AMK HEBREW KEYWORD TRANSLATION TABLE

ENGLISH

HEBREW FORM[1]

MEANING and NOTES

ST#[2]

Almighty

Shadday /shad-dah’ee

Most powerful, name of God

7706

Am

Hayah /haw-yaw’

To be, to exist[3]

1961

Consecrate

Mala /maw-la’

To fill the hand, arm, ordain, complete

4390

Create

Bara /baw-raw’

Formative process, organization

1254

Cut/made

Karath /kaw-rath’

Cutting symbolism, covenant sanction[4]

3772

Elohim[5]

Elohiym /el-o-heem’

Gods, Supreme God, Head God[6]

430

God

El /ale

God, great, powerful, exalted

410

Israel

Yisrael /yis-raw-ale’

He will rule as God

3478

Jehovah

YHWH[7] 

I AM[8], The Eternal

3068

Joseph[9]

Yowceph /yo-safe’

Jehovah has added

3130

Joshua[10]

Yehowshwa /Yeh-ho-shoo’-ah

Jehovah saves, God is help

3091

LORD

YHWH

Usual KJV[11] translation of YHWH

3068

Lord

Adonay /Ad-o-noy’ (Adonai)

Sovereign Lord, master

136

Messiah

Mashiach /maw-shee’-akh

Anointed One

4899

Mouth

Peh /peh

Speech, talk, two-edged word

6310

Spoon

Kaph /kaf

Hollow hand, spoon, bowl[12]

3709

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[1] The ancient Hebrew text letter symbols were all consonants. The written words did not include vowels. The Hebrew form given is  a transliteration into English letters. Refer to Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other reference works for additional or more precise properties.

[2] Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew Dictionary word number.

[3] See Jehovah; also havah, meaning to breathe or to be (Strong’s #1933).

[4] The Hebrew word “karath” is translated as “cut” in many places and as “made” in a few places including Genesis 15:18. It is related to “beriyth” (#1285) in the sense of cutting, covenants, and passage. See also Jeremiah 34:18-20; Exodus 14:22; Zechariah 14:3-5; Luke 23:45; Hebrews 10:19-20; Alma 46:21-22; Hebrews 4:12; D&C 6:2; D&C 85:9.

[5] Elohim is not an English word but is often used and spelled this way in an English context. In the Old Testament the names of Elohim and Jehovah are sometimes used interchangeably emphasizing their oneness. In the restored Church of Jesus Christ, Elohim is often used as one of the name-titles of the Father, and Jehovah as one of the name-titles of the Son.

[6] Elohim is the word that is translated as God in Genesis 1:1 and 1:27. SeeTPJS 348-349, 372-373.

[7] The consonants YHWH (the Tetragrammaton) represent one of the names of deity. The original vowels and pronunciation are unknown. The Hebrews often used the word Adonay (or Adonai) as a substitute and after many centuries the vowels from Adonay were inserted into YHWH in the Masoretic (Hewrew) text. Subsequent transliteration resulted in the word/name Jehovah. Most scholars think that the original word/name represented by YHWH should be pronounced as Yah-weh. Yah-ho-vah is one of many other possibilities.

[8] See Exodus 3:14; John 8:56-59, John 18:3-6; D&C 38:1-4, D&C 68:6; D&C 136:21-22.

[9] Jehoseph (#3084) is the fuller form of the name Joseph.

[10] The original name was Oshea, which was changed to Jehoshua by Moses (Numbers 13:16). Joshua is the form that is usually used. See Jesus in the “AMK Greek Keyword Translation Table.”

[11] King James Version of the Bible.

[12] Bowls and spoons were part of ancient Egyptian and Israelite temple equipment used in connection with various offerings, including frankincense. The Hebrew “kap” meaning hollow of the hand is sometimes translated as incense dish. There have been archaeological discoveries of stone bowls with a hand carved at the base so that the vessel resembles a cupped palm. Such offering devices may have been symbolic of readiness to give to, and receive from, the Lord. See Exodus 25:29-30; Numbers 7:86; Leviticus 16:12-13; Revelation 2:17; and The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 410.