Hebrew

Hebrew names in the Bible, from Bereshit (Genesis).

You probably know these stories by their English names. Here are the people and places as the Torah writes them, with vowel points and transliteration.

עִבְרִית

Ivrit, Hebrew

People

Adam
Adam

אָדָם

Eve
Chavah

חַוָּה

Cain
Kayin

קַיִן

Abel
Hevel

הֶבֶל

Noah
Noach

נֹחַ

Abraham
Avraham

אַבְרָהָם

Sarah
Sarah

שָׂרָה

Isaac
Yitzchak

יִצְחָק

Rebekah
Rivkah

רִבְקָה

Jacob
Yaakov

יַעֲקֹב

Esau
Esav

עֵשָׂו

Rachel
Rachel

רָחֵל

Leah
Leah

לֵאָה

Joseph
Yosef

יוֹסֵף

Judah
Yehudah

יְהוּדָה

Benjamin
Binyamin

בִּנְיָמִן

Places

Garden of Eden
Gan Eden

גַּן עֵדֶן

Babel
Bavel

בָּבֶל

Haran
Haran

חָרָן

Canaan
Canaan

כְּנַעַן

Egypt
Mitzrayim

מִצְרַיִם

Sodom
Sedom

סְדֹם

Moriah
Moriah

מֹרִיָּה

Hebron
Chevron

חֶבְרוֹן

Bethel
Beit El

בֵּית־אֵל

Goshen
Goshen

גֹּשֶׁן

The garden

Tree of Life
Etz HaChayim

עֵץ הַחַיִּים

Tree of Knowledge
Etz HaDa'at

עֵץ הַדַּעַת

The serpent
HaNachash

הַנָּחָשׁ

Cherubim
Keruvim

כְּרוּבִים

Ground, earth
Adamah

אֲדָמָה

Living being
Nefesh Chayah

נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה

Pishon river
Pishon

פִּישׁוֹן

Gihon river
Gihon

גִּיחוֹן

Tigris river
Chiddekel

חִדֶּקֶל

Euphrates river
Perat

פְּרָת

גַּן עֵדֶן

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