| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| Laban {prop} (brother of Rebekah) | :: לבן {m} /laván/ |
| labellum {n} | :: שפית |
| labia majora {n} (outer folds of vulva) | :: שפתיים גדולות {f-p} |
| labia minora {n} ((anatomy) the two inner folds of skin within the cleft of the labia majora) | :: שפתיים קטנות {f-p} |
| labneh {n} (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) | :: לבנה |
| labor {n} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| labor {v} (labor) SEE: labour | :: |
| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) | :: מעבדה {f} /ma'abadá/ |
| Labor Day {n} (holiday on May 1st) SEE: May Day | :: |
| labor union {n} (labor union) SEE: trade union | :: |
| labour {n} (work) | :: עמל {m} /amál/, עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| labour {n} (giving birth) | :: לדה {f} /lēdá/ |
| Labrador {prop} (Dog breed) | :: לברדור {m} /labrador/ |
| lac {n} (a resinous substance) | :: לכה {f} /láka/ |
| lace {n} (fabric) | :: תחרה |
| lace {n} (cord for fastening a shoe) SEE: shoelace | :: |
| lack {n} (deficiency, need) | :: חוסר {m} /chóser/ |
| lacking {n} (absence of something) SEE: lack | :: |
| laconic {adj} (using as few words as possible) | :: לקוני /lakoni/ |
| La Coruña {prop} (A Coruña) SEE: A Coruña | :: |
| lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products) | :: לקטוז {m} /laktóz/ |
| Lada {prop} (a Russian car) | :: לאדה {f} |
| ladder {n} (climbing tool) | :: סולם /sulam/ |
| ladies and gentlemen {n} (phrase used to address an audience of men and women) | :: גבירותי ורבותי /gvirotay verabotay/ |
| Ladino {prop} (Romance language) | :: לדינו /ladino/ |
| lady {n} (polite term referring a woman) | :: גברת {f} /ge'veret/ |
| ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae) | :: מושית {f} /moshít/, פרת משה רבנו {f} /parát moshé rabénu/ |
| ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird | :: |
| ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra | :: |
| lagoon {n} (shallow body of water) | :: לגונה {f} /laguna/ |
| Lahore {prop} (Lahore) | :: לאהור |
| Lahti {prop} (city of Finland) | :: לאהטי |
| lair {n} (of an animal) | :: מאורה {f} /meurá/ |
| lake {n} (body of water) | :: אגם {m} /agám/, ימה {f} /yama/ |
| lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent) | :: לכה {f} /lakah/ |
| Lake District {prop} (Lake District) | :: אזור האגמים |
| Lakshadweep {prop} (union territory of India) | :: לקשאדוויפ |
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia) | :: לליבלה |
| lamb {n} (young sheep) | :: טלה {m} /talé/, שה {m} /se/ |
| lamb {n} (flesh of lamb as food) | :: טלה {m} /talé/ |
| lambda {n} (name of the Greek letter) | :: למדא {f} /lámda/ |
| lame {adj} (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) | :: צולע {m} /tzoléa'/ |
| lame {adj} (slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant) | :: צולע {m} /tzoléa'/ |
| lamedh {n} (Semitic letter) | :: למד /lámed/ |
| lame duck {n} (an official who is marking time until leaving their office) | :: ברוז צולע {m} /barváz tzoléa‘/ |
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: איכה /'Eikhá/, מגילת איכה \ מגלת איכה {f} /M'Gilát 'Eikhá/, קינות {f-p} /Kinót/, קינות ירמיהו {f-p} /Kinót Yirm'yáhu/, ספר קינות {m} /Séfer Kinót/, ספר קינות ירמיהו {m} /Séfer Kinót Yirm'yáhu/ |
| lammergeier {n} (bird) | :: פרס {m} /péres/ |
| lammergeyer {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| lamp {n} (device producing light) | :: מנורה {f} /menorá/ |
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light) | :: מנורה {f} /m'norá/ |
| lamprey {n} (a fish) | :: צמד {m} /tzamád/ |
| lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp) | :: אהיל {m} |
| LAN {n} ((abbreviation) local area network) | :: רת״ם {f} |
| lancelet {n} (animal of Cephalochordata) | :: אזמלון {m} /izmelón/ |
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | :: ארץ {f} /érets/, אדמה {f} /adamá/ |
| land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) | :: נחת /nakhát/ |
| land {v} (to bring to land) | :: הנחית /hinkhít/ |
| land {v} (to deliver) SEE: deliver | :: |
| landing craft {n} (a type of flat-bottomed boat) | :: נחתת {f} /nakhetet/ |
| landlubber {n} (someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship) | :: איש יבשה {m} /ish yabasha/, עכבר יבשה {m} /akhbar yabasha/, גלם יבשה {m} /golem yabasha/ |
| Land of Israel {prop} (Region in the Middle East) | :: ארץ ישראל {f} /'érets yisra'él/ |
| land of milk and honey {n} (a land of abundance) | :: ארץ זבת חלב ודבש {f} /éretz zavát ẖaláv udvásh/ |
| Land of the Rising Sun {prop} (Japan) | :: ארץ השמש העולה {f} /'Éretz ha-Shémesh ha-Olá/ |
| Landsknecht {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) SEE: lansquenet | :: |
| landsman {n} (the opposite of a seaman) | :: איש יבשה {m} /ish yabashah/ |
| lane {n} (passageway) | :: משעול {m} /mish'ól/ |
| lane {n} (division of roadway) | :: נתיב {m} /natív/ |
| lane {n} (division of racetrack) | :: נתיב {m} /natív/ |
| lane {n} (course for ships or aircraft) | :: נתיב {m} /natív/ |
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication) | :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/ |
| language {n} (nonverbal communication) | :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/ |
| language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field) | :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/ |
| language {n} (particular words used) | :: לשון {f} /lashón/, שפה {f} /safá/ |
| language {n} (computer language, see also: computer language) | :: שפה {f} /safá/ |
| language exchange {n} (language exchange) | :: חילופי שפה |
| language family {n} (set of languages) | :: השפה המשפחה |
| language swap {n} (language exchange) SEE: language exchange | :: |
| Languedoc {prop} (French province) | :: לנגדוק |
| lansquenet {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) | :: לאנדסקנכט {m} /landsknékht/ |
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) | :: פנס {m} /panás/ |
| lanthanum {n} (metallic element) | :: לנתן /lantán/ |
| Laocoön {prop} (Trojan or Argonaut) | :: לאוקואון |
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: לאוס /laos/ |
| lap {n} (upper legs of a seated person) | :: חיק {m} /Cheyq/ |
| laparoscopy {n} (examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity) | :: לפרוסקופיה {f} /laparoskopia/ |
| Laplace operator {n} (mathematics, physics: differential operator used in modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications) | :: לפלסיאן {m} /laplasián/ |
| Laplacian {n} (Laplace operator) SEE: Laplace operator | :: |
| laptop {n} (computing: a laptop computer) | :: מחשב נייד {m} /makhshév nayád/, לפטופ {m} /láptop/ |
| laptop computer {n} (laptop) SEE: laptop | :: |
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port | :: |
| lard {n} (bacon) SEE: bacon | :: |
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big) | :: גדול /gadol/ |
| largen {v} (enlarge) SEE: enlarge | :: |
| larva {n} (a stage of growth) | :: פגיה {f} /pagít/, לרווה {f} /lárva/ |
| larva {n} (an animal in such stage of growth, see also: tadpole) | :: פגית {f} /pagít/ |
| larynx {n} (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production) | :: בית הקול |
| lascivious {adj} (wanton) | :: תאותני |
| laser {n} (device producing beam of light) | :: לייזר \ ליזר {m} /léizer/ |
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash | :: |
| Lasha {prop} (Lasha) | :: לשע // |
| lashon hara {n} | :: לשון הרע /lashon ha-ra/ |
| La Spezia {prop} (city in Liguria, Italy) | :: לה ספציה {f} /La Spétziya/ |
| lass {n} (a young woman or girl) | :: ילדה {f} [child], נערה {f} [teenage], בחורה {f}, עלמה {f} |
| lasso {n} (a long rope with a sliding loop) | :: לסו {m} /láso/, פלצור {m} /paltzúr/ |
| last {adj} (final) | :: אחרון /'akharón/ |
| last {adj} (most recent) | :: שעבר /she`avár/ |
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time) | :: נמשך /nimshách/ |
| last {v} | :: לשרוד /lisrod/ |
| last but not least {adv} (An expression to start the last item of a list) | :: אחרון חביב {m} /akharón khavív/ |
| lastingly {adv} (in a lasting manner) | :: לאורך זמן |
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| last night {n} (previous evening or night) | :: אמש /émesh/ |
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear) | :: בשנה שעברה /bashaná she'av'rá/, [formal] אשתקד /eshtakád/ |
| late {adj} (near the end of a period of time) | :: מאוחר \ מאחר /m'ukhár/ |
| late {adj} (not arriving until after an expected time) | :: מאחר /meaḥér/ |
| late {adj} (euphemism for dead) | :: מנוח /manóaḥ/ |
| latent {adj} (existing or present but concealed or inactive) | :: חבוי, רדום, לטנטי |
| later {adv} (more late) | :: יותר מאחר /yotér m'ukhár/ |
| later {adv} (afterward in time) | :: יותר מאחר /yotér m'ukhár/ |
| later {adv} (at some unspecified time in the future) | :: יותר מאחר /yotér m'ukhár/ |
| Lateran {prop} (church and palace in Rome) | :: לטראנו |
| lathe {n} (machine tool used to shape a piece of material) | :: מחרטה {f} |
| Latin {adj} (of the language) | :: לטיני {m} /lātini/, לטינית {f} /lātinit/ |
| Latin {adj} (of/from Latin America) | :: לטיני {m} /lātini/, לטינית {f} /lātinit/ |
| Latin {prop} (language of the ancient Romans) | :: לטינית {f} /lātinít/ |
| Latin {n} (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire) | :: רומאי {m} /romāʾi/ |
| Latin alphabet {n} (the 26-letter alphabet) | :: אלפבית לטיני /alfabet latini/, כתב לטיני {m} /Ktab Latini/ |
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) | :: אמריקה הלטינית {f} /amérika latinít/ |
| latke {n} (pancake fried in oil) | :: לביבה /levivah/ |
| latrine {n} (a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench, see also: toilet; outhouse) | :: לטרינה |
| latrine {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| latter-day {adj} (modern, recent) SEE: modern | :: |
| lattice {n} | :: סבכה {f} /svaha/, רשת {f} /rešet/ |
| Latvia {prop} (country) | :: לטוויה \ לטויה {f} /lat'viyá/ |
| Latvian {n} (Baltic language of Latvia) | :: לטבית {f} |
| laugh {n} (expression of mirth peculiar to the human species) | :: צחוק {m} /tskhok/ |
| laugh {v} (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds) | :: צחק /tsakhák/ |
| laugh {v} | :: צחק /tsakhák/ |
| laughing kookaburra {n} (Dacelo novaeguineae) | :: קוקברה צוחקת |
| laughter {n} (sound (as) of laughing) | :: צחוק {m} /ts'khok/ |
| launderette {n} (place with facilities for washing that public may use) | :: מכבסה {f} /michbasá/ |
| laundromat {n} (launderette) SEE: launderette | :: |
| laundry {n} (laundering; washing) | :: כביסה {f} /kvisá/ |
| laundry {n} (that which needs to be laundered) | :: כביסה {f} /kvisá/ |
| Laura {prop} (female given name) | :: לורה {f} /lóra/, לאורה {f} /láura/ |
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis) | :: דפנה {f} /dafná/, ער {m} /'ar/ |
| lava {n} (molten rock) | :: לבה {f} /láva/ |
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma | :: |
| lavash {n} (a soft, thin flatbread) | :: לוואשי |
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink | :: |
| lavender {n} (plant) | :: אזוביון {m} /azovyón/ |
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) | :: חוק \ חק {m} /khók/, משפט {m} /mishpát/ |
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed) | :: דין {m} /din/, חוק \ חק {m} /khok/ |
| law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) | :: חוק \ חק {m} /choqq/ |
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer | :: |
| lawn {n} (ground covered with grass) | :: דשא /déshe/ |
| lawrencium {n} (chemical element) | :: לורנציום /loréntsiyum/ |
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law) | :: עורך דין {m} /orékh-dín/, עורכת דין {f} /orékhet-dín/, פרקליט {m} /praklít/ |
| lay claim {v} (say that something belongs to oneself) | :: לקבוע בעלות /likvóa ba'alút/ |
| layer {n} (single thickness of some material covering a surface) | :: רובד |
| layman {n} (someone who is not a professional in a given field) | :: הדיוט {m} /hedyot/ |
| Lazarus {prop} (New Testament characters) | :: אלעזר {m} /ʼElʻāzār/ |
| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy) | :: עצלות {f} /atslút/ |
| Lazio {prop} (Italian region) | :: לאציו |
| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work) | :: עצל {m} /ʻatsel/ |
| lea {n} (open field, meadow) | :: אחו {m} /'ɑħu/ |
| lead {n} (chemical element) | :: עופרת {f} /'oféret/ |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection) | :: הוביל /hovíl/ |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct in a certain course) | :: הוביל /hovíl/ |
| lead {v} (conduct or direct with authority) | :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/ |
| lead {v} (go or be in advance of; precede) | :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/ |
| lead {v} (draw or direct by influence) | :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/ |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct oneself) | :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/ |
| lead {v} (begin a game of cards or dominoes) | :: הוביל /hovíl/ |
| lead {v} (intransitive: to guide or conduct) | :: הוביל /hovíl/, הנהיג /hinhíg/ |
| lead {v} (intransitive: be ahead of others) | :: הוביל /hovíl/ |
| lead {v} (intransitive: have the highest interim score in a game) | :: הוביל /hovíl/ |
| lead {v} (intransitive: be more advanced) | :: הוביל /hovíl/ |
| lead {v} (intransitive: to go first) | :: התחיל /hitkhíl/ |
| leader {n} (one having authority) | :: מנהיג {m} /manhíg/, מנהיגה {f} |
| leadership {n} (office of leader) | :: ראשות {f} |
| lead someone up the garden path {v} (to deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone) SEE: deceive | :: |
| leaf {n} (part of a plant) | :: עלה {m} /alé/ |
| leaf {n} (tea leaves) SEE: tea leaf | :: |
| league {n} (organization of sports teams) | :: ליגה {f} /líga/ |
| league {n} (distance) | :: ליגה {f} /líga/ |
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization) | :: חבר הלאומים |
| Leah {prop} (elder daughter of Laban) | :: לאה |
| Leah {prop} (given name) | :: לאה |
| leak {n} (hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape) | :: דליפה {f}, נזילה {f} |
| Leaning Tower of Pisa {prop} (the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) | :: מגדל נטוי של פיזה {m} /migdál natúy shel Píza/, מגדל פיזה {m} /migdál Píza/ |
| leap {v} | :: קפץ |
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability) | :: למד /lamád/ |
| leash {n} (long cord for dogs) | :: רצועה להולכת כלב |
| leather {n} (material produced by tanning animal skin) | :: עור /or/ |
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting) | :: השאיר /hish'ír/ |
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with) | :: עזב /azav/ |
| leave {v} (to depart (intransitive)) | :: עזב /azáv/ |
| leaven {n} (any agent used to make dough rise) | :: שאור /s'or/ |
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave | :: |
| Lebanese Republic {prop} (official name of Lebanon) | :: הרפובליקה הלבנונית {f} /harepublika halvanonit/ |
| Lebanon {prop} (mountain range) | :: הלבנון /ha-l'vanón/ |
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic) | :: לבנון /l'vanón/ |
| lecture {n} (a spoken lesson) | :: הרצאה {f} /hartsa'á/ |
| lederhosen {n} (Bavarian knee-breeches made of leather) | :: לדרהוזן {m} /lederhózen/ |
| leech {n} (annelid) | :: עלוקה {f} /'aluká/ |
| leech {n} (person who derives profit from others) | :: עלוקה {f} |
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician | :: |
| leek {n} (vegetable) | :: כרישה |
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north) | :: שמאל /smol/ |
| left {adj} (pertaining to the political left) | :: שמאלן {m} /smolán/ |
| left {adv} (towards the left side) | :: שמאלה /smóla/ |
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties) | :: שמאל {c} |
| left-handed {n} (preferring the left hand over the right) | :: שמאלי /smalí/ |
| leftist {n} (a person who holds views associated with the political left) | :: שמאלני {m} /s'molaní/, שמאלנית {f} /s'molanít/ |
| leftist {adj} (Pertaining to the political left) | :: שמאלני /s'molaní/ |
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle) | :: רגל {f} /régel/ |
| leg {n} (side in a triangle) | :: ניצב \ נצב {m} /nitsáv/ |
| legal {adj} (relating to the law or to lawyers) | :: משפטי /mishpati/ |
| legal {adj} (having its basis in the law) | :: משפטי /mishpati/ |
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law) | :: חוקי /ḥuki/ |
| legalization {n} (process of making something legal) | :: לגליזציה {f} /legalizátsya/ |
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) | :: אגדה {f} /agada/ |
| legend {n} (key to the symbols and color codes on a map) | :: מקרא {m} /mikra/ |
| leghorn {n} (small white chicken breed) | :: לגהורן {m} /leghórn/ |
| legible {adj} (clear enough to be read) | :: קריא /karí/ |
| legion {n} (the major unit or division of the Roman army) | :: לגיון {m} /legion/ |
| legitimate {adj} (lawful) | :: לגיטימי /legitími/ |
| legitimate {adj} (valid) | :: לגיטימי /legitími/ |
| leguaan {n} (iguana) SEE: iguana | :: |
| legume {n} (member of Leguminosae family) | :: קטנית {f} /kitnít/ |
| Le Havre {prop} (city) | :: לה הבר |
| Leiden {prop} (city in South Holland) | :: לידן / ליידן {m} /Léyden/ |
| leishmaniasis {n} (pathology) | :: שושנת יריחו {f} /shoshanát yeriḥó/ |
| leisure {n} (time free) | :: פנאי {m} |
| lemma {n} (mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition) | :: למה {f} /léma/, טענת עזר {f} /te'anát ézer/ |
| lemon {n} (citrus fruit) | :: לימון {m} /limón/ |
| lemonade {n} (still beverage) | :: לימונדה |
| lemon balm {n} (Melissa officinalis) | :: מליסה {f} |
| lemur {n} (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea) | :: למור {m} /lemúr/ |
| Lena {prop} (Lena River) | :: לנה /lena/ |
| lend {v} ((proscribed) to borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension) | :: אורך \ ארך {m} |
| Lenin {prop} (a Russian revolutionary and politician) | :: מלנין {m} /Lenin/ |
| Leninism {n} (the political philosophy named after Vladimir Lenin) | :: לניניזם {m} /leninízm/ |
| lens {n} (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it) | :: עדשה /adashá/ |
| lens {n} (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean) | :: עדשה /adashá/ |
| lens {n} | :: עדשה /adashá/ |
| Lent {n} (Christian period of penitence before Easter) | :: התענית |
| lentigo {n} (pigmented spot on the skin) SEE: freckle | :: |
| lentil {n} (plant Lens culinaris) | :: עדשה {f} /'adashá/ |
| Leo {prop} (male given name) | :: אריה /aryé/, לביא /laví/, לאון /léon/ |
| Leo {prop} (constellation) | :: אריה /aryé/ |
| Leo {prop} (astrological sign) | :: אריה /aryé/ |
| Leonard {prop} (male given name) | :: לאונרד /léonard/ |
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus) | :: נמר {m} /namér/ |
| leper {n} (person who has leprosy) | :: מצרע /m"tzorah/ |
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) | :: צרעת {f} /tsara’at/ |
| lesbian {adj} (of a woman: preferring women partners) | :: לסבית {f} /lésbit/ |
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman) | :: לסבית {f} /lesbit/ |
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: לסוטו /lesoto/ |
| less {adv} (to a smaller extent or degree) | :: פחות /pakhot/ |
| lesser black-backed gull {n} (Larus fuscus) | :: שחף שחור בלתי-מזוהה |
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching) | :: שיעור / שעור {m} /shi'úr/ |
| lesson {n} (learning task assigned to a student) | :: שיעורים {m} /shiorim/ |
| lesson {n} (something learned) | :: מוסר השכל {m} /musar haskel/, לקח {m} /leqach/ |
| lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement) | :: לקח {m} /lékakh/ |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor | :: |
| lest {conj} (for fear that) | :: פן /pen/ |
| let alone {conj} (to say nothing of) | :: קל וחומר /kal vahomer/, לא כל שכן /lo kol sheken/ |
| Leto {prop} (asteroid) | :: לטו {m} /léto/ |
| let's {v} (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) | :: בוא {m} /bo/, בואי {f} /bo'i/, בואו {p} /bo'u/ + [the first-person plural of the verb] |
| let's go {phrase} (hortative of go) | :: בא נלך {m} /bó nelékh/, בואי נלך {f} /bó`i nelékh/, הבה נלך /háva nelékh/ |
| let's go {phrase} (hurry up) | :: יאללה /yálla/ [slang] |
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet) | :: אות {f} /ot/ |
| letter {n} (written message) | :: מכתב {m} /mikhtáv/, איגרת {f} /'igéret/ |
| let the cat out of the bag {v} (to disclose a secret, often inadvertently) | :: יצא המרצע מן השק |
| let there be light {phrase} (let there be light) | :: יהי אור /yehí or/ |
| Lettic {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| Lettish {n} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian | :: |
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) | :: חסה {f} /khása/ |
| lettuce {n} (the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish) | :: חסה {f} /hasa/ |
| leukemia {n} (cancer of blood forming tissue) | :: סרטן הדם {m} /saratan ha-dam/ |
| leukocyte {n} (a white blood cell) | :: תא דם לבן, לויקוציט |
| lev {n} (currency of Bulgaria) | :: לב |
| Levant {prop} (the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea) | :: לבנט {m} |
| Levantine {adj} (of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean) | :: לבנטיני |
| Levantine Arabic {prop} (Levantine Arabic) | :: ערבית לבנטינית {f} |
| level {n} (tool) | :: פלס {m} /peles/ |
| level {n} (gaming: discrete segment of a game) | :: שלב {m} /shaláv/ |
| level {n} (gaming: numeric value for a character's experience and power) | :: רמה {f} /ramá/ |
| level {n} (floor of a building) | :: קומה {f} /koma/ |
| leverage {v} (use, exploit, take full advantage of) | :: מינף /minéf/ |
| Levi {prop} (third son of Jacob) | :: לוי {m} /leví/ |
| Levi {prop} (male given name) | :: לוי {m} /leví/ |
| leviathan {n} (Biblical sea monster) | :: לויתן {m} /livyatán/ |
| Levite {n} (member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi) | :: לוי {m} /Levi/ |
| Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah) | :: ויקרא /Vayikrá/ |
| Lewis {prop} (male given name) SEE: Louis | :: |
| leyn {v} (read from a Torah scroll) | :: קרא /kará/ |
| LGBT {n} (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transexual) | :: להט"ב /lahatáv/ |
| LGBTQIA {adj} (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic/Agender) | :: להטבא"ק |
| liar {n} (one who tells lies) | :: שקרן / שקרן {m} /shakrán/, שקרנית \ שקרנית {f} /shakranít/ |
| libation {n} (act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice) | :: נסך |
| libation {n} (liquid poured out) | :: נסך |
| liberalism {n} (political movement) | :: ליברליזם {m} /liberalízm/ |
| liberate {v} (to free) | :: שיחרר \ שחרר /shikhrér/ |
| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: ליבריה {f} /liberya/ |
| libidinous {adj} (having lustful desires) | :: היצריות |
| libido {n} (sexual urges or drives) | :: תשוקה {f} /tshuká/, ליבידו {m} /libido/ |
| libido {n} (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.) | :: ליבידו {m} /libido/ |
| Libra {prop} (constellation) | :: מאזנים /moznáim/ |
| Libra {prop} (astrological sign) | :: מאזנים /moznáim/ |
| librarian {n} (the manager of a library) | :: ספרן {m} /safrán/, ספרנית {f} /safranít/ |
| librarianship {n} (the act of operating of a library; service as a librarian) | :: ספרנות {f} /safranut/ |
| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.) | :: ספרייה \ ספריה {f} /sifriyá/ |
| library {n} (collection of books) | :: ספרייה \ ספריה {f} /sifriyá/ |
| library {n} (collection of records) | :: ספריה {f} /sifriyá/ |
| library {n} (collection of subprograms) | :: ספריה {f} /sifriyá/ |
| libre {adj} ((software): with very few limitations on distribution or improvement) | :: חפשי /khofshí/ |
| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa) | :: לוב {m} /luv/ |
| licentious {adj} (lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct) | :: הולל {m} /holél/ |
| licentiousness {n} (Property of being licentious) | :: פריצות /pritzút/, הוללות {f} /holelút/ |
| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer | :: |
| lichen {n} (symbiotic association of algae and fungi) | :: חזזית {f} /khazazít/ |
| lick {v} (to stroke with the tongue) | :: לקק /likek/ |
| lid {n} (top or cover) | :: מכסה {m} /mikhsé/ |
| lie {v} (be in horizontal position) | :: שכב /shakháv/ |
| lie {v} (tell an intentional untruth) | :: שיקר /shikér/ |
| lie {n} (intentionally false statement) | :: שקר {m} /shéker/, כזב {m} /kazáv/ [formally] |
| Liechtenstein {prop} (Principality of Liechtenstein) | :: ליכטנשטיין / ליכטנשטין {m} /likhtenshtein/ |
| lie in wait {v} (to be hiding to ambush) | :: ארב /aráv/ |
| lieu {n} (in lieu, in lieu of) SEE: in lieu | :: |
| lieutenant {n} (person who executes the plans and directives of another) | :: סגן {m} /s-gan/ |
| life {n} (the state of being alive) | :: חיים {m-p} /khayím/ |
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being) | :: חיים {m-p} /khayím/ |
| life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual) | :: חיים {m-p} /khayím/ |
| life {n} (a worthwhile existence) | :: חיים {m-p} /ħayim/ |
| life {n} (life sentence) | :: מאסר עולם {m} /ma'asar olam/ |
| life-affirming {adj} (appearing to have an optimistic quality) SEE: optimistic | :: |
| life assurance {n} (insurance policy) SEE: life insurance | :: |
| lifeboat {n} (a boat to save shipwrecked people) | :: סירת הצלה |
| lifeguard {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard | :: |
| life insurance {n} (form of insurance) | :: ביטוח חיים, בטחון חי {m} |
| life is short {proverb} (proverb) | :: החיים כצל עובר /haḥayím ketzél 'ovér/ |
| life style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle | :: |
| life-style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle | :: |
| lifestyle {n} (style of living) | :: ארח חיים {m} /óraẖ ẖayím/ |
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) | :: מעלית {f} /ma'alít/ |
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief | :: |
| ligament {n} (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position) | :: רצועה {f} /r'tsu'a/ |
| ligand {n} (something that binds to another chemical entity) | :: ליגנד {m} /ligand/ |
| light {v} (to start (a fire)) | :: הדליק /hidlík/, הצית /hitsít/, הבעיר /hevʾír/ |
| light {v} (to illuminate) | :: האיר /he'ír/ |
| light {adj} (having light) | :: מואר {m} /mu`ár/, מוארת {f} /mu`éret/ |
| light {adj} (pale in colour) | :: בהיר {m} /bahír/, בהירה {f} /behirá/ |
| light {adj} (of low weight) | :: קל {m} /kál/, קלה {f} /kaláh/ |
| light {adj} (lightly-built) | :: קל {m} /kál/ |
| light {adj} (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.) | :: דיאטתי {m} /diatéti/, דיאטתית {f} /diatétit/, קל {m} /kál/, קלה {f} /kaláh/ |
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves) | :: אורה {f} /orá/, אור {m} /ór/ |
| light {n} (source of illumination) | :: אור {m} /ór/ |
| light {n} (spiritual illumination) | :: אור {m} /ór/, הארה {f} /he`ará/ |
| light {n} (point of view) | :: אור {m} /ór/ |
| light {n} (flame or something used to create fire) | :: אש {f} /ésh/ |
| lightboat {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship | :: |
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) | :: נורה {f} /nurá/ |
| lighter {n} (fire making device) | :: מצית /metsit/ |
| lighter {n} (a barge) | :: פורקת {f} /poreket/ |
| light-footed {adj} (Fast on one's feet) | :: קל רגלים {m} /qal ragláim/ |
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) | :: מגדלור {m} /migdalor/ |
| lighthouse keeper {n} (person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light) | :: שומר מגדלור {m} /shomer miglalor/ |
| lightning {n} (flash of light) | :: ברק {m} /barák/ |
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly | :: |
| light rail {n} (type of passenger railway) | :: רכבת קלה {f} /rakévet qalá/ |
| lightsaber {n} (a fictional type of sword) | :: חרב אור {f} /khérev 'or/ |
| lightship {n} (lightship) | :: אנית־ מגדלור {f} /'oniyá migdalór/ |
| light spectrum {n} (range of colors) SEE: spectrum | :: |
| lightvessel {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship | :: |
| light year {n} (astronomical distance) | :: שנת אור {f} |
| lignite {n} (coal) | :: ליגניט {m} /lignit/ |
| like {v} (enjoy) | :: אהב /aháv/ |
| like {v} (find attractive) | :: חיבב /ḥibév/ |
| like {adj} (similar) | :: כמו |
| like {prep} (similar to) | :: כמו /kmo/ |
| like {particle} (colloquial: mild intensifier) | :: כאילו /keílu/ |
| like a bull in a china shop {adj} (clumsy, aggressive) | :: כמו פיל בחנות חרסינה /k'mó pil bakhanút kharsína/ |
| like clockwork {prep} (with perfect regularity and precision) | :: כמו שעון |
| like father, like son {proverb} (a son will have traits similar to his father) | :: התפוח לא נפל רחוק מהעץ /hatapúakh lo nafál rakhók meha'étz/, כמו האב, ככה הבן /k'mó ha'áv, kácha ha'bén/ |
| likely {adv} (similarly) SEE: similarly | :: |
| likely {adv} (probably) SEE: probably | :: |
| likeness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity | :: |
| like two peas in a pod {prep} (very similar) | :: כמו שתי טיפות מים |
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too | :: |
| likewise {adv} (in like manner) | :: כמו כן /k'mo ken/ |
| likewise {adv} (the same to you) | :: כנ"ל /k'nal/ |
| Lilith {prop} (mythological demon) | :: לילית {f} /lilít/ |
| Lilith {prop} (female given name) | :: לילית {f} /lilít/ |
| Lille {prop} (city in France) | :: ליל {m} /Lil/ |
| lily {n} (flower in the genus Lilium) | :: שושן /šōšān/ |
| Lima {prop} (the capital city of Peru) | :: לימה /lima/ |
| limb {n} (major appendage of human or animal) | :: גף |
| limb {n} (branch of a tree) | :: ענף |
| lime {n} (inorganic material containing calcium) | :: סיד {m} /sid/ |
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit) | :: ליים /laim/ |
| Limerick {prop} (town) | :: לימריק |
| limestone {n} (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) | :: גיר {m} /gir/, אבן גיר {f} /even gir/ |
| limit {v} (restrict) | :: הגביל, תחם |
| limited {adj} (with certain limits placed upon it) | :: מוגבל /mugbál/ |
| limit point {n} (point whose every neighborhood contains a point in a given subset) | :: נקודת גבול {f} /nekudát gvúl/ |
| limo {n} (limousine) SEE: limousine | :: |
| limousine {n} (luxury sedan/saloon car) | :: לימוזינה {f} /limuzína/ |
| limpid {adj} (clear) | :: צלול |
| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark) | :: קו {m} /kav/ |
| line {n} (telephone or network connection) | :: קו {m} /kav/ |
| line {n} (connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.) | :: קו {m} /kav/ |
| line {n} (threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark) | :: קו {m} /kav/ |
| line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue) | :: תור {m} /tor/, שורה {f} /shurá/ |
| line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.) | :: שורה {f} /shurá/ |
| line {n} (products or services sold by a business, or the business itself) | :: קו {m} /qav/ |
| line {n} (amount of powdery drug) | :: שורה {f} /shurá/ |
| linear algebra {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: אלגברה לינארית {f} /algebra line'arit/ |
| linen {n} (thread or cloth made from flax fiber) | :: פשתן {m} /pishtán/ |
| lingerie {n} (women's underwear or nightclothes) | :: הלבשה תחתונה {f} /halbashá taḥtoná/ |
| lingual {adj} (related to language) SEE: linguistic | :: |
| linguine {n} (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle) | :: לינגויני {m} /lingvíni/, לינגוינה {f} /lingvíne/ |
| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics) | :: בלשן {m} /balshán/ |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to language) | :: לשוני |
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to linguistics) | :: בלשני |
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language) | :: בלשנות {f} /balshanút/ |
| link {n} (connection) | :: קשר {m} /késher/, קישור \ קשור {m} /ki'shur/ |
| link {n} (element of a chain) | :: חוליה \ חליה {f} /khulyá/ |
| link {n} (computing: short for hyperlink, see also: hyperlink) | :: קישור {m} /kishúr/ לינק {m} /link/ |
| linkage {n} (connection or relation between things or ideas) SEE: link | :: |
| Linux {prop} (operating system) | :: לינוקס {m} /linuks/ |
| Linz {prop} (city) | :: לינץ /Lintz/ |
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo) | :: אריה {m} /aryé/, ארי {m} /ari/, לביא {m} /lavi/, כפיר {m} /kfir/ |
| lioness {n} (female lion) | :: לביאה {f} /l'vi'á/ |
| lip {n} (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth) | :: שפה {f} /safá/ |
| liposuction {n} (cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction) | :: שאיבת שומן {f} /sh'ivát-shumán/ |
| lipstick {n} (make-up for the lips) | :: אודם / אדם {m} /ódem/, שפתון {m} /sfáton/ |
| lip sync {n} (synchronization of music with lips) | :: ליפ סינק {m} /lip sink/ |
| liquescent {adj} (liquescent) SEE: melting | :: |
| liqueur {n} (a flavored alcoholic beverage) | :: ליקר {m} |
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid) | :: נוזל {m} /nozél/ |
| liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous) | :: נוזלי /nozlí/ |
| liquid {adj} ((of an asset) easily sold or disposed of) | :: נזיל /nazil/ |
| liquor {n} (strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation) | :: שכר {m} /shechár/ |
| lira {n} (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) | :: לירה {f} /líra/ |
| Lisbon {prop} (capital of Portugal) | :: ליסבון |
| list {n} (enumeration or compilation of items) | :: רשימה {f} /r'shimá/ |
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound) | :: הקשיב /hikshív/, האזין /he'ezín/ |
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction) | :: הקשיב /hikshív/, האזין /he'ezín/ |
| listen {v} (to hear (something)) | :: שמע /shama/ |
| litchi {n} (lychee) SEE: lychee | :: |
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre | :: |
| literally {adv} (not metaphorically) | :: פשוטו כמשמעו /pshutó kemashma'ó/, באפן מלולי /beófen milulí/ |
| literary device {n} (convention in literature) | :: אמצעי ספרותי {m} /emca'í sifrutí/ |
| literature {n} (body of all written works) | :: ספרות {f} /sifrút/ |
| lithium {n} (chemical element) | :: ליתיום {m} /lityúm/ |
| lithography {n} (printing method) | :: הדפס אבן {f} /hidpís éven/ |
| Lithuania {prop} (country) | :: ליטא {f} /litá/ |
| Lithuanian {adj} (referring to Lithuania) | :: ליטאי /lita'í/ |
| Lithuanian {n} (language) | :: ליטאית {f} /lita'ít/ |
| Lithuanian {n} (person from Lithuania) | :: ליטאי /lita'í/ |
| litmus paper {n} | :: נייר לקמוס {m} |
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure) | :: ליטר {m} /líter/ |
| litter {n} (platform designed to carry a person or a load) | :: מטה {f} /mitá/ |
| litter {n} (animals born in one birth) | :: שגר |
| little {adj} (small in size) | :: קטן /katán/ |
| little {adj} (very young) | :: קטן /katán/ |
| little {adj} ((of a sibling) younger) | :: קטן /katán/ |
| little {adj} (small in number, few) | :: מעט /me'át/ |
| little {adv} (not much) | :: קצת, מעט |
| little by little {adv} (a small amount at a time) | :: מעט מעט |
| little finger {n} (outermost and smallest finger of the hand) | :: זרת {f} /zéret/ |
| little gull {n} (gull) | :: שחף גמדי |
| little owl {n} (species of owl) | :: כוס {m} /kos/ |
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (a folktale) | :: כפה אדמה /kippá adumá/ |
| liturgy {n} (a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals) | :: ליטורגיה {f} |
| live {v} (be alive) | :: חי /kháy/ |
| live {v} (have permanent residence) | :: גר /gar/ |
| live and let live {v} (be tolerant) | :: חיה ותן לחיות /chayé vetén lichyót/ |
| liveforever {n} (houseleek) SEE: houseleek | :: |
| livelihood {n} (means of supporting oneself) | :: מחיה {f} /michyá/ |
| liver {n} (organ of the body) | :: כבד {m} /kavéd/ |
| Liverpool {prop} (Liverpool, England) | :: ליברפול |
| living {adj} (having life) | :: חי /khay/ |
| living {adj} (in use or existing) | :: קים {m} |
| living fossil {n} (species believed extinct but later found living) | :: מאובן חי |
| living room {n} (room in a private house) | :: סלון /salón/ |
| living will {n} (document giving durable power of attorney to a surrogate decision-maker for healthcare purposes) | :: הוראות רפואיות מקדימות |
| Livonian {prop} (language) | :: ליבונית {f} /livonit/ |
| Livorno {prop} (city in Italy) | :: ליבורנו {m} /Livórno/ |
| lizard {n} (reptile) | :: לטאה {f} /lətā'āh/, חרדון {f} /ḥardōn/ |
| lizard {n} (coward) SEE: coward | :: |
| Ljubljana {prop} (Capital city of Slovenia) | :: ליובליאנה {f} |
| llama {n} (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) | :: למה {f} /lama/ |
| lo {interj} (look, see, behold) | :: הבט {m} /habet/, הביטי {f} /habiti/, הביטו {p} /habitu/ |
| loaf {n} (block of bread) | :: כיכר /kikár/ |
| lo and behold {interj} (used to express surprise) | :: והפלא ופלא /vehafele vafele/ |
| loath {adj} (angry, hostile) SEE: angry | :: |
| lobby {n} (entryway or waiting area; vestibule) | :: לובי {m} /lóbi/ |
| lobby {n} (group of people who try to lobby) | :: שדולה {f} /shdula/, לובי {m} /lóbi/ |
| lobbyist {n} (A person paid to influence politicians) | :: לוביסטי {m} /lobísti/ |
| lobster {n} (crustacean) | :: סרטן־ים {m} /sartan-yam/ |
| local {adj} (of a nearby location) | :: מקומי /m'komí/ |
| local area network {n} (network) | :: רשת תקשרת מקומית {f} |
| local derby {n} (a sports match between local rival teams) | :: דרבי {m} |
| lock {n} (something used for fastening) | :: מנעול {m} /man'úl/ |
| lock {v} (to fasten with a lock) | :: נעל |
| locker room {n} (locker room) SEE: changing room | :: |
| locket {n} (chained ornament) | :: קופסית קישוט |
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails) | :: קטר {m} /katár/ |
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper) | :: ארבה {m} /arbé/, חגב {m} /khagav/ |
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris | :: |
| lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn | :: |
| lodger {n} (person who lodges in another's house) | :: דיר /dayar/ |
| Lodz {prop} (city in Poland) | :: לודז׳ |
| loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance | :: |
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) | :: בול עץ {m} /bul 'etz/ |
| log {n} (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) | :: לוג {m} /log/, מד מהירות {m} /mad mehirut/ |
| log {n} | :: בול עץ {m} /bul etz/ |
| log {n} (logbook) SEE: logbook | :: |
| logbook {n} (nautical: book in which details from journey are recorded) | :: יומן האניה {m} /yoman haoniyah/, יומן כלי שיט {m} /yoman kli shayit/ |
| logic {n} (method of human thought) | :: הגיון /higayon/ |
| logic {n} (mathematical study) | :: הגיון {m} /higayon/ |
| logic {n} (any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness) | :: הגיון {m} /higayon/ |
| logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity) | :: לוגו |
| logorrhea {n} (excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder) | :: דברת |
| Logroño {prop} (capital city of La Rioja, Spain) | :: לוגרוניו {m} /Logrónyo/ |
| -logy {suffix} (branch of learning) | :: ־לוגיה /-logya/ |
| loin {n} (part of the body) | :: חלצים {m-d} /ḥalatsáyim/ |
| loin {n} (cut of meat) | :: ירך {f} /yarékh/ |
| loins {n} (plural form of loin) SEE: loin | :: |
| Lojban {prop} (artificial logical language based on Loglan) | :: לוז'בן |
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| lol {interj} (Used to express laughter) SEE: LOL | :: |
| LOL {interj} (expression of laughter) | :: לול /lol/, ההה, חחח |
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker | :: |
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) | :: לונדון {f} /lóndon/ |
| lone {adj} (having no companion) | :: בודד {m} /bodéd/ |
| lone {adj} (sole) | :: יחידי {m} /yeḥidí/ |
| lonely {adj} (of person: unhappy by feeling isolated) | :: גלמוד /galmud/ |
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) | :: ארוך \ ארך /aróx/ |
| long {adj} | :: ארך {m} /arokh/, ארכה {f} /aruka/ |
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall | :: |
| long ago {adv} (at a time in the distant past) | :: מזמן /mizmán/ |
| longboat {n} (ship's boat) | :: סירה ארכה {f} /sirah arukah/ |
| longbow {n} (large bow) | :: קשת ארוכה {f} /keshet aruka/ |
| longcase clock {n} (grandfather clock) SEE: grandfather clock | :: |
| longhorn beetle {n} (any Cerambycid) | :: יקרונית {f} |
| longing {n} (melancholic desire) | :: כמיהה /k'mihá/, כיסופים \ כסופים /kisufim/, געגוע {m} /ga'agú'a/ |
| long johns {n} (full-length undergarments) | :: גטקס /gátqes/ |
| long live {v} (prosper) | :: יחי /y'khí/, תחי |
| longship {n} (type of Viking vessel) | :: אניה ארכה {f} /oniyah arukah/ |
| long since {adv} (long ago) SEE: long ago | :: |
| long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time) | :: מזמן לא התראנו /mizman lo hitra'enu/ |
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| look {v} (to try to see) | :: הסתכל /histakél/, הביט /hibít/, ראה /ra'á/ |
| look {v} (to appear, to seem) | :: נראה /nir'á/ |
| look {v} (give an appearance of being) | :: חיפש /khipés/ |
| look {n} (action of looking) | :: מבט {m} /mabát/ |
| look {n} (physical appearance) | :: מראה {m} /mar`é/ |
| look {n} (facial expression) | :: מבט {m} /mabát/ |
| look for {v} (search; seek) | :: חיפש \ חפש /khipés/ |
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| lookout {n} (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area) | :: מצפה {m} /mitzpé/ |
| lookout {n} (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.) | :: צופה {m} /tsofeh/ |
| loony {adj} (very silly) SEE: silly | :: |
| loophole {n} (method of escape) | :: פרצה /pirtsa/ |
| loot {n} (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband) | :: שלל {m} /shalál/, בזה {f} /bizá/ |
| loquat {n} (fruit) | :: שסק {m} /shesek/ |
| Lord {prop} (God) | :: אדוני {m} /ăḏônāy/, ריבון {m} /ribbôn/ |
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) | :: תפילת האדון {f} /tfilót hadón/ |
| Lorraine {prop} (region west of Alsace) | :: לורן {f} /lorén/ |
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck | :: |
| Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California) | :: לוס אנג׳לס /Los Anjeles/ |
| lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) | :: אבד /'ibbed/ |
| lose {v} (fail to be the winner) | :: להפסיד /lehaf'sid/ |
| loser {n} (person who fails to win) | :: מפסידן {m} /mafsidán/, לווזר |
| lose weight {v} (to become less heavy or obese) | :: ירד במשקל /yarád ba-mishkál/ |
| loss leader {n} (item sold at or below cost to stimulate sales) | :: לוס לידר |
| lost {adj} (unable to find one's way) | :: אבוד {m} /a'vud/ |
| lost generation {prop} | :: הדור האבוד |
| lot {n} (distinct portion or plot of land) | :: חלקה {f} /ḥelqá/ |
| lot {n} (that which happens without human design or forethought) | :: גורל {m} /gorál/ |
| lot {n} (anything used in determining a question by chance) | :: גורל {m} /gorál/ |
| lot {n} (part or fate) | :: גורל {m} /gorál/ |
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot | :: |
| Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham) | :: לוט {m} /lot/ |
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot | :: |
| lottery {n} (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance) | :: לוטו {m} /lotó/, הגרלה {f} /hagralá/ |
| lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily | :: |
| lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo) | :: לוטוס {m} /lotus/ |
| loud {adj} (of a sound) | :: בקול רם |
| loudspeaker {n} (transducer) | :: רמקול /ramkol/ |
| Louis {prop} (male given name) | :: לואי /lúi/ |
| louse {n} (insect) | :: כנה {f} /kiná/ |
| lousy {adj} (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) | :: עלוב /'alúv/ |
| Louvain {prop} (Belgian city) | :: לוון |
| Louvre {prop} (an art museum in France) | :: לוברה // |
| love {n} (zero) | :: אפס {m} /éfes/ |
| love {n} (strong affection) | :: אהבה {f} /ahavá/ |
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart) | :: אהוב {m} /ahúv/, אהובה {f} /ahuvá/ |
| love {n} | :: אהבה {f} /ahavá/ |
| love {v} (have a strong affection for) | :: אהב /aháv/ |
| love {v} (to need, thrive on) | :: אהב /aháv/ |
| love {v} (be strongly inclined towards doing) | :: אהב /aháv/ |
| love {v} (care about; will good for) | :: אהב /aháv/ |
| love {v} (to lust for) | :: רצה /ratzá/ |
| love {v} | :: לעשות אהבה /la`asót ahavá/, לתנות אהבים /letanót ahavím/ |
| love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction) | :: אהבה ממבט ראשון |
| love bite {n} (swelling on the skin) | :: נשיכת אהבה |
| loved {adj} (Being the object of love) | :: אהוב /ahúv/ |
| loved one {n} (very close friend or family member) | :: אהוב {m} /ahúv/, אהובה {f} /ahuvá/ |
| loved one {n} (recently deceased friend or family member) | :: אהוב {m} /ahúv/, אהובה {f} /ahuvá/ |
| loveliness {n} (property of being lovely) | :: חן {m} |
| lovely {n} (attractive person) | :: מחמדים {m-p} /ma·ḥă·mad·dîm/ |
| love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third) | :: משולש אהבה |
| low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground) | :: נמוך /namúkh/ |
| low {n} (flame) SEE: flame | :: |
| low {v} (moo) SEE: moo | :: |
| low blow {n} | :: מכה מתחת לחגורה {f} |
| Low Countries {prop} (countries around the Rhine, Scheldt and Meuse rivers) | :: ארצות השפלה {f-p} /artzót hashfelá/ |
| lower {adj} (more towards the bottom) | :: תחתון {m} /takhtón/ |
| lower arm {n} (section of an arm) SEE: forearm | :: |
| lower deck {n} (deck of a ship immediately above the hold) | :: ספון תחתון {m} /sipun takhton/ |
| lowest common denominator {n} (smallest multiple of several denominators) | :: מכנה משותף מינימלי {m} /mékháné hameshutáf minimáli/ |
| lowest common denominator {n} (most simple shared interest) | :: הגורם המשותף הנמוך ביותר {m} /hagorém hameshutáf hanamúkh beyotér/ |
| loyal {adj} (firm in allegiance to a person or institution) | :: נאמן /neheman/ |
| Ltd. {n} | :: "בע"מ |
| Lua {prop} (a programming language (transliterations)) | :: לואה /luah/ |
| lubber {n} (inexperienced sailor) SEE: landlubber | :: |
| lucid dreaming {n} (Lucid dreaming) | :: חלימה מודעת {f} /khalima mudat/ |
| Lucifer {prop} (figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12) | :: לוציפר |
| Lucifer {prop} (Venus, the morning star) | :: הילל /hēlēl/ |
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) | :: מזל {m} /mazál/, גד {m} /gad/ |
| luckily {adv} (in a lucky manner) | :: בכי טוב /b'chi tov/ |
| Lucknow {prop} (capital of Uttar Pradesh, India) | :: לאקנאו |
| lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune) | :: בר מזל /bar mazal/ |
| lucrative {adj} (producing a surplus; profitable) | :: רווחי /rivḥi/ |
| Ludhiana {prop} (city in India) | :: לודהיאנה |
| ludicrous {adj} (idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny) | :: מגוחך {m} /megoḥaḥ/ |
| luff {n} (vertical edge of a sail) | :: שפה קדמית {f} /safa kidmit/ |
| Lufthansa {prop} (German airline) | :: לופטהנזה {f} /lufthanza/ |
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers) | :: מטען {m} /mitan/ |
| Lukashenko {prop} (surname) | :: לוקשנקו |
| lukewarm {adj} (temperature) | :: פושר {m} /posher/ |
| lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep) | :: שיר ערש {m} /shir eres/ |
| lumen {n} (anatomy: cavity within tubular organ) | :: נהור {m} /n'hor/ |
| lumination {n} (illumination) SEE: illumination | :: |
| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon | :: |
| lunar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon) | :: ירחי /y'rekhi/ |
| lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) | :: ליקוי ירח {m} /likúl yaréah/ |
| lunatic {adj} (crazed) | :: סהרורי {m} /saharurí/ |
| lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| lunch {n} (meal around midday) | :: ארוחת צהרים / ארוחת צהריים {f} /arukhát' tsohoráyim/ |
| luncheon {n} (a formal term for lunch) SEE: lunch | :: |
| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) | :: ריאה \ ראה /re'á/ |
| lunge {n} (sudden movement) | :: זינוק, תנועה קדימה עם חרב |
| Lupus {prop} (summer constellation of the northern sky) | :: זאב {m} /z'év/ |
| Lusaka {prop} (capital of Zambia) | :: לוסקה |
| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature) | :: תשוקה {f} /t'shuká/ |
| lust {v} (strongly desire) | :: חמד {m} /Chamad/, התאוה {m} /Hit'avah/, השתוקק {m} /Hishtoqeq/ |
| luster {n} (refinement, polish or quality) | :: מאור /mâ'ôr/ |
| lustre {n} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lustre {v} (luster) SEE: luster | :: |
| lute {n} (stringed instrument) | :: לאוטה {f} |
| lutetium {n} (chemical element with atomic number of 71) | :: לוטטיום /lutetyum/ |
| Luxembourg {prop} (country) | :: לוקסמבורג {m} /luksemburg/ |
| luxury {n} (very wealthy and comfortable surroundings) | :: פאר /peér/, שפע /shéfa/ |
| luxury {n} (something desirable but expensive) | :: מותרות /motarót/, לוקסוס /luxus/ |
| luxury {n} (something very pleasant but not really needed in life) | :: מותרות /motarót/ |
| Lviv {prop} (Lviv) | :: לבוב /ləvov/ |
| -ly {suffix} (used to form adverbs from adjectives) | :: ב- /be-/bi-/ [adverbs are formed from nouns, rather than adjectives] |
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf | :: |
| lychee {n} (fruit) | :: ליצ׳י /lichi/ |
| Lydia {prop} (historical region) | :: לוד {m} /Lud/ |
| lynx {n} (wild cat) | :: שנר / שונר |
| lyric {n} (words of a song) SEE: lyrics | :: |
| lyrics {n} (the words to a song) | :: מלים לשיר |
| lysergic {adj} (psychedelic) SEE: psychedelic | :: |
| lysine {n} (essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2) | :: ליזין /lisin/ |
| Lyubavichi {prop} (village in the Rudnyansky District of the Smolensk Oblast of Russia) | :: לובביץ׳ /lubávich/ |
