English Hebrew Dictionary
Free offline English-Hebrew dictionary. Look up translations instantly without internet. Great for travelers to Israel and Hebrew learners.
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Look up Hebrew words anytime, anywhere — no internet connection needed.
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Comprehensive
Thousands of words and phrases covering everyday vocabulary and more.
Bidirectional
Search from English to Hebrew or Hebrew to English seamlessly.
About English Hebrew Dictionary
This English-Hebrew offline dictionary is perfect for travelers to Israel, Hebrew students, and anyone interested in the Hebrew language. Hebrew is unique as a language that was revived from a liturgical language to a modern spoken language.
About Hebrew
Hebrew is spoken by about 9 million people and is the official language of Israel. It is the only successfully revived dead language in history, having been brought back to everyday use in the 19th-20th centuries.
Who is this app for? Travelers to Israel, Hebrew learners, Jewish studies students, religious scholars.
An abjad, written right to left
Hebrew has 22 letters and is written right to left. Like Arabic it is an abjad: vowels are largely not written. Modern Hebrew text prints consonants and expects the reader to supply the vowels, using a system of dots and dashes called niqqud only in dictionaries, poetry, children's books and religious texts.
Five letters take a different shape at the end of a word — כ ם ן ף ץ — which is a positional variation similar in spirit to Greek final sigma. Unlike Arabic, Hebrew letters do not join, so each letter keeps one basic form.
Roots, as in Arabic
Hebrew is Semitic, and it shares the root-and-pattern structure. Three consonants carry a core meaning and verb patterns — the binyanim — generate related forms: active, passive, causative, reflexive. Learning the patterns converts each root into a family of words rather than a single item.
This is why Hebrew vocabulary growth accelerates. The first few hundred words are slow; after that, recognising a familiar root inside an unfamiliar word becomes routine.
A language deliberately revived
Hebrew is the clearest case of a language brought back into everyday spoken use after centuries in which it was preserved mainly for liturgy, scholarship and writing. That revival, from the late nineteenth century onward, is a genuinely unusual event in linguistic history — there is no other comparable example at this scale.
One consequence is a vocabulary that mixes very old material with deliberately coined modern terms. Hebrew has around nine million speakers and is the official language of Israel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does written Hebrew include vowels?
Usually not. Everyday text prints consonants and readers supply the vowels from context and word structure. The niqqud system of dots and dashes appears in dictionaries, poetry, children's books and religious texts, where the reading must be unambiguous.
Do Hebrew letters join up like Arabic?
No. Hebrew letters keep one basic form and do not connect, which makes the script easier to read than Arabic in that respect. Five letters do take a different shape at the end of a word: כ ם ן ף ץ.
What is the root system?
Hebrew builds words from three-consonant roots processed through verb patterns called binyanim, which produce active, passive, causative and reflexive forms. Learning the patterns turns each root into a family of related words.
Is modern Hebrew the same as biblical Hebrew?
They are continuous but not identical. Modern Hebrew emerged from a deliberate revival beginning in the late nineteenth century and combines ancient vocabulary with a large body of coined modern terms. A modern speaker can read biblical text with effort rather than fluently.
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