Hebrew to English Translator
Free AI translation from Hebrew to English, built to carry grammar and register across, not just words.
What changes when you translate Hebrew to English
Translating Hebrew into English changes more than the words. English has very little inflection and instead relies heavily on word order and helper verbs, with a huge vocabulary drawn from both Germanic and Romance roots. English requires an explicit subject in nearly every sentence and marks questions with word order, so translations into English often need pronouns and auxiliaries that the source language leaves out. 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.
Hebrew and English: key differences
Hebrew and English 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 English sentence.
| Feature | Hebrew | English |
|---|---|---|
| Writing system | the Hebrew script, written right to left | the Latin alphabet |
| Grammatical gender | two genders (masculine, feminine) | no grammatical gender |
| Subject pronouns | dropped in some tenses | required |
| Articles | definite prefix, no indefinite article | definite and indefinite |
Hebrew to English example sentences
Full sentences translated from Hebrew to English:
| Hebrew | English |
|---|---|
| נא לשלוח את הגרסה המעודכנת עד הצהריים. | Please send the updated version by noon. 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 |
| המנהלת החדשה התקשרה אליי אתמול. | The new manager called me yesterday. 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 |
| איפה שמתם את המפתחות? | Where did you put the keys? 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 |
| עדיין לא סיימנו את הפרויקט. | We haven't finished the project yet. 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 |
| הקבצים החדשים נמצאים בכונן המשותף. | The new files are on the shared drive. Message to colleagues · neutral — Plural agreement and repeated definiteness link החדשים to הקבצים and המשותף to בכונן · Modern Israeli Hebrew |
| אפשר לפנות אלינו בכל שאלה. | Feel free to contact us with any questions. 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 |
| אני ממש מתגעגעת אליך. | I really miss you. 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 Hebrew to English phrases
Everyday expressions translated from Hebrew to English:
| Hebrew (עברית) | English |
|---|---|
| שלום (shalom) | Hello |
| לילה טוב (layla tov) | Good night |
| תודה (toda) | Thank you |
| בבקשה (bevakasha) | Please |
| מה שלומך? (ma shlomkha?) | How are you? |
| איך קוראים לך? (eikh kor'im lekha?) | What is your name? |
| אני אוהב אותך (ani ohev otakh) | I love you |
| סליחה (slicha) | Excuse me |
| איפה השירותים? (eifo hasherutim?) | Where is the bathroom? |
| להתראות (lehitraot) | Goodbye |
About the English language
English (English) is spoken by about 1.5 billion people across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and as the world's lingua franca. It belongs to the Germanic (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Latin alphabet.
- Native name
- English
- Speakers
- 1.5 billion
- Language family
- Germanic (Indo-European)
- Writing system
- the Latin alphabet
- Word order
- subject–verb–object
Hebrew to English translation tips
- Hebrew is written in the Hebrew script, written right to left, and English uses the Latin alphabet, 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.
Hebrew to English translation FAQ
How accurate is AI Hebrew to English translation?
The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so Hebrew to English results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.
What is שלום (shalom) in English?
שלום (shalom) is how you say hello in Hebrew. The common-phrases table on this page shows more Hebrew expressions with their English meanings.
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.
Sources
- Academy of the Hebrew Language: grammar decisions
- Academy of the Hebrew Language: orthography
- Academy of the Hebrew Language: punctuation rules
- W3C Internationalization: structural markup and right-to-left text
The language facts and grammar notes on this page are checked against these references.