Basic Hebrew words for beginners
– Essential words to know –
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Learn the essentials of Hebrew easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Hebrew, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Hebrew by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Hebrew vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!
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ENGLISH | HEBREW | PRONUNCIATION |
Please | ืืืงืฉื | bebkasha |
Thank you! | ืชืืื! | thuda! |
Sorry!ย | ืกืืืื!ย | slicha!ย |
What? | ืื? | ma? |
Who? | ืื? | mei? |
When? | ืืชื? | the? |
Why? | ืืื? | lema? |
Which? | ืืฉืจ? | asher? |
How? | ืืื? | way? |
Whereย ? | ืืืคื? | wheres? |
How muchย ? | ืืื? | kama? |
Yes | ืื | kin |
Noย | ืืย | loย |
Maybe | ืืืื | ollie |
Of course | ืืื | btach |
something | ืืฉืื | mesho |
nothing | ืืืื | clom |
somebody | ืืืฉืื | misho |
nobody | ืืฃ ืืื | af ekhad |
before | ืืคื ื | lipni |
after | ืืืจื | ahri |
far | ืจืืืง | rachock |
near | ืงืจืื | karov |
here | ืื ื | hana |
there | ืฉื | sham |
today | ืืืื | hayom |
tomoorow | ืืืืืจื | tomoro |
now | ืืขืช | kath |
man | ืืืฉ | ish |
woman | ืืฉื | asha |
friend | ืืืจ | heber |
more | ืขืื | oud |
less | ืคืืืช | pachate |
always | ืชืืื | temid |
later | ืืืืืจ ืืืชืจ | maucher extra |
never | ืืฃ ืคืขื | af time |
same | ืืื | zaha |
different | ืฉืื ื | shauna |
small | ืงืื | qatan |
large | ืืืื | gadol |
difficult | ืงืฉื | kasha |
easy | ืงื | kel |
hot | ืื | ham |
cold | ืงืจ | kar |
yesterday | ืืชืืื | athmole |
after | ืืืจื | ahri |
beautiful | ืืคื | yaffa |
broken | ืฉืืืจ | schebur |
free | ืืื ื | hinem |
a pharmacy | ืืืช ืืจืงืืช | bet morkeat |
money | ืืกืฃ | kasef |
a bag | ืชืืง | tick |
a lighter | ืืฆืืช | state |
aย cigarette | ืกืืืจืื | sigaria |
a bottle | ืืงืืืง | baby |
soap | ืกืืื | savon |
clean | ื ืงื | neki |
dirty | ืืืืืื | malochalek |
a trash can | ืคื ืืฉืคื | fach ashfa |
a trash bag | ืฉืงืืช ืืฉืคื | sakey ashfa |
the silence | ืืฉืชืืงื | hashtika |
a tool | ืืื | tell |
pregnant | ืืจื | hera |
sick | ืืืื | hula |
a baby | ืชืื ืืง | tinok |
a little bit | ืงืฆืช | ketzet |
a doctor | ืจืืคื | rofe |
a dentist | ืจืืคื ืฉืื ืืื | rofe shiniem |
a medicine | ืชืจืืคื | rufe |
a book | ืกืคืจ | sefer |
a story | ืกืืคืืจ | short |
a phone | ืืืคืื | talpon |
a computer | ืืืฉื | mehshav |
a car | ืืืื ืืช | radio |
a plane | ืืืืก | metos |
the name | ืืฉื | heshm |
the adress | ืืืชืืืช | admotan |
the age | ืืืื | hagil |
the nationality | ืืืืื | haleom |
a choice | ืืืืจื | bias |
an answer | ืชืฉืืื | tshuva |
the key | ืืืคืชื | himpto |
the light | ืืืืจ | fire |
the television | ืืืืืืืืื | etlevisia |
the bed | ืืืืื | hemita |
the house | ืืืืช | white |
the shower | ืืืงืืืช | ingon |
the window | ืืืืื | hahalon |
the door | ืืืืช | hadalt |
the table | ืืืืื | hatabela |
tired | ืขืืืฃ | ayfa |
water | ืืื | mayim |
open | ืคืชืื | stud |
closed | ืกืืืจ | sagor |
clothes | ืืืืื | bagedis |
coffee | ืงืคื | kapa |
tea | ืชื | tha |
lunch | ืืจืืืช ืฆืืจืืื | aruhat tsahrayim |
dinner | ืืจืืืช ืขืจื | aruhat erev |
a fruit | ืคืจื | friut |
a vegetable | ืืจืง | jork |
a beverage | ืืฉืงื | miska |
a child | ืืื | child |
rain | ืืฉื | gesm |
the entrance | ืืื ืืกื | indentation |
the exit | ืืืฆืืื | hice |
music | ืืืืืงื | mizrahi |
a smile | ืืืื | archaic |
the world | ืืขืืื | haolam |
the sky | ืืฉืืืื | heshmidae |
a river | ื ืืจ | neher |
the sea | ืืื | agean |
the mountain | ืืืจ | hor |
the lake | ืืืื | hagem |
the island | ืืื | hai |
the beach | ืืืฃ ืืื | hof agean |
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