HebRood Insights

Whether you’re just discovering the Hebrew Roots of your faith or you’ve been diving deep for a long time, sometimes Michael Rood may use a Hebrew term you’ve never heard before.

Hebrew GLOSSARY

Here are some of the most common terms used in A Rood Awakening International teachings

Is there a Hebrew term you’ve heard but don’t understand?

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First month of the Ancient Biblical Hebrew Calendar, instituted in Exodus 12. Aviv marks the beginning of the barley harvest. The word aviv also refers to a particular growth stage of barley, at which point it is not yet golden but just ripe enough to be suitable for the “first fruits” offering following Passover (first fruits is the day of Yeshua’s resurrection as the “first fruits” of the dead).
AVIV
AVIV(uh-VEEV)
This is where we get the word messiah, which is almost a direct transliteration. Instead of “Jesus Christ”, in Hebraic circles He is often referred to as “Yeshua haMashiach”. The preposition “ha” is equivalent to the English word “the.” In Hebrew, this term is most often butted next to the word to which it refers (i.e. haMashiach).
MASHIACH
MASHIACH(mah-SHE-ahk)
Lit. gathering. A ritual bath used for spiritual purification. Far deeper in meaning than the pagan ritual of “baptism” the mikveh is not a one-time event but is performed regularly as a reminder of washing away the past.
MIKVEH
MIKVEH(MIK-vuh)
Passover, the Spring Feast of the LORD commemorating the Exodus from Egypt.
PESAJ
PESAJ(PAY-sock)
Lit. end, cease, rest. The Sabbath, a day of rest and spiritual enrichment.
SHABBAT
SHABBAT(shah-BAHT)
A ram's horn, blown like a trumpet as a call to repentance.
SHOFAR
SHOFAR(sho-FAHR)
Lit. booth. The temporary dwellings we live in during Sukkot, the week-long Fall Feast of YeHoVaH. It was on the first day of Sukkot that Yeshua was born in a sukkah or “manger”, incorrectly translated as a feeding trough.
SUKKAH
SUKKAH(SUE-kuh)
Manmade laws of the ancient Pharisees and modern rabbis that change or negate YeHoVaH’s/Yeshua’s commandments. Yeshua was continually scolding the Pharisees for creating such superficial, manmade traditions that confused and entrapped the people into a life of ineffectiveness.
TAKANOT
TAKANOT(ta-kah-NOTE)
In its narrowest sense, Torah the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, sometimes called the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses. In its broadest sense, Torah also includes the other writings and the prophetic books of the “Old” Testament.
TORAH
TORAH(TOH-ruh)
The literal pronunciation of the name of God in Hebrew, thought to be lost to antiquity. However, recent forensics of ancient manuscripts have revealed more than 2,000 manuscripts with the rare vowel markings necessary to properly pronounce the Name.
YeHoVaH
YeHoVaH(yeh-hoe-VAH)​
Yeshua is The Messiah, the son of YeHoVaH. The name "Jesus" is a transliteration of the Hebrew name "Yeshua" which is a shortened form of "Yehoshua" which is the concatenation of "YeHoVaH yoshia" which means YeHoVaH will save.
YESHUA
YESHUA(yeh-SHOE-ah)​
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