Honorifics for the dead in Judaism

Among the honorifics in Judaism, there are several traditional honorifics for the dead which are used when naming and speaking of the deceased. Different honorifics might be applied depending on the particular status of the deceased. These honorifics are frequently found on gravestones, on memorial walls inside the sanctuary of synagogues, in speeches, and in writing such as in obituaries.

In writing, it is most common to use the name followed by an abbreviation of an honorific either in Hebrew or English. For examples, see chart.

Comparison chart

The following chart shows different honorifics used, along with their abbreviation in Hebrew and English, their translation, the masculine and feminine forms, the type of person which the honorific is applied to, and examples.

General honorifics

Some honorifics may be used for any individual. These honorifics are generally not used for rabbis or other special persons, since the specific honorifics for those people are used instead, as a sign of honor and respect. See below.

AH

AH (also Ah or ah) may refer to:

  • Ah!, an exclamation
  • A-h, aH

  • Ah (digraph), a digraph used in Taa orthography
  • Ampere-hour, a unit of electric charge
  • Attohenry (aH), an SI unit of inductance
  • AH, acronym

  • AH, the United States Navy hull classification symbol for "hospital ship"
  • After-hours trading in stock trading
  • Air handler, or air handling unit (AHU), a device used to condition and circulate air
  • Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain owned by Ahold
  • Adam Hughes, comics artist who signs his work "AH!"
  • Constitution Protection Office, Alkotmányvédelmi Hivatal, Hungarian intelligence agency
  • Anhui, a Chinese province
  • Asian Highway
  • Auction house
  • Austria–Hungary, a former European empire
  • Hijri year (Anno Hegirae) in the Islamic calendar
  • Adenomatous hyperplasia; see endometrial adenomatous hyperplasia and atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
  • In aviation

  • AH-1 Cobra, a model of attack helicopter
  • AH-64 Apache, a model of attack helicopter
  • Artificial Horizon, a cockpit instrument (Aviation)
  • Air Algérie IATA designator
  • Ampere-hour

    An ampere-hour or amp-hour (SI symbol A·h or A h; also denoted Ah) is a unit of electric charge, equal to the charge transferred by a steady current of one ampere flowing for one hour, or 3600 coulombs.

    The ampere-hour is frequently used in measurements of electrochemical systems such as electroplating and the 'capacity' of electrical batteries (a battery constituent material's specific capacity is commonly expressed in mA·h/g). The commonly seen milliampere-hour (mA·h or mAh) is one-thousandth of an ampere-hour (3.6 coulombs).

    A milliampere-second (mA·s) is a unit of measure used in X-ray imaging, diagnostic imaging, and radiation therapy. This quantity is proportional to the total X-ray energy produced by a given X-ray tube operated at a particular voltage. The same total dose can be delivered in different time periods depending on the X-ray tube current.

    The Faraday constant is the charge on one mole of electrons, approximately equal to 26.8 ampere-hours. It is used in electrochemical calculations.

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