Hebrew words starting with he
152 words in the Bible begin with he (ה), listed most frequent first. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- hayahהָיָהto be: to exist, be present, become, or come to pass
- huהוּאhe/she/itnot studied yet
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- hinnehהִנֵּהbehold, look: a pointing word that grabs the listener's attention and directs it at what comes next.
- hemmahהֵמָּהthey(masc.)not studied yet
- harהַרa mountain or hill: raised, high ground, from a single peak to a whole range or the upland region a people settles in
- henהֵןlook!not studied yet
- haragהָרַגto kill: to put a person (or creature) to death by violence
- halalהָלַלto praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
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- to boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- haphakhהָפַךְto turn something over, around, or back, so a new side or heading faces out
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- to overthrow and destroy, tearing a place down so completely that it is left upended in ruin
- to change one thing into its opposite, turning a state, condition, or substance into something else
- to pervert or twist, turning what is straight and right into something crooked
- hamonהָמוֹןnoise, roar, or tumult: the overwhelming sound produced by a surging mass
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- a multitude, host, or crowd: a large, surging mass of people or troops
- abundance, wealth, or a great supply of material things
- hekhalהֵיכָלthe great house of a sovereign: the grand residence of a king or a god, and the imposing main hall at its heart
- hevelהֶבֶלa breath or puff of vapor, and so anything that is fleeting, insubstantial, or comes to nothing: too thin to grasp, gone before you can hold it.
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- idols and false gods, dismissed as worthless nothings: powerless objects of worship that promise much and deliver nothing.
- hamanהָמָןHamannot studied yet
- hoyהוֹיthe prophet's death-cry hurled at the living: the wail raised over a corpse, now aimed at someone still standing to declare them, in God's word, as good as buried
- hennahהֵנָּהa pointing word for this place or this point: "here, to here" in space, and "until now" in time
- harahהָרָהto conceive: to become pregnant, the very start of carrying a child
- harasהָרַסto tear down: to pull a standing structure or settled order apart so it collapses into ruin.
- hamahהָמָהto make a loud, restless sound: to roar, growl, moan, or be in an uproar
- hadarהָדָרvisible splendor: the dignity and grandeur that a great person or thing openly displays.
- hennahהֵנָּהthey(fem.)not studied yet
- honהוֹןwealth: the material riches, goods, and substance a person or nation has amassed
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- "Enough!": the cry of being satisfied, used of things that never are
- hagahהָגָהto make a low, sustained sound deep in the throat; to give something voice under your breath, whether a growl, a moan, a mutter, or words said over and over to yourself.
- hodהוֹדsplendor, majesty: the visible, awe-inspiring radiance that marks a legitimate sovereign
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- vigor, healthy bloom: the visible freshness and strength of a living body
- hinהִיןa hin: a unit of liquid measure (about three and a half liters, a sixth of a bath), used for oil, wine, and water
- hemanהֵימָןHemannot studied yet
- havvahהַוָּהgreedy craving: a grasping, self-serving desire, almost always the wicked's
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- destruction: engulfing ruin, whether a disaster that swallows a victim or the deadly harm people scheme against one another
- hoshe'aהוֹשֵׁעַHosheanot studied yet
- hale'ahהָלְאָהfurthernot studied yet
- harahהָרָהpregnant: carrying a child, expecting to give birth
- hamamהָמַםto throw into confusion, so routing an enemy or crushing it to pieces.
- hinnomהִנֹּם(Topheth of son of) Hinnomnot studied yet
- he'aḥהֶאָחAha! - an exultant shout of triumph or delight, most often a gloating cheer over someone's downfall
- hagarהָגָרHagarnot studied yet
- hadadהֲדַדHadadnot studied yet
- hadarezerהֲדַרְעֶזֶרHadarezernot studied yet
- halomהֲלֹםherenot studied yet
- horהֹר(Mount) Hornot studied yet
- hararהָרָרmountainnot studied yet
- hadaphהָדַףto push someone or something away by force, shoving it out of the place it held
- hadadezerהֲדַדְעֶזֶרHadadezernot studied yet
- hevelהֶבֶלAbel: the second son of Adam and Eve, the shepherd whose offering God accepted and whom his brother Cain killed.
- halamהָלַםto strike a hard, driving blow: to hammer, pound, or batter something down
- hasahהַסHush!: a clipped order to stop talking at once, and the act of hushing someone into silence.
- hadarהָדַרto treat someone as great, and show it: to honor a person by what you visibly do in their presence, or to be arrayed in splendor yourself.
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- swollen ground: the humps and ridges of rough terrain that have to be flattened before anyone can pass.
- hedadהֵידָדthe ringing shout a crowd raises together over the winepress, and the same cry turned into the roar of an attacking army
- hallazהַלָּזthisnot studied yet
- haranהָרָןHaran: a man's name in the Old Testament, borne chiefly by Abram's brother, the father of Lot, and once by a Levite of David's day.
- hagriהַגְרִיHagrinot studied yet
- hadomהֲדֹםthe footstool of a throne: the low rest where an enthroned king sets his feet, used in Scripture only as an image of God's royal presence and rule
- hadasהֲדַסmyrtlenot studied yet
- havahהָוָהto be, to become: a rare Hebrew verb for coming to be something, standing where the ordinary verb for being would normally go
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- to fall: to come down onto the ground
- halikhahהֲלִיכָהwalknot studied yet
- qotsהַקוֹץHakkoz: a priestly family, and the ancestor it is named after, holding the seventh turn of duty at the temple.
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- Koz: a man in the family lists of Judah, named as the father of Anub and Zobebah.
- havalהָבַלto become vainnot studied yet
- hadarahהֲדָרָהadornmentnot studied yet
- hodiyyahהוֹדִיָּהHodiahnot studied yet
- humהוּםto make noisenot studied yet
- heregהֶרֶגslaughternot studied yet
- haregahהֲרֵגָהslaughternot studied yet
- harariהֲרָרִיHararitenot studied yet
- medataהַמְּדָתָאHammedathanot studied yet
- hegeהֵגֵאHegainot studied yet
- higgavonהִגָּיוֹןa low murmuring sound made just under the voice: strings humming, a heart musing, enemies muttering.
- hadoramהֲדוֹרָםHadoramnot studied yet
- hodavyahהוֹדַוְיָהHodaviahnot studied yet
- holelahהוֹלֵלָהmadnessnot studied yet
- hamon gogהֲמוֹן גּוֹגHamon-gog (Valley)not studied yet
- hatakhהֲתָךְHathachnot studied yet
- hagahהָגָהto removenot studied yet
- hegehהֶגֶהmoaningnot studied yet
- hovahהֹוָהmisfortunenot studied yet
- hoshayahהוֹשַׁעֲיָהHoshaiahnot studied yet
- henaהֵנַעHenanot studied yet
- heronהֵרָיוֹןpregnancy: the state of conceiving and carrying a child in the womb, named as a thing in itself
- heהֵאbeholdnot studied yet
- hagigהָגִיגmeditationnot studied yet
- hadadrimmonהֲדַדְרִמּוֹןHadad-rimmonnot studied yet
- hoduהֹדּוּIndianot studied yet
- hoהוֹAh!not studied yet
- hotirהוֹתִירHothirnot studied yet
- hekhהֵיךְhow?not studied yet
- hillulהִלּוּלa harvest thanksgiving celebration: the loud, festive praise made when a fruit or grape crop has been gathered in
- hallazehהַלָּזֶהthisnot studied yet
- helekhהֵלֶךְtravellernot studied yet
- hillelהִלֵּלHillelnot studied yet
- hamullahהֲמֻלָּהtumultnot studied yet
- hephekhהֶפֶךְcontrarinessnot studied yet
- loḥeshהַלּוֹחֵשׁHalloheshnot studied yet
- elephהָאֶלֶףHaelephnot studied yet
- havhavהַבְהָבgiftnot studied yet
- hovenהָבְנִיebonynot studied yet
- havarהָבַרto dividenot studied yet
- hagutהָגוּתmeditationnot studied yet
- haginהָגִיןsuitablenot studied yet
- hedהֵדshoutnot studied yet
- hadahהָדָהto stretch outnot studied yet
- hiddayהִדַּיHiddainot studied yet
- hadakhהָדַךְto tread downnot studied yet
- hadassahהֲדַסָּהHadassahnot studied yet
- hadarהֲדַרHadarnot studied yet
- hederהֶדֶרglorynot studied yet
- hahהָהּalas!not studied yet
- hodהוֹדHod: a man listed in the family records of the tribe of Asher, whose name is the Hebrew word for royal splendor
- hodevahהוֹדְיָהHodevahnot studied yet
- hodiyyahהוֹדִיָּהHodiahnot studied yet
- hohamהוֹהָםHohamnot studied yet
- holelutהוֹלֵלוּתmadnessnot studied yet
- homamהוֹמָםHemamnot studied yet
- hunהוּןbe readynot studied yet
- hazahהָזָהto dreamnot studied yet
- hiהִיwoenot studied yet
- huyydahהֻיְּדוֹתpraisenot studied yet
- helelהֵילֵלshining one: a bright star, used as a mocking title for the morning star that boasted its way to heaven and fell.
- hemamהֵימָםHemamnot studied yet
- hakharהָכַרto wrongnot studied yet
- hakkarahהַכָּרָהlooknot studied yet
- halaהָלָאto cast far offnot studied yet
- hallezuהַלֵּזוּthisnot studied yet
- halikhהָלִיךְstepnot studied yet
- helemהֶלֶםHelemnot studied yet
- halmutהַלְמוּתhammernot studied yet
- hamהָםHamnot studied yet
- hemהֵםwealthnot studied yet
- hamonahהֲמוֹנָהֿHamonahnot studied yet
- hemyahהֶמְיָהsoundnot studied yet
- hamasהֶמֶסbrushwoodnot studied yet
- hanaḥahהֲנָחָהholidaynot studied yet
- haphugahהֲפוּגָהcessationnot studied yet
- hophekhהֹפֶךְperversitynot studied yet
- haphekhahהֲפֵכָהoverthrownot studied yet
- haphakhpakhהֲפַכְפַּךְcrookednot studied yet
- hatstsalahהַצָּלָהdeliverancenot studied yet
- hotsenהֹצֶןweaponnot studied yet
- haraהָרָאHaranot studied yet
- harelהַרְאֵלaltarnot studied yet
- haroriהֲרוֹרִיHarodnot studied yet
- harisahהֲרִיסָהruinsnot studied yet
- harisutהֲרִיסוּתruinsnot studied yet
- horamהֹרָםHoramnot studied yet
- harumהָרֻםHarumnot studied yet
- harmonהַרְמוֹןHarmonnot studied yet
- heresהֶרֶס(City of) Destructionnot studied yet
- hashemהָשֵׁםHashemnot studied yet
- hashma'utהַשְׁמָעוּתreportnot studied yet
- hittukhהִתּוּךְmeltingnot studied yet
- hatolהֲתֻלִֿיםmockerynot studied yet
- hatatהוּתto plotnot studied yet
- kephar ha'ammoniהָעַמּוֹנִי(Chephar)-ammoninot studied yet
- molekhetהַמֹּלֶכֶתHammolechethnot studied yet
- neqevהַנֶּקֶב(Adami)-nekebnot studied yet
- tselelponiהַצְּלֶלְפּוֹנִיHazzelelponinot studied yet