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Academy of the Hebrew language: Hebrew terms database (with translation into English)

Milog: Hebrew dictionary, meanings in Hebrew

Morfix: Hebrew-English dictionary

Projet Babel: Hebrew-French dictionary, by Colette Allouch

Hebrew-English basic dictionary מילון עברי-אנגלי (2020) + PDF

English-Hebrew proverbs (2023)

Reverso: Hebrew-English translation, words in context

Lingea: Hebrew-English dictionary & multilingual


Loecsen: Hebrew-English common phrases (+ audio)

Goethe-Verlag: Hebrew-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)

LingoHut: Hebrew-English vocabulary by topics (+ audio)

TeachMeHebrew: Hebrew-English vocabulary, the 10 000 most common words, frequency list

MyHebrewDictionary: Hebrew-English vocabulary

Defense Language Institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - civilaffairs - medical

Tatoeba: sentences in Hebrew, with translation (audio)


American Heritage dictionary: Semitic roots

Shoroshim: English thesaurus of Hebrew verb roots, compiled by Reuven Brauner (2014)

Shorashon: Hebrew roots & translation into French

Comprehensive etymological dictionary of the Hebrew language by Ernest Klein (1987)

The analytic and synthetic etymology of the Hebrew language by Isaac Fried (2004) (in Hebrew)


Anglo-Hebrew modern dictionary by Isaiah Raffalovitch (1926)

English-Hebrew dictionary by Abraham Solomon Waldstein (1925)

Biblical idioms that have changed their meaning in modern Hebrew by Marek Piela, in Studia judaica (2008)

Biblical names for military weapons in Modern Hebrew, Asher Shafrir (2015)

The names of Israeli military ranks and their linguistic analysis (2013)

Arabic influence (modern period) by Roni Henkin, in Encyclopedia of Hebrew language and linguistics (2013)

Arabic, Hebrew loanwords

Arabic loanwords in Hebrew by Haseeb Shehadeh, in Encyclopedia of Hebrew language and linguistics (2013)

Arabic loanwords in Hebrew, with a list of Hebrew loanwords, in Studia Orientalia (2011)

Hebrew neologisms by Azzan Yadin, in Encyclopedia of Hebrew language and linguistics (2013)

Translation and Interpreting in Israel, Meta (1998)

Technological and scientific Hebrew terminology by Ron Irmay

La terminologie scientifique en hébreu moderne by Shragga Irmay

The status of translated literature in the creation of Hebrew literature in pre-state Israel (the Yishuv period), by Zohar Shavit

The language of plays translated into Hebrew from English and French: a cultural-stylistic study, by Rina Ben-Shahar

Translation from Arabic into Hebrew in Israel: an overview, by Hannah Amit-Kochavi

Hebrew-Arabic translations in the modern era: a general survey, by Hannah Amit-Kochavi, in Maḥmoud Khayal

Hebrew first names

My-Hebrew-Name: Hebrew names (in Latin & Hebrew characters)

Morim Hebrew names & French names transliterated in Hebrew

French names, transliterated in Hebrew & Arabic

Biblical names

Hebrew language

Hebrew keyboard to type a text with the Hebrew characters

Transliterated Hebrew keyboard to type a text with the Latin script

Pealim: verbs conjugation in Hebrew

Hebrew-verbs: English > Hebrew verbs conjugation

Lev software: Hebrew alphabet, how to write Hebrew letters & cursive script


Academy of the Hebrew language האקדמיה ללשון העברית

Teach me Hebrew: Hebrew course

HebrewCourseOnline: Hebrew course (advanced learners)

Hebreu.org: Hebrew grammar (in French)


Modern Hebrew: grammar by Lewis Glinert (2005)

Hebrew basic course by Joseph Reif & Anna Levinson, Foreign Service Institute (1965) (+ audio)


studies about the Hebrew language, by Ora Schwarzwald

Modern Hebrew, in The Semitic languages (2011)

Transition in Modern Hebrew Word formation: from discontinuous to linear formation, in Skase (2003)

Recursiveness in Hebrew word formation, in Skase (2010)

studies about the Hebrew language, by Yishai Neuman

A lexically creative approach to the teaching of Modern Hebrew as a foreign language, in Materia giudaica (2006)

studies about Modern Hebrew, by Yael Reshef

The re-emergence of Hebrew as a national language, in Semitic languages, an international handbook (2012)

Modern Hebrew grammar: history of scholarship, in Encyclopedia of Hebrew language and linguistics (2013)

Revival of Hebrew: grammatical structure and lexicon

Revival of Hebrew: sociolinguistic dimension

Written Hebrew of the revival generation as a distinct phase in the evolution of Modern Hebrew, in Journal of Semitic studies (2016)

The renaissance of modern Hebrew and modern standard Arabic, parallels and differences in the revival of two Semitic languages, by Joshua Blau (1981)

Hebrew and Arabic in asymmetric contact in Israel by Roni Henkin, in Lodz papers in pragmatics (2011)

Vocalization of Modern Hebrew by Amir Aharoni, in Encyclopedia of Hebrew language and linguistics (2013)

Possession in Modern Hebrew by Roni Henkin, in Encyclopedia of Hebrew language and linguistics (2013)

studies about the Hebrew language, by Ghilʾad Zuckermann

Lessons from the Hebrew revival applicable to the reclamation, maintenance and empowerment of aboriginal languages and cultures: Stop, Revive, Survive! by Ghilʿad Zuckermann & Michael Walsh, in Australian journal of linguistics (2011)


books & papers about the Hebrew language: Googlebooks | Internet archive | Academia| Wikipedia

News חדשות

Arouts 7: news in Hebrew (+ audio) or in English

Ha'aretz הארץ

Ynet

Google news

Texts & Literature

LyrikLine: poems in Hebrew, with translation (+ audio)

Modern Hebrew poetry, a bilingual anthology, by Ruth Finer Mintz (1982)

The first Hebrew Shakespeare translations: Isaac Edward Salkinson's Ithiel the Cushite of Venice (1874) & Ram and Jael (1878): bilingual edition & commentary by Lily Kahn (2017)

Hebrew Renaissance poets in Russia: their reputations among Russian-language readers, by Lewis Bernhardt, in Revue des études juives (1974)


Israelian anthem in Hebrew & translation התקוה (Hatikva)


Haktuvim: translation of the Bible into Modern Hebrew, with the New Testament הברית החדשה

The New Testament translated into Modern Hebrew (1991)

translation by Franz Delitzsch, German protestant theologian (1877)

The New Testament translated into Modern Hebrew by Isaac Salkinson & David Ginsberg (1886)

revised edition by Eric Sigurd Gabe (2000)

bilingual Bible in Modern Hebrew, English & other languages

First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

כל בני אדם נולדו בני חורין ושווים בערכם ובזכויותיהם.
כולם חוננו בתבונה ובמצפון, לפיכך חובה עליהם לנהוג איש ברעהו ברוח של אחווה.


Universal Declaration of Human Rights הכרזה לכל באי עולם בדבר זכויות האדם translation into Hebrew (+ audio)

First article in different languages

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: in Hebrew, English & other languages

Some Hebrew words

שלוםshalompeace; hello! welcome!
תודהtodahthank you
עכשיוaḵshavnow ( or kh is pronounced /χ/)
מילהmilahword
מילוןmilondictionary
ספרseferbook
ישראלYisraelIsrael
ירושליםYerushalayimJerusalem
צרפתTsarfatFrance

Today is yom ():


calendars: Jewish calendar & conversion

Israel & Jérusalem: maps, symbols, heritage & documents

Ancient Palestine: maps & documents, Bible atlas

Ancient Hebrew & biblical Hebrew

Yiddish language

Arabic language

Judaism: dictionary & encyclopaedia

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Modern Hebrew Dictionary Online Translation LEXILOGOS (2024)

FAQs

What is the meaning of Hebrew in English? ›

(ˈhibruː) noun. 1. a member of the Semitic peoples inhabiting ancient Palestine and claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite.

What is the Hebrew word for a? ›

The letter Aleph is the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet and therefore it is a natural place to start if you are interested in learning the Hebrew language.

What is the meaning of the Hebrew word or? ›

As a central theme throughout the Bible, the Hebrew word אוֹר (or) – meaning light – has both literal and metaphorical meanings. In the Torah, light is the first thing that God creates, representing the beginnings of life and knowledge.

What is 666 in Hebrew? ›

In Hebrew it is Nron Qsr (pronounced "Nerōn Kaisar"). In Latin it is Nro Qsr (pronounced "Nerō Kaisar"). Nron Qsr Gematria by Athanasius Kircher, calculating various "names of the beast" (Lageinos, Teitan, Lampetis, Antemos) that sum to 666, and summing Jesus' name to 888.

What is God called in Hebrew to English? ›

The Hebrew word for God is Elohim. The word Elohim is plural, but it is often used with a singular meaning. When used with a singular meaning in the Hebrew Bible, Elohim usually refers to the monotheistic Creator God, or to the God of Israel, Yahweh.

What is the most accurate Hebrew to English translation? ›

The translations of the Jewish Publication Society of America (JPS) have become the most popular English translations of the Hebrew Bible.

What is Hebrew closest to? ›

The similarity of the Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic languages has been accepted by all scholars since medieval times.

What is the closest translation to the Hebrew Bible? ›

Greek Septuagint

The Septuagint (LXX), the very first translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, later became the accepted text of the Old Testament in the Christian church and the basis of its canon.

What are the two dots under a letter in Hebrew? ›

Below: Two vertical dots underneath the letter (called sh'va) make the vowel very short. Note 1: The letters " א‎" or " ב‎"represent whatever Hebrew letter is used. Note 2: The letter " ש‎" is used since it can only be represented by that letter.

What Jesus means in Hebrew? ›

Linguistic analysis. There have been various proposals as to the literal etymological meaning of the name Yəhôšuaʿ (Joshua, Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ), including Yahweh/Yehowah saves, (is) salvation, (is) a saving-cry, (is) a cry-for-saving, (is) a cry-for-help, (is) my help.

What is the word of God called? ›

The term translated “Word” is logos, which basically means “the expression of a thought.” Logos can be thought of as the total message of God to man (Acts 11:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:13). Jesus embodied that total message, and that is why He is called the “Logos,” or “Word,” of God (Colossians 1:19; 2:9).

How is God called in Hebrew? ›

Yahweh, name for the God of the Israelites, representing the biblical pronunciation of “YHWH,” the Hebrew name revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus. The name YHWH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh, is known as the tetragrammaton.

What is on God in Hebrew? ›

The Hebrew word for "to swear" is להישבע (l'hishaba). You can say נשבע באלוהים (nishba b'elohim). It's pretty common to just say באלוהים (b'elohim) "On god".

What is the first word in Hebrew? ›

The translated word in the Hebrew Bible is bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית‎): 'In beginning'.

What does the word Hebrew originally mean? ›

The Hebrews left the Mesopotamian city of Ur and became wandering herders; in fact, the word Hebrew originally meant “wanderer” or “nomad.” Abraham had a son, Isaac, and Isaac had a son, Jacob, collectively known as the Patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible.

What does Hebrew mean biblical? ›

Hebron, he'-bron (Heb.)-- united; joined together; conjunction; cemented; welded; bound by a common bond; friendship; brotherhood; company; community; confederation; league; alliance. The place where Abram "dwelt by the oaks of Mamre" (Gen. 13:18).

What is the root word of Hebrew? ›

The name is believed to be based on the Semitic root ʕ-b-r ( ע־ב־ר‎), meaning "beyond", "other side", "across"; interpretations of the term "Hebrew" generally render its meaning as roughly "from the other side [of the river/desert]"—i.e., an exonym for the inhabitants of the land of Israel and Judah, perhaps from the ...

What is the meaning of the Hebrew word Bible? ›

The general word for Bible in (modern) Hebrew (which is used for both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures as in English) is ביבליה (Biblia), which, as in English, comes from Greek and Latin where, by the time it was borrowed, it meant “book”.

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