Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words and Verbs

אֶלֶף [ʾé/lep̄]

thousand (II?); tribe, clan (III?) — occurs 494 times

אַרְבַּע [ʾar/báʿ]

(s m, f; pl) four; forty — OTHER FORMS: אַרְבָּעָה [ʾar/bā/ʿā]; אַרְבָּעִים (I) [ʾar/bā/ʿîm] — occurs 444 times

בְּתוֹךְ [bətôḵ]

Cf. תָּוֶךְ — midst, middle; (prep) within, through — occurs 416 times (counted with תָּוֶךְ)

חָמֵשׁ [ḥā/méš]

(s m, f; pl) five; fifty — OTHER FORMS: חֲמִשָּׁה [ḥămiš/šā]; חֲמִשִּׁים [ḥămiš/šîm] — occurs 478 times

חֶרֶב [ḥé/reḇ]

sword — occurs 407 times

יָלַד [yā/láḏ]

bring forth, bear — occurs 488 times

מִזְבֵּחַ [miz/béªḥ]

altar — occurs 401 times

מִי [mî]

(interr) who? — occurs 406 times

מָצָא [mā/ṣāʾ]

find; (Hi) present — occurs 451 times

מִשְׁפָּט [miš/pāṭ]

judgment, custom, justice — occurs 425 times

נָא (I) [nāʾ]

(particle of entreaty) pray, now; please — occurs 401 times

נָפַל [nā/p̄ál]

fall — occurs 433 times

עוֹד [ʿôḏ]

yet, still, again — occurs 481 times

עוֹלָם [ʿô/lām]

remote time; forever, eternity — OTHER FORM: עֹלָם [ʿō/lām] — occurs 434 times

עַתָּה [ʿat/tā]

now — occurs 432 times

פֶּה [peh]

mouth; (conj) according to — OTHER FORMS: כְּפִי [kəpî], לְפִי [ləpî] — occurs 492 times

צָבָא (I) [ṣā/bāʾ]

service in war; host, army — occurs 485 times

צָוָה* [ṣā/wā*]

(Pi) command — occurs 494 times

קֹדֶשׁ [qṓ/deš]

(adj, n) holy (thing) — occurs 430 times

קוֹל [qôl]

voice, sound — occurs 499 times

רַב [raḇ]

(adj) much, many (I?); (ctxt) captain, chief (II?) — occurs 475 times

שַׂר [śar]

official, leader, prince — occurs 412 times

שָׁאוּל [šā/ʾûl]

Saul — occurs 406 times

שֶׁבַע [šé/baʿ]

(s m, f; pl) seven; seventy — OTHER FORMS: שִׁבְעָה [šiḇ/ʿā]; שִׁבְעִים (I) [šiḇ/ʿîm] — occurs 492 times

שָׁמַיִם [šā/má/yim]

heavens, sky — occurs 416 times

שָׁמַר [šā/már]

keep watch, guard — occurs 465 times

תָּוֶךְ [tá/weḵ]

midst, middle; (prep) within, through — OTHER FORM: בְּתוֹךְ [bətôḵ] — occurs 416 times

תַּחַת (I) [tá/ḥaṯ]

(prep) beneath, under, instead of — occurs 490 times

אַתֶּם [ʾat/tém]

(pl m; f) you — OTHER FORM: אַתֵּן [ʾat/tén] — occurs 330 times

בֵּין [bên]

(cstr prep) between; (n) interval — OTHER FORM: בַּיִן [bá/yin] — occurs 396 times

בָּנָה [bā/nâ]

build — occurs 373 times

בָּרַךְ (II) [bā/ráḵ]

bless — occurs 328 times

דָּם [dām]

blood — occurs 356 times

זָהָב [zā/hāḇ]

gold — occurs 383 times

חַי [ḥai]

(n) life (I), (adj) living (II); (pl) lifetime (I) — OTHER FORM (plural): חַיִּים [ḥay/yîm] — occurs 386 times

יָם [yām]

sea; (ext) west — occurs 392 times

יַעֲקֹב [ya/ʿăqōḇ]

Jacob — occurs 348 times

יָרֵא (I) [yā/rēʾ]

(stat) fear, be afraid — occurs 377 times

יָרַד [yā/ráḏ]

go down — occurs 380 times

כְּלִי [kəlî]

vessel, utensil — occurs 324 times

כֶּסֶף [ké/sep̄]

silver — occurs 399 times

לֵוִי [lē/wî]

Levi (4 times in Aramaic) — occurs 353 times

מִלְחָמָה [mil/ḥā/mâ]

war, battle — occurs 319 times

מָלַךְ (I) [mā/láḵ]

reign, be king — occurs 347 times

מָקוֹם [mā/qôm]

place — occurs 399 times

נְאֻם [nəʾúm]

utterance, declaration — occurs 378 times

נָבִיא [nā/ḇîʾ]

prophet — occurs 313 times

נָגַד* [nā/ḡáḏ*]

(Hi) make known, report, tell — occurs 369 times

עָנָה (I) [ʿā/nâ]

answer — occurs 314 times

עֵץ [ʿēṣ]

(also coll) tree — occurs 330 times

רוּחַ [rûªḥ]

spirit, wind — occurs 376 times

שָׂדֶה [śā/ḏéh]

open field — OTHER FORM: שָׂדַי [śā/ḏái] — occurs 332 times

שַׁעַר (I) [šá/ʿar]

gate — occurs 368 times