Vocabulary

This list of 100 basic words makes up about 50 percent of the words used in spoken Hebrew.

Garin Mahal participants should know these words before joining the program.

Note: In the right hand column, the accent is on the part of the word which is marked in bold.

Transliteration Hebrew English  
(be)

בְּ

in

1

ha))

הַ

the

2

(ve)

וְ

and

3

(le)

לְ

to, for

4

(mi)

מִ

from

5

(sheh)

שֶ

that

6

(im)

אִם

if

7

(at)

אַת

you (f.)

8

(az)

אָז

then

9

(o)

אוֹ

or

10

(gam)

גַם

also

11

(hem)

הֵם

they (m.)

12

(zeh)

זֶה

this (m.)

13

(zot)

זאת

this (f.)

14

(yesh)

יֵש

there is

15

(ki)

כִי

because

16

(ken)

כֵן

yes

17

(lo)

לא

no

18

(miy)

מִי

who

19

(ma)

מַה

what

20

(al)

עַל

on

21

(im)

עִם

with

22

(rak)

רַק

only

23

(shel)

שֶל

of

24

(aval)

אֲבָל

but

25

(ani)

אֲנִי

I

26

(ech)

אֵיך

how

27

(echad)

אֶחָד

one

28

(ata)

אַתָה

you (m.)

29

(bayit)

בַיִת

house

30

(davar)

דָבָר

thing

31

(hiy)

הִיא

she

32

(hineh)

הִנֵה

here

33

(hu)

הוא

he

34

(zeman)

זְמַן

time

35

(chadash)

חָדָש

new

36

(tov)

טוב

good

37

(yom)

יום

day

38

(yeled)

יֶלד

boy

39

(lama)

לָמָה

why

40

(mila)

מִילָה

word

41

(me'al)

מַעַל

over

42

(mayim)

מַיִם

water

43

(matal)

מָתַי

when

44

(ktsat)

קְצָת

a little

45

(kasheh)

קָשֶה

difficult

46

(rov)

רוב

most

47

(shelecha)

שֶלְךָ

yours (m.)

48

(sheli)

שֶלִי

my, mine

49

(shelecha)

שֶלָך

yours (f.)

50

(shelo)

שֶלו

his

51

(same'ach)

שָמֵחַ

happy

52

(shana)

שָנָה

year

53

(ezeh)

אֵיזֶה

which

54

(efoh)

אֵיפה

where

55

(achare)

אַחֲרֵי

after

56

(otam)

אותָם

them

57

(oto)

אותו

him

58

(bachuts)

בַחוץ

outside

59

(gadol)

גָדול

big

60

(harbe)

הַרבֵה

many, much

61

(yadid)

יָדיִד

friend

62

(yoter)

יותֵר

more

63

(kimat)

כִמעַט

almost

64

(lifne)

לִפנֵי

before

65

(me'od)

מִאוד

very

66

(mispar)

מִספָר

number

67

(mitachat)

מִתַחַת

under

68

(makom)

מָקום

place (n.)

69

(shelahem)

שִלָהִם

their

70

(shelanu)

שִלָנו

our

71

(shalom)

שָלום

hello, peace

72

(toda)

תודָה

thank you

73

(tamid)

תָמִיד

always

74

(anachnu)

אֲנַחנו

we

75

(anashim)

אֳנָשִים

people

76

(avoda)

עֲבודָה

work (n.)

77

(otanu)

אותָנו

us

78

(bevakasha)

בִבַקָשָה

please

79

(lemala)

לִמַעלָה

up

80

(adayin)

עֲדַייִן

still

81

(achshav)

עַכשָיו

now

82

(rishon)

רִאשון

first

83

(ba)

בָא

come, comes

84

(gar)

גָר

live, lives

85

(ohev)

אוהִב

like, love

86

(holech)

הולִך

go, goes

87

(choshev)

חושִב

think, thinks

88

(yachol)

יָכול

can, be, able

89

(yode'a)

יודִעַ

know. knows

90

(oved)

עובֵד

work, works

91

(oseh)

עושֶה

do, does

92

(lihyot)

לִהיות

to be

93

(haya)

הָיָה

he, it was

94

(yihye)

יְהיֶה

he, it will be

95

(lehitraot)

לְהִתרָאות

goodbye

96

(lifamim)

לִפעָמִים

sometimes

97

(oto hadavar)

אותו הַדָבָר

same

98

(yesh li)

יֵש לִי

I have

99

(od pa'am)

עוד פַעַם

again

100