NEW: Please subscribe to my
Substack/newsletter at the bottom of the page. Thanks!
T t j
t’fillin
(alt.
tefilin, tefillin) black
leather boxes containing scrolls of Scripture passages, also called
phylacteries. Sometimes during prayers one box is affixed to one’s
hand and arm and the other to one’s forehead as a physical effort to
obey the passage in
Deut 6:8 (Exod 13:1-16;
Deut
6:4-9; Deut 11:13-21)
ta’am ha’elyon
the
“upper” mode of cantilation of the passage of the Ten Commandments
ta’anug
evil pleasure
ta’anugot
evil
pleasures
ta’avah
evil
desire/lust
ta’avot
lusts
Taanit
a section of
the Talmud on Fasts … a fast day
taanit chalom
a fast
over a bad dream
taavah
lust
tachanun
a prayer of
supplication
tacharut
competition
tachlis
purpose
tachrichim
(alt. tachrichin) burial shrouds
tachtiy
the depths (figuratively a pit, the womb) — low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est),
nether (part)
tag
ornamental
flourish or “tittle”
taharah
ritual
purification of the deceased in preparation for burial … washing of
the dead body
tahor
ritually pure
or clean … able to enter the Beit HaMikdash or Mishkan
takhrikhim
shrouds
prescribed by Jewish law
takhmos
night-hawk
takif
influential man
Tal
(Dew) The prayer
for dew (in Eretz Yisrael) recited on first day of Passover
tallit
prayer shawl
with ceremonial fringes on four corners (alt. talit, talis)
tallit katan (alt.
talit)
a small prayer shawl; a special undershirt with four
corners each bearing tzitziyot
talmid
disciple, student (fem. talmidah; pl. talmidim); a true talmid
does not only want to know what the teacher knows,
he/she wants to be what the teacher is.
talmid chacham
a
scholar of the Torah
Talmud
the two commentaries on the Mishnah, one produced in the Holy Land
about AD 275, the other in Babylonia about AD 500; the designation
for both the Mishnah and the commentaries on it (Gemara). The Talmud
is the collected legal and ethical discussions of the rabbis.
tam’ei
(alt. tameh,
tameis, tamei) ritually impure or unclean (specifically by virtue of
contact with the dead), not able to enter the able to enter the Beit
HaMikdash or Mishkan
tamid
the daily
sacrifice in the Sanctuary
tamim
faultless
Tammuz
tenth month on
the Jewish civil calendar
tana
rabbi in the Mishnaic period (pl. tannaim, alt. tana’im)
Tanakh, תַּנַ״ךְ
(alt, Tanach, Tenach) the Hebrew Bible, consisting of Torah, Prophets,
and Writings … an
acronym (TaNaKh) formed from the initial letters of the Hebrew
Torah,
Nevi’im (Prophets), and
Ketuvim (Writings), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scripture, which is also the textual source for the Christian Old Testament. These texts are composed mainly in Biblical Hebrew, with some passages in Biblical Aramaic (in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few others). The form of this text that is authoritative for Rabbinic Judaism is known as the Masoretic Text (MT) and it consists of 24 books, while the translations divide essentially the same material into 39 books for the Protestant Bible, and into 46 books for the Catholic Bible.
tanshemet
horned owl
Targum
(Translation)
Traditionally the name given the Aramaic translation of the Bible,
read to the populace in Babylonian periods. The custom of reading
services in Aramaic following the Hebrew goes back to hundreds of
years before the great diaspora. Except for some interpolations and
paraphrases, the Targum Bavli, also known as the Targum Onkelos, is
a very faithful translation. Less faithful to the text are the
Targum Yerushalmi and others of fragmentary character (pl. Targumim)
tarnegol
cock
Tashlich
traditional
Rosh haShanah afternoon ceremony in which individuals symbolically
cast their sins (crumbs) into a body of water … the casting away of
sin
tata
papa
tav
mark
tavnit
pattern; copy
techinnah
petition;
supplication
techiyah
resurrection
tefillah
(alt. tefilah) lit. prayer; also refers to the
central group of prayers in each service, alternatively called the
Amidah or Shemoneh Esre (pl. tefillos, tefillot)
Tefillah Zakah
(alt.
Tefilah) “a prayer of purity” recited upon the advent of Yom Kippur
before Kol Nidrey
tefillin
(alt.
tefilin, t’fillin) black square leather boxes containing parchments with
sections of the Torah (Shma etc.). Jewish men are obligated to wear
them the forehead and arm during prayers every morning. (Of course
if one sees the sunrise 45 times a day as an astronaut might, this
may create problems.)
Tehillim
Psalms
tehom
abyss
tehom gedolah
a great
abyss; chasm
tehorah
pure
tehorim
clean
Teki’ah
a shofar
sound
tekufa
era; period
Tekufah
one of the
four seasons of the year (pl. Tekufot)
tekumah
revival
telos
the point aimed
at as a limit, i.e. (by implication) the conclusion of an act or
state (termination, result, purpose); specifically an impost or levy
(as paid); continual, custom, end (-ing), finally, uttermost
telunnah
murmuring
tema’im
unclean
temarim
palms
Tenakh
(alt. Tanach,
Tenach) Tanakh
teretz
excuse
Teruah
an awakening
blast on the Shofar
terumah
contribution
terumah haissa
portion; offering of the dough
terutz
excuse
teshukot
desires
teshuvah תְּשׁוּבּה
(alt.
teshuba, from שׁוּבּ
shub) a turn or return, answer; repentance
… repentance from sin, spiritual reawakening … desire to strengthen
the connection between oneself and the sacred … turning toward God,
literally to turn away from sin and return to God and His Torah
Tetragrammaton
the
four Hebrew letters hwhy usually transliterated YHWH or YHVH that
form a biblical proper name of God
Tetzaveh
a portion in
the Book of Exodus
teva
ark
teva
nature
tevel
world
Tevet
fourth month of
the Jewish year
tevilah
(lit. immersion) the total immersing of one’s
self in either “living (flowing) water” or a
mikvah
(container of “living water”). Christian “baptism” is a based
upon this concept, but has been changed from the practice
followed by the early Messianic Believers. Whereas Christian
“baptism” is performed upon the individual by another, generally
a member of the clergy, tevilah is performed upon one’s self by the
individual, and may may or may not be observed by “official witnesses.”
An extended discussion is
HERE.
Therapeutae
sternly
ascetic Jewish party whose views and practices were kindred to the
Essenes in Palestine
tevunah
wisdom
tief
deep and
profound; erudite; keen
tiferet
splendor;
beauty
tihur
purification
tikkun
restoration;
repair
Tikkun Chatzot
(alt.
Tikun) a prayer of lamentation over the destruction of the
Sanctuary, recited at midnight
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
(alt. Tikun) lit. service of the night of
Shavuot
tikkun olam (alt.
tikun)
repairing our broken world
Tikkun Soferim (alt.
Tikun) (alt. Sofrim)
the set of rules for the writing of a Torah
Scroll
tikvah
hope
tikvateinu
our hope
timtum halev
hardening of the heart
tipesh
idiot
tipshus
foolery
tipus
type; pattern
tish
table
Tishah Be’av
The ninth day of the month of Av; a day of
mourning for the destruction of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem
tishen
tables
Tishri (alt. Tishrei)
(Ethanim)
first month of the Hebrew civil calendar
(September-October)
Titkabel
a verse in
the kadish, “Let the prayers of Israel be accepted.”
tizkoret
reminder
to’evah
abomination
tochnit
master plan
todah
thanks, thank
you, the thanksgiving offering in the Sanctuary
toeva
abomination
tohorah
purification
tohorat mishpakhah
family purity
tohu vavohu
disorder;
chaos
tohuw
to lie waste; a
desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively a worthless
thing; in vain
confusion, empty place, without form, nothing,
(thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness
toitzaa
outcome
tokhechah
reproof
toldah
(alt.
towledah) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history
birth,
generations
toldot
genealogies
Torah
teaching or instruction, but usually erroneously translated “law” … the divine instruction of God.
In its most narrow sense, the Five Books of Moshe (Moses), the
Pentateuch — B’resheet (Genesis), Sh’mot (Exodus), Vayikra
(Leviticus), B’midbar (Numbers), D’varim (Deuteronomy), called the
“Written Torah” and hand-written on a parchment scroll.
The Torah plus the Prophets (Nevi’im) and Writings (K’tuvim) are
together called the TaNaKh (TNK), Tenach (alt. Tanach, Tanakh,
Tenakh), the Hebrew Bible, or the so-called “Old Testament.”
In a broad sense, the whole written Word of God is the Torah,
including both the Tanakh and the B’rit Chadashah (New Testament),
since all contain His divine instruction.
In its broadest sense, “Torah” is all of Judaism, which flows
from those Books.
Additional material called the “Oral Torah” is considered in
varying degrees as authoritative in traditional Judaism.
Uncapitalized, the work can be understood as “principle.”
Torah-observant
Carefully observing those of the 613 Mitzvot of Torah that apply to an
individual. Used by many Messianic groups to indicate properly
walking halakah; walking in total yielded obedience to the teaching of the Scriptures
(both the Torah and the
Apostolic Writings) as Yeshua intructed us
(John 14:15;
Matthew 5 :17-20 ); in traditional Judaism this
includes obeying the complex instructions of the
Talmud as well. However, since Yeshua is the
only person who ever lived who was perfectly Torah-observant, a
better term for mere humans to use would be Torah-pursuant.
Torah-pursuant
walking
halakah; living to the best of one's ability in yielded obedience to the teaching of the Scriptures
(both the Torah and the
Apostolic Writings) as Yeshua intructed us
(John 14:15;
Matthew 5 :17-20 )
torud
completely
absorbed and involved
Tosefta
(alt. Tocefta) Supplement; anthology of tannaitic text parallel to Mishnah, but
outside Mishnaic canon, and more expansive. Rabbi Nehemiah, second
century, began the work; in the third century it was continued by
Hiyya ben Abba and Oshaiah
tous ritztzuy
reconciliation
tov
good
tov l’teshuva
fruit
worthy of repentance
tovim
good ones
tovot
good things
toyus
error
transliterate, transliteration
to write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding
letters of a different alphabet or language
treif
(alt. trefah)
lit. torn apart; food that is not ritually fit … the opposite of
kosher
trombeniks
gluttons
Tru’ah
a shofar sound
Trumah
a heave
offering, contribution … the seventh portion in the Book of Exodus
Trumpets, Feast of
the modern
Rosh Ha-Shanah, the first day of Tishri, the seventh month of
the Jewish calendar, celebrated (unbiblically) as the Jewish New
Year
tsaphoon
hidden
tsemach xmc
branch
tshuka
yearning
tsur
rock
Tu Bishvat
fifteenth
day of the month of Shevat; a minor holiday known as the New Year of
the Trees, observed by planting trees
tugah
sadness
tum’a
uncleanness;
impurity
tza’ar
pain and
suffering
tzad
side
tzaddik
(alt.
Tzaddik) A righteous, just, upright person. Chasidic sages were so
called; they were often raised by their followers to the status of
direct intermediaries with God, super-human miracle workers. (pl.
Tzadikim, alt. Tzaddikim)
tzaddikim
righteous
ones
tzafon
north
Tzafun
the phase of
the Seder ceremony in which the hidden afikoman is eaten
tzar
narrow
Tzara`at
t[rc, in people, a malignant skin
disease; in clothing or buildings, a mildew or mould; loosely
translated as “leprosy” but not
Hansen’s disease
tzarah
trouble
Tzarah Gedolah
Great
Tribulation
tzarut ayin
envyings
tzavva’a
will
tzechok
laughter
tzedakah
contribution
tzedakah
(alt.
tsedakah) lit. justice or righteousness; the Hebrew word we use for
charity and charitable acts
tzedek
righteousness
Tz'dukim
(alt. Tzedokim) Sadducees. Religio-political sect of
Judaism in the late Second Temple period that focused on priestly
functions and the sacrificial system … their views and practices
were opposed to those of the Pharisees. They denied the authority of
oral tradition, the resurrection of the dead, and the existence of
angels. They essentially denied everything supernatural, so how
could they possibly actally believe in an invisible God who is
Spirit?
tzelamim
idols
tzelem
image
tzevi’ut
hypocrisy
tzevua
(pl. tzevuim) hypocrite
tzfarde’im
frogs
tzidkat
righteousness
Tzidkatcha Tzedek
verses recited after the minchah prayer on Shabbat
Tziduk Hadin
a prayer
of accepting God’s Judgment
tzitzis
(alt.
tzitzit) ceremonially knotted fringes to be worn on all
four-cornered garments (pl. Tzitziyot)
tzive’ot zarim
armies
of the aliens
tziveot haparashim
troops of cavalry-men
tznius
modesty
tzom; tzomot
fast;
fastings
tzon
flock
tzorich iyun
unresolved puzzlement
tzoros
troubles
tzufloigen
dazed
tzufriedenkait
contentment
tzushtel
comparison
Page last updated on
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 06:57 PM
|
Blue Letter Bible Search Tool
|
|
 |
Subscribe to my Substack/newsletter
|
ANXIOUSLY WATCHING FOR MASHIACH’S RETURN,
SPEEDILY AND IN OUR DAY. MARANA, TA!
