Hebrew
- אֲבָנִים (abanim) — stones — connected etymologically by Lapide to banim (sons)
- אֲדֹנָי (adonai) — The divine name — God revealed this name to Moses but not to the earlier patriarchs
- עָלַם (alam) — to hide, to conceal
- אֲשֶׁר רִיק קוֹרֵא לְמוֹרֶה לֹא אָמֵן לְבוֹרֵא (asher riq qore lemoreh lo omen lebore) — He who easily and rashly trusts a teacher, distrusts the Creator
- בָּנָה (bana) — he built
- בָּנִים (banim) — sons — etymologically linked to abanim (stones) and bana (he built)
- בְּרֵאשִׁית (bereshith) — In the beginning — Hebrew name for the book of Genesis
- דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (divre hayyamim) — Words of Days — Hebrew name for the book of Chronicles (Paralipomenon)
- אֶהְיֶה (ehyeh) — Who is, I am who I am — the divine name revealed to Moses (Exodus 3:14)
- אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים (elleh haddevarim) — These are the words — Hebrew name for the book of Deuteronomy
- גַּל עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה (gal enai ve'abbitah) — Roll away from my eyes [the veil], and I shall clearly behold
- הָמָן (haman) — Iniquity — Jerome's etymology of the name Haman in the context of the book of Esther
- כ (kaph) — The eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet — one of the five letters with distinct medial and final forms
- כְּרוּבִים (keruvim) — Multitude of knowledge — Jerome's etymological interpretation in the context of the four Evangelists
- כְּתוּבִים (kethuvim) — Writings — the third division of the Hebrew canon (Hagiographa)
- מַמְלָכוֹת (mamlakhot) — Kingdoms — alternative Hebrew title rejected by Jerome in favor of Melachim (Kings)
- מְלָכִים (melakhim) — Kings — Hebrew name for the books of Kings (3-4 Kings in the Vulgate enumeration)
- מ (mem) — The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet — one of the five letters with distinct medial and final forms
- מִשְׁלֵי (mishle) — Parables / Proverbs — Hebrew name for the book of Proverbs
- נ (nun) — The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet — one of the five letters with distinct medial and final forms
- עוֹלָם (olam) — eternal, age, hidden time — signifies an age whose limit is not perceived
- עֹבַדְיָה (ovadyah) — Servant of God — Hebrew proper name of the prophet Obadiah
- פ (pe) — The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet — one of the five letters with distinct medial and final forms
- קִינוֹת (qinoth) — Lamentations — Hebrew name for the Lamentations of Jeremiah
- קֹהֶלֶת (qoheleth) — Preacher / Assembler — Hebrew name for the book of Ecclesiastes
- שָׁפָן (saphan) — coney, hare, or hedgehog — a general Hebrew animal name with different referents
- שֵׁם הַמְפֹרָשׁ (shem hamephorash) — The four-letter name of God (YHWH) — found in ancient Hebrew characters even in Greek manuscripts
- שְׁמוּאֵל (shemu'el) — Heard of God / Name of God — Hebrew name for the combined books of 1-2 Samuel
- שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (shir hashirim) — Song of Songs — Hebrew name for the Song of Solomon (Canticle of Canticles)
- שֹׁפְטִים (shophetim) — Judges — Hebrew name for the book of Judges
- סוֹפְרִים (sopherim) — Scribes — Hebrew title for the ancient rabbis devoted to Sacred Scripture
- תְּרֵי עָשָׂר (tere asar) — Twelve — Hebrew (Aramaic-influenced) designation for the book of the Twelve Minor Prophets
- תּוֹרָה (torah) — The Law — collective Hebrew designation for the five books of Moses (Pentateuch)
- צ (tsade) — The eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet — one of the five letters with distinct medial and final forms
- צָוָה (tsavah) — To ordain, to provide, to dispose — signifies all of God's providence, both positive and permissive
- אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים (urim vetummim) — Illumination and integrity — the priestly oracular objects worn on the breastplate
- וַיְדַבֵּר (vaydabber) — And He spoke — Hebrew name for the book of Numbers
- וַיִּקְרָא (vayyiqra) — And He called — Hebrew name for the book of Leviticus
- וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת (ve'elleh shemoth) — And these are the names — Hebrew name for the book of Exodus
- יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן (yehoshua bin nun) — Joshua son of Nun — Hebrew name used for the book of Joshua and its author