Glossary of Hebrew toponyms

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The glossary of Hebrew toponyms gives translations of Hebrew terms commonly found as components in Hebrew toponyms.

## Contents

* 1 B
* 2 E
* 3 G
* 4 H
* 5 K
* 6 M
* 7 N
* 8 R
* 9 T
* 10 See also
* 11 Further reading

## B

Be'er, Beer, plural: Be'erot
Hebrew: בְּאֵר, wiktionary:באר, :he:באר, well
Beit, sometimes Bayit, Beth, Bet
Hebrew: בֵּית, wiktionary:בית, :he:בית, house

## E

Ein, 'En
Hebrew: עַיִן, wiktionary:עין, spring, fountain
Emek
Hebrew: עֵמֶק, wiktionary:עמק, :he:עמק, valley

## G

Gan
Hebrew: גַּן, wiktionary:גן, :he:גן, "garden"

* All pages with titles containing Gan

Giv'at, Givat, pl.: Giv'ot
Hebrew: גִּבְעַת, wiktionary:גבעה, :he:גבעה, "hill"

## H

Har
Hebrew: הַר, wiktionary:הר, :he:הר, mountain

## K

Kerem
Hebrew: כֶּרֶם, wiktionary:כרם, :he:כרם, vineyard
Kfar
Hebrew: כְּפַר, wiktionary:כפר, :he:כפר, village
Kiryat, Qiryat
Hebrew: קִרְיַת, wiktionary:קריה, town

## M

Ma'ayan, Ma'yan
Hebrew: מעיין, wiktionary:מעיין, :he:מעיין, spring, fountain
Mishmar
Hebrew: מִשְׁמַר, wiktionary:he:משמר, :he:משמר (פירושונים), guard

## N

Nahal
Hebrew: נַחַל, wiktionary:נחל, :he:נחל, stream, wadi, Biblical Hebrew: valley
Neve
Hebrew: נְוֵה, נוה, in this context: (place of) residence, abode, oasis

## R

Ramat
Hebrew: רָמַת, wiktionary:רמה, "heights", "highlands"
Ramot
Hebrew: רָמוֹת, "heights", "highlands"; plural of רמה, feminine form of רם
Rosh
Hebrew: רֹאשׁ, wiktionary:ראש, "head"

## T

Tel
Hebrew: תֵל, wiktionary:תל, :he:תל, "mound" (tell), "hill", often in names or archaeological sites
Tzur, Tsur
Hebrew: צוּר, wiktionary:צור, :he:צור, "rock", cliff

## See also

* List of Hebrew place names
* Hebraization of Palestinian place names

## 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
* Yoel Elitzur, "Toponyms in the Land of Israel", In: Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, 2013, vol. 3, pp. 779-778

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