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Common Hebrew Words

A list of the most common Hebrew words ordered by their frequency of use. You can use this list to learn words efficiently, ensuring you cover the basic vocabulary of Hebrew.



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1 לא
     1. adv. Not; used in negating verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.lo
     2. interj. No; used in responding to questions.
2 את
     1. prep. Used to introduce a semantically definite direct object.et, et-
     2. prep. (archaic) To, with.
     3. pron. You, thou: (the feminine singular second-person personal pronoun).át
     4. n. shovelet
     5. n. spade
3 אני
     1. pron. I (the first person nominative singular pronoun, masculine and feminine)aní
     2. n. (psychology, Freudian) ego
4 זה
     1. det. (archaic or formal) This.ze
           איך קוראים לילד הזה? (eikh korím layéled hazé?) - What's this boy's name? (literally, How they call to-the-boy the-this?)
     2. pron. This, this one.
           זה בחולצה הכחולה. (ze bakhultsá hak'khulá.) - The one (male) in the blue shirt.
           זה שאין לנקוב בשמו. (ze she'éin linkóv be'shemó.) - He-who-must-not-be-named.
5 אתה
     1. pron. you, thou (second-person singular masculine)atá
6 מה
     1. pron. what
           מה זאת אומרת? (ma zot oméret?) - What does it mean? literally What is this saying?
           מה אתה שואל? (ma atá sho'el?) - What are you asking?
           מה נשמע? (ma nishmá?) - How are you? literally What is being heard?
     2. pron. which
7 הוא
     1. pron. (personal) he, ithu
     2. pron. Used as a copula: is.
     3. v. (rare) Be: used as an imperative.hevé
8 לי
     1. prep. Form of ל־ (l'-) including first-person singular personal pronoun as objectli
9 על
     1. prep. (literally) On, on top of.al
     2. prep. (figuratively) On.
10 כן
     1. adv. yeskén
     2. adv. (archaic) thus, so
11 לך
     1. prep. (לְךָ, l'chá) Form of ל־ (l'-) including second-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object
     2. prep. (לָךְ, lách) Form of ל־ (l'-) including second-person feminine singular personal pronoun as object
     3. prep. (לָךְ, lách) Form of ל־ (l'-) including second-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object
     4. v. (לֵךְ, léch) masculine singular imperative of הלך (halách)
     5. v. (לֶךְ, léch) masculine singular imperative of הלך (halách)
12 של
     1. prep. Of, belonging to, owned by, pertaining to.shel
     2. v. masculine singular imperative of נָשַׁלshal
13 יש
     1. adv. there is or are; there exist(s); see usage notes below.yésh
           יש פה… (yesh po) - there is/are here...
           יש פה משהו (yesh po máshehu) - there's something here
     2. adv. (with ל) someone/something has; see usage notes below.
     3. interj. Yes: used to express triumph or delight.
14 בסדר
     1. adj. All right, okay, O.K., fineb'séder
           הכל בסדר?
             Hakól b'séder?
             Is everything all right?
           הדקדוק שלו בסדר גמור, אבל קשה להבין אותו בגלל המבטא.
15 אבל
     1. conj. butavál
     2. conj. however
     3. v. (flowery) to bewail; to lament, to mourn.aval
16 כל
     1. n. All, whole, entirety, everything; found almost exclusively in singular definite and singular construct forms; used to translate English all, each, every, everything, and so on.kól
           לכל אחד יש משהו שחשוב לו. (l'khol ekhad yesh mashehu shekhashuv lo.) - Everyone has something that's important to him.
     2. n. (כָּל, kól) singular construct form of כֹּל : all of
17 שלי
     1. prep. Form of של (shel) including first-person singular personal pronoun as objectshelí
     2. prep. Form of של־ (shel'-) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object
18 טוב
     1. n. goodness, fairnesstov
     2. n. goodness, virtuetuv
     3. adj. good, fair, fine
     4. adj. kind
     5. adv. well, goodtov
19 עם
     1. n. A nation, a people.am
     2. prep. With: used to indicate togetherness, being together.im
     3. prep. And also.
     4. prep. Near to, next to:
     5. prep. With, among, at the place of, in the same place as.
20 היא
     1. pron. she, ithi
     2. pron. Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject.
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