Breadcrumb Home Right-To-Left Words Right-to-Left Words The following Hebrew and Aramaic words are listed alphabetically in their anglicized form. As Semitic languages, they are read from right to left. Click to learn about each word, its definition, and how it's used in antiquity. Want more daily Right-To-Left Words? Follow the hashtag #RightToLeftWord on Bible & Archaeology's Twitter feed for new words daily. A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z --A-- ʾAB (אב)ʾAḤ (אח)ʾAHAV (אהב)ʾAKAL (אכל)ʿAM (עם)ʾAMAR (אמר)ʾANNAH (אנּה)ʾARON (ארון)ʾARAR (ארר)ʿASAH (עשה)ʿAVAD (עבד)ʿAVAR (עבר)ʿAYIN (עין) --B-- BANAH (בנה)BARAK (ברך)BAYIT (בית)BEHEMAH (בהמה)BEN (בן)BOʾ (בוא)BOQER (בקר) --D-- DAG (דג)DAM (דם)DAVAR (דבר)DEREK (דרך)DEYO (דיו) --E-- ʾELOHIM (אלהים)ʾERETZ (ארץ)ʾESH (אשׁ)ʿETZ (עץ) --F-- --G-- GABAH (גבה)GADOL (גדול)GAMAL (גמל)GAN (גן)GESHEM (גשׁם)GIBBOR (גבור) --H (including Ḥ)-- ḤANIYT (חנית)HALAK (הלך)ḤALAV (חלב)HAR (הר)ḤEREB (חרב) --I-- ʿIM (עם)ʿIYR (עיר) --K-- KARAT (כרת)KATAV (כתב)KELEB (כלב)KESEF (כסף)KISSEʾ (כסא)KOHEN (כהן)KOL (כל) --L-- LAYLAH (לילה)LEḤEM (לחם) --M-- MOT (מות)MASHAḤ (משׁח)MATZA (מצא)MATZAH (מצה)MAYIM (מים)MELEK (מלך)MIDBAR (מדבר)MITSRAYIM (מצרים) --N-- NAHAR (נהר)NAḤASH (נחשׁ)NAKAH (נכה)NASAʾ (נשׂא)NASHAK (נשׁך)NATAN (נתן)NAVAL (נבל) --O-- ʾOHEL (אהל)ʾOR (אור) --P-- PAʿAM (פעם)PANIM (פנים)PESAḤ (פסח) --Q-- QABATZ (קבץ)QAYITZ (קיץ)QUM (קום) --R-- RAʾAH (ראה)ROʾSH (ראשׁ) --S-- SEPER (ספר)SHALOM (שׁלום)SHAMAʿ (שׁמע)SHAMAR (שׁמר)SHANAH (שׁנה)SHATAH (שׁתה)SHELEG (שׁלג)SHEM (שׁם)SHEMESH (שׁמשׁ)SHEOL (שאול) --T-- TANNIYN (תנין)TSIVAH (צוה) --U-- --W-- --Y-- YAD (יד)YALAD (ילד)YARAD (ירד)YAREʾ (ירא)YASHAV (ישׁב)YAYIN (יין)YOM (יום) --Z-- ZAKAR (זכר)ZERAʿ (זרע)