English to Hebrew Translator

Free AI translation from English to Hebrew, built to carry grammar and register across, not just words.

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What changes when you translate English to Hebrew

Translating English into Hebrew changes more than the words. Hebrew is written right to left, builds words from three-consonant roots, marks gender even on verbs, and was revived as an everyday spoken language in the 19th and 20th centuries. Hebrew verbs agree with the speaker's gender and the script runs right to left, so both grammar and direction change in translation. A word-for-word tool gets the vocabulary right and these things wrong, which is why the translator above reads the whole sentence before it writes anything.

English and Hebrew: key differences

English and Hebrew diverge on the writing system, grammatical gender, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Hebrew sentence.

Feature	English	Hebrew
Writing system	the Latin alphabet	the Hebrew script, written right to left
Grammatical gender	no grammatical gender	two genders (masculine, feminine)
Subject pronouns	required	dropped in some tenses
Articles	definite and indefinite	definite prefix, no indefinite article

English to Hebrew example sentences

Full sentences translated from English to Hebrew:

English	Hebrew
Please send the updated version by noon.	נא לשלוח את הגרסה המעודכנת עד הצהריים. Formal written request · formal — The impersonal infinitive avoids choosing a gender for the recipient, while את marks the definite object · Modern Israeli Hebrew; gender-neutral administrative phrasing
The new manager called me yesterday.	המנהלת החדשה התקשרה אליי אתמול. Workplace update about a woman · neutral — The noun, adjective and past-tense verb all carry feminine singular agreement absent from the English sentence · Modern Israeli Hebrew; female manager
Where did you put the keys?	איפה שמתם את המפתחות? Question addressed to a group · neutral — The verb marks a masculine or mixed-gender plural addressee, and the definite article is attached to the noun · Modern Israeli Hebrew; masculine or mixed-gender plural addressee
We haven't finished the project yet.	עדיין לא סיימנו את הפרויקט. Project status update · neutral — The first-person plural ending on סיימנו makes an explicit pronoun unnecessary, and עדיין לא conveys not yet · Modern Israeli Hebrew
The new files are on the shared drive.	הקבצים החדשים נמצאים בכונן המשותף. Message to colleagues · neutral — Plural agreement and repeated definiteness link החדשים to הקבצים and המשותף to בכונן · Modern Israeli Hebrew
Feel free to contact us with any questions.	אפשר לפנות אלינו בכל שאלה. Closing line in customer communication · formal — The impersonal אפשר לפנות is a natural invitation and avoids an unnecessary gendered second-person form · Modern Israeli Hebrew
I really miss you.	אני ממש מתגעגעת אליך. Informal personal message · informal — The participle marks a female speaker and the prepositional pronoun marks a male addressee · Modern Israeli Hebrew; female speaker, male singular addressee

Common English to Hebrew phrases

Everyday expressions translated from English to Hebrew:

English	Hebrew (עברית)
Hello	שלום (shalom)
Good night	לילה טוב (layla tov)
Thank you	תודה (toda)
Please	בבקשה (bevakasha)
How are you?	מה שלומך? (ma shlomkha?)
What is your name?	איך קוראים לך? (eikh kor'im lekha?)
I love you	אני אוהב אותך (ani ohev otakh)
Excuse me	סליחה (slicha)
Where is the bathroom?	איפה השירותים? (eifo hasherutim?)
Goodbye	להתראות (lehitraot)

About the Hebrew language

Hebrew (עברית) is spoken by about 9 million people across Israel. It belongs to the Semitic (Afro-Asiatic) language family and is written in the Hebrew script, written right to left.

Native name: עברית
Speakers: 9 million
Language family: Semitic (Afro-Asiatic)
Writing system: the Hebrew script, written right to left
Word order: subject–verb–object

English to Hebrew translation tips

English is written in the Latin alphabet, and Hebrew uses the Hebrew script, written right to left, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
This bundle uses Modern Israeli Hebrew in standard unvocalized spelling. Biblical and liturgical Hebrew, and strongly colloquial Israeli usage, require separate register and period choices.
Hebrew marks gender and number on many nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verb forms. When English does not identify a participant's gender, ask for context, label the choice, or use a natural impersonal construction where one exists.
The definite article ה־ attaches to its word, and an adjective modifying a definite noun is normally definite as well. The direct-object marker את is used before a definite direct object, not as a translation of every English object.
Ordinary modern text is usually written without vowel points. Hebrew runs right to left, so retain Hebrew script and direction-aware display, especially around numbers and embedded Latin text.

English to Hebrew translation FAQ

How accurate is AI English to Hebrew translation?

The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so English to Hebrew results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.

How do you say hello in Hebrew?

Hello in Hebrew is שלום (shalom). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Hebrew expressions, such as תודה (toda) (thank you) and להתראות (lehitraot) (goodbye).

How should English gender-neutral 'you' be translated into Hebrew?

Hebrew usually requires singular or plural and masculine or feminine agreement. Supply the addressee information, or use an established impersonal instruction such as נא לשלוח when that fits the setting.

Why does Hebrew sometimes use את before an English object?

את introduces a definite direct object, such as the version or the project. It is not used before every object and has no standalone English equivalent in these sentences.

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