HEM Terms	Other Forms	Explanations
Ashkenazi Jews		Eastern Jews of principally Turkic origin (Japheth) having little or no connection with Judah, Israel or Abraham (see Khazars & Sephardic Jews)
Assembly	a (local) church	A local congregation
Bisexual Polygyny		A deviant form of true polygamy which permits a lesbian relationship between sister-wives in a polygamous marriage (see Echad Sexuality)
Betrothal	Aras (Aram.)	Binding marriage covenant without sexual contact - cannot be broken (see Dedication & Full Marriage)
Bigamy		A man married illegally to two wives in a monogamy-only state, or a man married to two women in relationship not sanctioned by the state
B'rit Chadashah	New Covenant	The revelation of the New Testament
Chavurat Bekorot	Assembly of the Firstborn, Holy Order	The Order, Assembly or Church to which the writer of HEM materials belongs
Concubine, Lechenah (Pilegesh) Wife	Concubine	A 'secondary' wife under the Mosaic Covenant and also under some modern Christian polygamy systems; in HEM, a trainee/ apprentice polygamous wife
Dedication	Engagement, Aráb (Aram.)	A covenent of fraternal friendship having as its goal formal Betrothal; can be broken by mutual agreement (see Betrothal & Full Marriage)
Ebionite	anti-Paul	An heretical Christian or Messianic Jew who rejects the apostle Paul and his scriptural writings
Echad	one, oneness, unity	Used in the context of uniplurality, as of the persons of the Godhead or the unity of the believers (Church/Messianic Community) (see Yachid)
Echad Polygamy	Oneness Polygamy, New Covenant Christian Polygamy	The specialised term used to distinguish HEM's vision of Christian polygamy from other forms in existence today
Echad Sexuality		The lawful (non-lesbian) sexual bonding in an echad polygamous marriage between husband and sister-wives
El, Eloah, Elah	God the Father	The singular of Elohim and designating Yahweh the Father
Elohim	God	A uniplural word indicating but one and many, the Elohimhead or Godhead
El Elyon	The Most High God	A term commonly used by the Patriarchs before Moses but also subsequently
Fornication / Adultery	Swinging	Multiple casual sexual liasons without matrimonial commitment
Full Marriage	Marriage	Binding marriage with sexual contact - cannot be broken (see Dedication & Betrothal)
Israel, Republic of	Israel (since 1947)	Used to distinguish the modern state of Israel (Israelis) from biblical Israel (Israelites) (see New Covenant Israel)
Jew	Talmudic Jew	A person claiming to be descended from Judah but most likely a Turk descended from Khazar converts to Judaism in the Middle Ages. Most Eastern or Ashkenazi Jews are of this origin (see Talmudic Jew)
Judahite	Biblical Jew	A true descendant of the tribe of Judah
Judean	Jew or non-Jew from ancient Judea	An inhabitant of the Kingdom of Judah or the Roman Province of Judea and should be used in place of 'Jew' in the New Testament
Khazars		A powerful pagan Turkic tribe that once conrolled the Russian steppes in Mediaeval times which converted to Judaism and dispersed to form the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.
Lechenah Wife		A new polygamous wife under a one year-long apprenticeship of an experienced polygamous wife (see Shegal Wife)
Marriage (Biblical)	'Marriage' & polygamy	The life-long covenent union of a man to one (monogamy) or more (polygyny) wives
Mashiach	Messiah	Hebrew for Christ or Messiah
Messiah	Christ	Literally, 'Anointed One', Son of Elohim (God), Saviour and Redeemer of the world
Messianic Community	the Church, the Body	All those truly saved in Christ - born again, spriritually regenerated - past and present
Messianic Evangelical	New Covenant Christian	A member of the New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh (NCAY) and (if ordained) to the Chavurat Bekorot
Messianic Israelite	(Two Houses Israel)	A Torah-observant 'Jew' or 'Gentile' who does not accept the division between Jewish and Gentile Christianity, or the Jewish claim to be the dominant or leading tribe in Messianism. HEM is Messianic Israelite
Messianic Jew	Jewish Christian	A person from the Talmudic Jewish community who converts to the Messiah/Christ and who usually observes Torah. HEM is not Messianic Jewish but related (see Messianic Israelite)
Multiple Monogamous Marriage		A man married to several women with multiple marriage contracts (see Echad Polygamous Marriage)
NCAY	New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh	Congregations served by the Priesthood Order of the Chavurat Bekorot
New Covenant Assemblies of Yahweh	NCAY	Congregations served and administered by the Chavurat Bekorot
New Covenant Christian	Messianic Evangelical	A lay member of NCAY or a priesthood officer in the Chavurat Bekorot
New Covenant Israel	The Church, Body, Body of Christ, Messianic Community	All true born-again, spiritually regenerated and Torah-observant believers are the nation of Israel; there is no distinction or separation between 'Church' and 'Israel' as taught by the false 'Replacement Theology'
New Covenant Torah	The New Covenant Law	The Old Covenant Law divested of its ceremonial statutes and Levitical Priesthood brought to completion by Christ
Odalisque, Odalisk	female slave	Used of Muslim female slaves or concubines in oriental harems, from the Turkisk ódalik
Patriarchal Marriage	Polygamy, polygyny	Polygamy but with the emphasis on patriarchy or male headship in marriage, a term originated by the now discredited leader of a former Christian polygamy ministry
Plural Marriage	Polygamy, polygyny	A term for polygamy originating with the Mormons
Polyandry	Polyandry	The sinful practice of a woman married to two or more men simultaneously
Polyamory	Polyamory	Polyfidelity embracing polygyny, polyandry and sexual communism (various combinations of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual partners)
Polygyny	Polygamy	A man married to two or more women simultaneously; 'polygamy' strictly speaking embraces both polygyny and polyandry but is used almost exclusively of the former today
Rabbinical Jew	Non-Christian Jew	A Talmudic Jew
Ruach Elohim	Spirit of God	The power or spirit of the whole Godhead
Ruach haMashiach	Spirit of Christ	The power or spirit of the Messiah/Christ
Ruach haQodesh	Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost	Third member of the Godhead, female, consisting of seven Persons
Sephardic Jews		Western Jews of Judahite origin but racially mixed with gentile blood. Of the international Jewish community, about 8% are true Judahites and are of Sephardic origin (see Ashkenazi Jews)
Shegal Wife		A full or Queen Wife in the HEM system
Talmud		The so-called 'Oral law' of Judaism, extra-biblical writings possessing an authority equal to, or greater than, the Torah to Jews but not Christians or true Messianic Israelites
Talmudic Jew	Non-Christian Jew	A Jew who accepts the Talmud and rejects Yah'shua (Jesus) as the Messiah (Christ) (see Jew)
Torah	the Law	The commandments and statutes revealed by Yahweh to Israel on Mt.Sinai (see New Covenant Torah)
Ultramessianic	Extremist, intolerant Messianic	Messianic who condemns all Christians who do not observe Torah or who fail to use the Divine Names
Yachid	one, single	As distinct from Echad (many in one), a singularity like 'one person' (see Echad)
Yah Cult		An extreme form of Messianic Judaism and often Ebionite (see Ebionite), rejects the Deity of Christ, and believes no-one can be saved who does not use the correct Names of Deity
Yah'shua	Jesus	Meaning 'Yah Saves' or 'The Salvation of Yahweh'; Yeshua or Y'shua in Aramaic
Yahweh	the LORD, 'Jehovah' (KJV)	The One Name (haShem) of Almighty God, the Father, also abbreviated to Yah
YHWH (YHVH)	the LORD, 'Jehovah' (KJV)	The Tetragrammaton, or vowelless written representation of God the Father, Yahweh, in Torah

Author: SBSK