{"id":2675,"date":"2016-10-16T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T08:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/its.studioerez.com\/israeli-music-copy\/"},"modified":"2016-12-08T17:59:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T17:59:51","slug":"hebrew-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/hebrew-phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Common Hebrew Phrases to Get You Started"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The most common Hebrew phrases (Ivrit) if you want to immerse yourself in the local Israeli culture shared by a local (Israeli). I promise not to bore you with the outdated stuff found in your old Hebrew school books. Just the modern lingo you will hear on the streets. Speak like a native.<\/strong><\/p>\n The modern Hebrew language is a remarkably unique human achievement. Dating back over three thousand years, ancient Hebrew is the original language of the Bible. As the land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) was taken over by rising empires, the Jewish people dispersed throughout the world (see more at\u00a0History of Israel<\/a>), and Hebrew had become limited to scripture and religious study.<\/p>\n Then something astonishing happened. Linguist Eliezer Ben Yehudah<\/a> (whose name is commemorated on the streets of Tel Aviv<\/a>\u00a0and Jerusalem<\/a>) devoted his life to the language\u2019s revival and modernization. While Israelis do learn to read the Bible as it was originally written thousands of years ago, millions of Israelis learn Hebrew in its modern form as their native tongue.<\/p>\n Hebrew does have its quirks. It\u2019s written from right to left, so if you\u2019re used to European languages, it does take some getting used to. In many ways, Hebrew is much simpler than many Western languages. There are only three tenses – past, present, and future (who needs more than that?). Like all Semitic languages, most word roots are composed of three letters. The first two letters of the alphabet are the easiest to learn as they are called Aleph and Bet – which is actually where the word for Alphabet comes from.<\/p>\n To learn to speak or write Hebrew can take some time as you adjust to the direction reversal. But if you just want to pick up a few useful phrases before you arrive, definitely take the time. Just remember the pronunciation is very important. If you\u2019re familiar with Spanish or Italian, the accent is similar as the modern Hebrew language.<\/p>\n For simplicity, when we use \u2018ch\u2019 in Hebrew words throughout this site, the consonant should be pronounced like a guttural J in Spanish. An apostrophe before a vowel just means a soft separator. For example, the word Na\u2019im is not pronounced as one syllable like the English word \u2018name\u2019, but Na-im pronounced as two distinct syllables.<\/p>\n Included below is a quick Hebrew crash course if you don\u2019t want to spend too much time memorizing a phrase book:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Shalom:<\/strong> Hello, goodbye, and peace [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Lailah tov:<\/strong> Good night [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Mispar(im) \u2013 number(s)<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n 6 Shesh<\/strong> Six [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”on” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Learn Hebrew Most Common Phrases to Get You Started” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” border_color=”#ffffff”]<\/p>\n If you\u2019re visiting Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, you\u2019ll find most Israelis do have a basic command of English. As you wander away from the central areas, however, finding your way in English can become more of a challenge. Just be prepared to use plenty of body language and use my crash course to learn Hebrew, and you\u2019ll discover that even a very limited vocabulary can go a long way.<\/p>\n More about Israel Culture<\/a> from Israel Travel Secrets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Be\u2019hatzlachah (Good Luck, or literally success!) [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” global_module=”1427″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|”][et_pb_row global_parent=”1427″ admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_code global_parent=”1427″ admin_label=”FB COMMENTS” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most common Hebrew phrases to make your trip to Israel the most rewarding experience possible; Here are the top 20 most common Hebrew phrases to get you started learning modern Hebrew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[235],"tags":[453],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Hebrew Phrases Survival Kit<\/h2>\n
\nToda:<\/strong> Thanks
\nBevakasha:<\/strong> Please, and you\u2019re welcome
\nLe\u2019hitra\u2019ot:<\/strong> see you later
\nMa nishma:<\/strong> how are things (literally \u2013 how does it sound)?
\nMa kor\u2019e:<\/strong> what\u2019s happening?
\nNa\u2019im Meod:<\/strong> Pleasure to meet you
\nKor\u2019im Li Lisa:<\/strong> My name is Lisa
\nHakol Besseder:<\/strong> It\u2019s all good
\nTov<\/strong>\u00a0:Good, also used for OK
\nBoker tov:<\/strong>\u00a0Good morning
\nErev tov:\u00a0<\/strong>Good evening<\/p>\n
\nMa ha\u2019sha\u2019ah:<\/strong> what time is it (what is the hour)
\nRechov:<\/strong>\u00a0Street
\nEich magi\u2019im le…<\/strong>\u00a0: how do you get to
\nYashar:<\/strong> straight
\nYamina:<\/strong> to the right
\nSmolla:<\/strong> to the left
\nMayim:<\/strong> water
\nYam:<\/strong> sea
\nHof Hayam:<\/strong> beach
\nMeess\u2019ada:<\/strong> restaurant
\nSababa:<\/strong> cool<\/p>\n
\n1 Achat<\/strong> One
\n2 Shtayim<\/strong> Two
\n3 Shalosh<\/strong> Three
\n4 Arba<\/strong> Four
\n5 Chamesh<\/strong> Five<\/p>\n
\n7 Sheva<\/strong> Seven
\n8 Shmone<\/strong> Eight
\n9 Tesha<\/strong> Nine
\n10 Esser<\/strong> Ten<\/p>\n
\nBruce<\/p>\n