : from חזן ḥazzan 'cantor' + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian
; cherub : from כרוב kerubh 'celestial hierarchy angel'
; chutzpah : from חֻצְפָּה ḥuṣpah 'supreme self-confidence'
; cider : from שכר shekhar 'strong drink'
; copacetic : disputed + perhaps from כל בצדק kol beṣedeq 'all with justice', or כל בסדר kol beseder ‘all is in order’
; cor (volume), kor (volume) : from kor '100 gallons capacity'
; corban : from קָרְבָּן qorban 'offering'
; dybbuk : from דיבוק dibbuq 'wandering soul'
; edenic : from עדן eden 'delight'
; ephah : from איפה ephah '1/10 homer dry measure', from Egyptian
; galilee : from Latin galilaea, from גליל galiyl 'circle', 'circuit'
; ganef : from גנב gannabh 'thief'
; gerah : from גרה gerah 'grain', 'bean'
; get (divorce document) : from גט get 'document of release'
; golem : from גולם golem 'shapeless mass'
; goy : from גוי goy 'nation'
; gun moll : from גנב gannabh 'thief' + from מִרְיָם Miryam 'Miriam' + perhaps from Egyptian
; habdalah : from habhdalah 'separation'
; haftarah, haphtarah : from patar 'separate', 'discharge'
; haggadah : from heged 'a saying'
; halacha : from הלכה halakhah 'way'
; hallelujah, alleluia : from הללויה halleluyah 'praise the [Yahweh|]'
; halutz : from hlṣ 'be in the vanguard'
; hebraize : from עברי ibhri 'region across '
; heder : from חדר heder 'room'
; homer (volume) : from חמר hamar 'surge up', 'swell up', Greek ὅμηρος, "hostage"
; hosanna : from hoshi'ah-nna 'save please'
; jubilee : from יובל yobhel 'ram's horn'
; judas : from יהודה yehuda 'celebrated'
; kabbalah, cabala : from קַבָּלָה qabbalah 'received '
; kaddish : from qds 'sanctify'
; kashrut : from כשר ksr 'be appropriate'
; kibbutz : from קיבוץ qibbuṣ 'gathering'
; kibosh : disputed + perhaps from כבש kabash 'tread down', 'disregard'
; kiddush : from qiddush 'sanctification'
; klezmer : from כלי זמר k'ley zemer 'musical instruments'
; knesset : from kanas 'assemble'
; kosher : from כשר ksr 'be appropriate'
; chayyim : from ḥaim 'to life'
; leviathan : from לויתן liwyathan 'sea monster, whale'
; macabre : from French macabre, probably from Latin Machabaeorum, from מקבת maqqebet 'hammer', from נקב naqab 'perforate'
; maftir : from maphtir 'one that dismisses'
; mahzor : from ḥzr 'return'
; manna : from מן man
; matzo : from מצה maṣah 'unleavened bread'
; maven : from מבין mebhin 'one who is experienced', 'one who understands'
; mazeltov : from מזל טוב mazzal tob 'good luck'
; mazuma : from מזומן mezumman 'fixed'
; megillah : from galal 'roll'
; menorah : from מנורה menorah 'candlestick'
; meshuga : from משוגע meshugga 'crazy'.
; messiah : from משיח mashiaḥ 'anointed' + in part from Aramaic meshiha 'anointed'
; mezuzah : from מְזוּזָה mezuzah 'doorpost'
; midrash : from מדרש midrash 'exposition', 'explanation'
; mikvah : from miqwah 'purification bath'
; minyan : from מִנְיָן minyan 'number', 'count', from Aramaic
; mitzvah : from מצוה miṣwah 'commandment'
; mohel : from מוהל mohel 'person qualified to perform circumcision'
; momser : from momser 'bastard'
; mishpachah : from mishpahah 'family', 'clan'
; moshav : from מוֹשָׁב moshabh 'dwelling'
; nabla :probably from nebhel 'harp'
; nachas : pleasure, satisfaction, delight; proud enjoyment
; nebel : from nebhel 'harp'
; omer : from עמר omer '1/10 ephah dry capacity'
; parashah : from parashah 'explanation'
; pascal : from 'Pascal', from פסח pesah 'passover'
; paschal : from פסח על pasah al 'passed over'
; pharaoh : from פרעה par'oh 'ruler of ancient Egypt', from Egyptian
; pharisee : from Aramaic perisha 'separated', from פרש parash 'separate', 'cleave'
; rabbi : from רב rabh 'master'
; rebbe : from רב rabh 'master'
; rebbetzin : from רב rabh 'master'
; sabbatical : from שׁבת shabbat 'day of rest'
; sabra : from ṣabar 'prickly pear'
; satanic : from שטן satan 'adversary', 'devil'
; schmooze : from שמועות shemu'oth 'news', 'rumor'
; schwa : from שוא schewa 'unstressed mid-central vowel', probably from Syriac ܥܗܘܐܝܝܐ sewayya 'equal'
; seder : from סדר seder 'order'
; selah : from סֶלָה selah 'suspension', 'pause'
; seraph : from שׂרף saraph 'celestial being'
; shadchan : from shiddekh 'arrange a marriage'
; shadrach : from shadrach 'captive'
; shalom : from שָׁלוֹם shalom 'peace'
; shalom aleichem : from שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם shalom 'alekhem 'peace unto you'
; shammes : from שמש shammash 'sexton'
; shamus : perhaps from שמש shammash 'sexton'
; shegetz : from שקץ sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination'
; shekel : from שקל saqal 'weigh', from Canaanite tql
; sheol : from se'ol 'underworld', perhaps from shaal 'dig'
; shibboleth : from שיבולת shibboleth 'stream', 'ear of grain'
; shiksa : from שקץ sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination'
; shivah : from shibh'ah 'seven'
; shofar : from shophar 'ram's horn'
; siddur : from סידור siddur 'arrangement', 'order'
; sukkah : from סוכה sukkah 'booth', 'shelter'
; sycamine : from שִׁקמָה shiqmah 'mulberry tree'
; tallith : from tillel 'cover'
; talmudism : from lamad 'learn'
; teraph : from תרפים teraphim 'household god'
; torah : from תּוֹרָה tora 'law', 'instruction'
; tref : from taraph 'tear'
; tsuris : from ṣarah 'calamity'
; tush, toches : from תחת tahath 'under', 'beneath'
; tzitzit, zizith : from ציצית ṣiṣith 'fringes', 'tassels'
; ulpan : from aleph 'ox', 'leader'
; yeshiva : from ישיבה yeshibhah 'talmudic school'
; yid : from יהודה yehudah 'celebrated'
; zaddik : from צדיק ṣaddiq 'just', 'righteous'
From Hebrew names
; abelia : from 'Abel', from הבל Hebhel 'Abel'; abelian : from 'Abel', from הבל Hebhel 'Abel'
; abigail : from אֲבִיגַיִל Avigail 'Abigail'
; adam-and-eve : from אדם Adam 'Adam' + from חוה Hawwah 'Eve'
; ammonite: from עַמּוֹן Ammon, Biblical tribe
; bedlam : from בית לחם Beth Leḥem 'Bethlehem'
; bejesus : from יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshu'a 'Jesus'
; benday : from Binyamin 'Benjamin' + from Old English
; cassia: from קסיה qəṣi`â
; davit : from דָּוִד Dawid 'David'
; hamantasch : from Haman, a biblical villain + tash, multiple etimologies; from Yiddish
; hansom : from 'Hansom', from 'Hans', from Yohanan 'John'
; jack : 1 from יוחנן Yohanan 'John'
2 perhaps from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jacket : from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jacobean : from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jacquard : from 'Jacquard', from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jacquerie : from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jakes : perhaps from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jeez : from יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshu'a 'Jesus'
; jehu : from יהוא Yehu 'Jehu'
; jeremiad : from יִרְמְיָה Yirmeyah 'Jeremiah'
; jeroboam : from יָרָבְעָם Yarobh'am 'Jeroboam'
; jesuit : from יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshu'a 'Jesus'
; jezebel : from איזבל Izebhel 'Jezebel'
; jimmy : from 'James', from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob'
; jockey : from יוחנן Yohanan 'John'
; joe : from יוֹסֵף Yoseph 'Joseph'
; john (washroom) : from יוחנן Yohanan 'John'
; johnny (gown) : from יוחנן Yohanan 'John'
; jorum : perhaps from Yehoram 'Joram'
; joseph : from יוֹסֵף Yoseph 'Joseph'
; lazar : from אלעזר El'azar 'Lazarus'
; lazaretto : from אלעזר El'azar 'Lazarus' + from נָצְרַת natzerath 'Nazareth'
; macadam : from 'McAdam', in part from Adham 'Adam'
; macadamia : from 'Macadam', in part from Adham 'Adam'
; marionette : from מִרְיָם Miryam 'Miriam' + perhaps from Egyptian
; marry (interjection) : from מִרְיָם Miryam 'Miriam' + perhaps from Egyptian
; mick : from Mikha'el 'Michael'
; mickey (drink) : perhaps from Mikha'el 'Michael'
; miquelet : probably from Catalan Miquel, from Mikha'el 'Michael'
; moll : from מִרְיָם Miryam 'Miriam' + perhaps from Egyptian
; nance : from 'Nancy', probably in part from חנה Ḥannah 'Anna'
; nimrod : from נמרוד Nimrodh 'Nimrod'
; philistine : 1 from פלשתים Pelistim 'Philistines' 'Aegean people who settled Philistia'
2 from פלשת Pelesheth 'Philistia'
; rube : from רְאוּבֵן Re'ubhen 'Reuben'
; samaritan : from שֹׁמְרוֹן Shomron 'Samaria'
; semitist : from שם Shem 'Shem'
; simony : from שִׁמְעוֹן Shim'on 'Simon'
; sodom : from סדום s'dom 'Sodom'
; toby : from טוביה Toviah 'Tobias'
; yankee : probably from יוחנן Yohanan 'John'
Letter names
aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yod, kaph, lamed, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, shin, taw; alpha : from Greek Άλφα alpha, perhaps from אלף aleph 'ox', 'leader' + from Canaanite ??? 'alp 'ox'
; beta : from Greek Βήτα beta, from בית bet 'house', probably from Phoenician + from Canaanite ??? bet 'house'
; gamma : from Greek Γάμμα gamma, perhaps from גמל gimel 'ruminant beast' + from Phoenician ????
; delta : from Greek Δέλτα delta, perhaps from דלת deleth 'door' + of Semitic origin, akin to Phoenician ???? dalt 'door'
; eta : from Greek eta, perhaps from chet 'terror' + from Phoenician ??
; iota : from Greek Ιώτα iota, perhaps from יד yodh 'hand' + from Phoenician ???
; kappa : from Greek Κάππα kappa, perhaps from כף kaph 'palm of the hand' + from Phoenician ???
; lambda : from Greek Λάμβδα lambda, perhaps from למד lamedh 'whip', 'club' + from Phoenician ????
; nu : from Greek Νυ nu, perhaps from נון nun 'fish' + of Semitic origin
; pi : from Greek Πι pi, perhaps from פה pe 'mouth' + from Phoenician ??
; rho : from Greek Ρω rho, perhaps from ראש rosh 'head' + from Phoenician ???
; tau : from Greek Ταυ tau, perhaps from taw 'mark', 'cross' + from Phoenician ???