Hanukkah Vocabulary
Hebrew Term | English Term/Definition | Hebrew Definition | Hint | Picture | Audio | |
1 | חַג | Holiday | ||||
2 | חֲנֻכָּה | Hanukkah | ||||
3 | חֲנֻכִּיָה | Chanukiyah | ||||
4 | שַׁמָשׁ | Helper Candle | ||||
5 | סְבִיבוֹן | Dreidel | ||||
6 | לְבִיבָה | Latke | ||||
7 | סוּפְגַנִיָה | Sufganiyah (Doughnut) | ||||
8 | יְהוּדִים | Jews | ||||
9 | מַכָּבִּים | Maccabees | ||||
10 | יְוָנִים | Greeks | ||||
11 | בֵּית הַמִקְדָֹש | The Temple | ||||
12 | שֶׁמֶן | Oil | ||||
13 | שֶׁמֶן זַיִת | Olive Oil | ||||
14 | נֵס | Miracle | ||||
15 | גָדוֹל | Great/Big | ||||
16 | הָיָה | Was/Happened | ||||
17 | שַׁם | There | ||||
18 | פֹּה | Here | ||||
19 | אוֹר | Light | ||||
20 | כִּסְלֵו | Kislev | ||||
21 | לְהַדְלִיק | To Light | ||||
22 | נֵר | Candle |