Glossary of Hebrew toponyms

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

## Contents

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

## B

Be'er
Beer
Be'erot (plural)
בְּאֵר, wiktionary:באר, 'well'; plural בְּאֵרוֹת

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Beit
Bayit (sometimes)
Beth
Bet
בֵּית, wiktionary:בית, 'house'

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## E

Ein
'En
עַיִן, wiktionary:עין, 'spring, fountain'

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Emek
עֵמֶק, wiktionary:עמק, 'valley'

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## G

Gan
גַּן, wiktionary:גן, 'garden'

* All pages with titles containing Gan

Giv'at
Givat
Givatayim (dual)
Giv'ot (plural)
גִּבְעַת, wiktionary:גבעה, 'hill'

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## H

Har
הַר, wiktionary:הר, 'mountain'

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## I

Illit
עילית, wiktionary:עילית, 'upper'

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## K

Kerem
כֶּרֶם, wiktionary:כרם, 'vineyard'

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Kfar
כְּפַר, wiktionary:כפר, 'village'

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Kiryat
Qiryat
קִרְיַת, wiktionary:קריה, 'town'

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## M

Ma'ayan
Ma'yan
מעיין, wiktionary:מעיין, 'spring, fountain'

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Mishmar
מִשְׁמַר, wiktionary:משמר, 'guard'

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## N

Nahal
נַחַל, wiktionary:נחל, stream, wadi, Biblical Hebrew: 'valley'

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Neve
Neot (plural)
נְוֵה, נוה, in this context: '(place of) residence, abode, oasis'; plural נאות

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## Q

* Qiryat: see Kiryat

## R

Ramat
רָמַת, wiktionary:רמה, 'heights, highlands'; plural Ramot

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Ramot
רָמוֹת, 'heights, highlands'; plural of Ramat

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Rosh
רֹאשׁ, wiktionary:ראש, 'head'

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## T

Tel
תֵל, wiktionary:תל, 'mound (tell), hill', often in names of archaeological sites

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Tzur
Tsur
צוּר, wiktionary:צור, 'rock, cliff'

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## 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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