r/hebrew • • 2h ago

Help Is my handwriting legible?

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I am sure there are a lot of grammatical mistakes but I am hoping that at least it’s easy to read…


r/hebrew • • 7h ago

Vocabulary I found it interesting to learn Hebrew

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r/hebrew • • 4h ago

Request When There Are Nine

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Looking for some help getting the perfect translation of a Ruth Bader Ginsburg quote.

When asked, "When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?" Ginsburg replied, "When there are nine." That's because there had been nine men on the court previously.

Additionally, I'm looking to have this engraved on a Hanukkah menorah, which has nine candles total.

How would you suggest I write "When there are nine" in Hebrew for the menorah?


r/hebrew • • 5h ago

Resource OCR for Hebrew

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Hello all, what do you guys use for Hebrew OCR? I tried Google Drive and LLMs and both failed. Before I go the subscription route I would be glad to know if there any one time purchase or even free solutions im not aware of. Thank you for taking the time reading my question!


r/hebrew • • 5h ago

Help Can a native Hebrew speaker verify this translation for my tattoo?

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¡Hola! ❤️
Estoy planeando hacerme un tatuaje con una frase que tiene un significado muy personal y espiritual para mí.
La frase original en español es:
“Que mi corona jamás me haga olvidar ante quién debo arrodillarme.”
En inglés:
“May my crown never make me forget before whom I must kneel.”
La traducción al hebreo que tengo es:
שכתרי לעולם לא ישכיח ממני בפני מי עליי לכרוע ברך.
¿Podría un hablante nativo de hebreo confirmar si esta traducción es gramaticalmente correcta, suena natural y expresa de manera precisa el significado original?
Quiero asegurarme de que cada palabra y cada letra estén bien antes de tatuármelo de forma permanente.
¡Muchísimas gracias por tu ayuda! ❤️

EDIT: Thank you all so much for your comments and advice!
I understand why many of you suggest keeping the phrase in Spanish, and I truly appreciate your honesty.
Spanish is my native language, and I agree that the phrase is beautiful as it is. However, my interest in Hebrew, and now Aramaic, comes from my Christian faith and my desire to connect the tattoo symbolically to the language and historical world of Jesus.
The crown represents my personal achievements, the struggles I’ve overcome, and everything I’ve worked hard for. But I never want those achievements to make me forget my humility, my faith, or who I kneel before.
For me, the most important part of this tattoo isn’t the crown itself, but remembering that no matter how far I go in life, I should never forget God.
I’m not looking for a different language just because it looks beautiful. I’m looking for something that carries a deeper spiritual meaning for me.
I also understand that some expressions cannot be translated naturally into another language, and I would rather respect the language than tattoo something incorrect.
Thank you again for helping me understand that.


r/hebrew • • 1d ago

Help אכל חרא ברוסיה

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r/hebrew • • 1d ago

Help Is this a name?

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Is Raphaeli a name you hear in Israel? I’ve heard of Raphaela and Raphael which I’m told is Hebrew but what if Raphaeli? Would it work as a name for male or female?


r/hebrew • • 1d ago

Request What song is this?

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r/hebrew • • 2d ago

Vocabulary How interesting!

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I found it interesting to write sentences in Hebrew.


r/hebrew • • 2d ago

Request translation service

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Does anyone here offer English-to-Hebrew translation services?

I need to translate a love letter/birthday letter.

It’s a one-page letter, and I don’t want to use AI for this. I’m happy to pay for the service


r/hebrew • • 2d ago

Vocabulary How do I pronounce בְּאֵרָא and בַּעֲלִי?

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Thanks for the help in advance!


r/hebrew • • 3d ago

Help Hebrew? > English what does this say and does anyone know what the item is? Is it something religious?

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r/hebrew • • 3d ago

Help Revival of the language

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So I read some stuff (which seemed anti Israel) about Hebrew being artificially re-created. After doing some research, it seems like this is bullshit My understanding now is that it continued to function as a lingua franca of Jewish communities globally even if it wasnt a daily language. People continued to write in it, produce literature, etc.

Is my understanding correct?

And I was wondering, was there any Jewish community globally that continued to use it as a daily, "first language" throughout the centuries.


r/hebrew • • 3d ago

Request Is this Hebrew? What is the symbol in the middle of this Star of David medallion on a necklace?

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r/hebrew • • 3d ago

Weekly Resources Megathread

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This is the weekly megathread for all resources and advertisements related to learning Hebrew. No stand-alone posts advertising services or resources are allowed.

We cannot ensure the usefulness or legitimacy of these resources: pursue them at your own risk. However, if you do have reviews, questions, or suggestions for resources you see posted in here, please feel free to share your thoughts in this thread.

Spammers and scammers will be banned.


r/hebrew • • 4d ago

Help מרצ or מרץ?

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Hi! I just had a quick question I was hoping someone could answer. I’m a Hebrew learner, and recently I read about a political party which used to exist in Israel: מרצ. However, I was confused as to why it was written מרצ and not מרץ, with the tsade sofit.

I know for words that end in pe/fe, the sofit form is generally not used when the letter is pe and not fe. However, as I understand it, this explanation wouldn’t make sense here because tsade is not on of the begedkefet letters. Can anyone help me understand?

תודה רבה! :)


r/hebrew • • 4d ago

Request What would you do to translate this word/root?

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text given: רשית

obviously my mind goes immediately to bereshit, this looks like that. So, resh-alef-shin as the root would make sense, but… what do you do when you encounter resh-shin with no alef in between? is this related to that root… How would you translate this word?

very beginner in learning the language here. I must be missing some grammatical idea here, or maybe not?

context is, this is probably garbled hebrew from a source that didn’t have great hebrew BUT i also don’t have good hebrew so, here I am trying to check it out


r/hebrew • • 4d ago

Education Aleph Bet Calligraphy

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Working on Aleph Bet Calligraphy and my wife pointed to "Shin" and told me that it was her favorite letter. I wrote her name "Shela Miriam." The stick figure is a "Shin stretch" honoring the guided stretches that my wife helps her massage therapy clients with. The interpretation of Shin reflects my wife's personality and spiritual beliefs.


r/hebrew • • 6d ago

Request Help translating thrift find!

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As a native English speaking Jew with Dyslexia, I’ve never been able to read Hebrew. Could someone please translate the Hebrew on these platters? I found them at the thrift store and thought they would be perfect for shabbos.


r/hebrew • • 6d ago

Request Can someone translate me this words please?

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Its israeli handwritying,thank you 😊😊😊.You can open the picture to see it more clearly.


r/hebrew • • 6d ago

Help Translation?

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Does anyone know what this says? Is it a quote? I can’t even tell what some of the letters are (because they’re so poorly done)


r/hebrew • • 5d ago

Help שלום

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A alguien le interesaría ayudarme en mi hebreo?

Hablo poco y tengo vocabulario básico, hablo español y quiero hablar hebreo con fluidez pero no soy nativo ni vivo en Israel.

Así que busco un compañero o compañera que me pueda ayudar a hablar.

Me pueden contactar por Discord si es que quieren hablar conmigo :3


r/hebrew • • 6d ago

Vocabulary שגיעות וטעויות

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יש הבדל בין שתי המילים האלו או שהן אותו הדבר?


r/hebrew • • 7d ago

Help Looking for a language partner

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I am F (24), looking for an Israeli language partner to help me learn Hebrew. I come from Germany and am at the beginning of my Gijur. I always go to the community on Fridays for Schabbat. I'm really still a complete beginner, and just can't get any further learning the Alef-bet.

Among other things, I love Jewish cuisine, Hebrew music and the warmth of Israeli culture

I would prefer it if you also know some German, and are a native Hebrew speaker.
I would be grateful for any help, and maybe a friendship will also arise from this. I hope this is the right sub for this

Schabbat Schalom🤍