Simply Fluent
The 100 most common Hebrew words
These hundred words make up a large share of everything written in Hebrew. Learn them and a page stops looking like a wall.
Space shows the answer, then the arrow keys answer it. Hold the green button until the ring fills to mark the word as learned.
How the cards work
Frequency order, not alphabetical
New words arrive in order of how often they appear in real Hebrew. The first twenty do more work for you than the next two hundred, so they come first.
Each word keeps its own schedule
Every word carries its own gap, and the gap grows each time you get it right. Miss one and it resets to a day. Each word is asked both ways round, and each way keeps its own gap, because recognising a word comes well before you can say it yourself.
How fast you answer counts
A word you answer instantly is scheduled further out than one you hesitate over, even though you got both right. Hesitation is the signal that a word is not secure yet.
The full list
All hundred, in frequency order. Words you have practised are marked.
- 1את(marks the direct object), you (to a woman)
- 2הואhe, it, is
- 3היאshe, it, is
- 4לאno, not
- 5עלon, about, over
- 6שלof, belonging to
- 7היהwas, there was, to be
- 8זהthis, it, that
- 9אניI
- 10הייתהwas, she was
- 11אבלbut, however
- 12יותרmore
- 13שלהher, hers, its
- 14עםwith, people
- 15אותוhim, it, the same
- 16כלall, every, each
- 17אלto, toward, do not
- 18מהwhat
- 19אוor
- 20שלוhis, its
- 21אמרהshe said
- 22כמוlike, as, similar to
- 23אמרhe said
- 24היוwere
- 25אךbut, however, only
- 26הםthey (masculine)
- 27רקonly, just
- 28אחדone, someone
- 29כדיin order to, so that
- 30זוthis, this one (feminine)
- 31שםthere, name
- 32אתהyou (to a man)
- 33אותהher, it, the same
- 34ואזand then
- 35לוto him, for him
- 36אםif, whether, mother
- 37ישthere is, there are, to have
- 38אחרother, another, different
- 39שובagain
- 40לפניbefore, in front of, ago
- 41כךso, thus, this way
- 42ליto me, for me
- 43לידnext to, beside, near
- 44כברalready, yet
- 45משהוsomething, anything
- 46הזהthis
- 47שליmy, mine
- 48אחתone (feminine)
- 49גםalso, too, as well
- 50עדייןstill, yet
- 51אומרתshe says, saying
- 52בוin it, in him
- 53טובgood, well
- 54מדיtoo, too much
- 55כןyes, so
- 56להto her, for her
- 57להיותto be
- 58כאןhere
- 59יוםday
- 60עדuntil, up to
- 61פשוטsimply, just, simple
- 62הביטhe looked, he gazed
- 63ביןbetween, among
- 64יכולcan, is able to, may
- 65עכשיוnow
- 66דרךway, road, through
- 67כאילוas if, as though, like
- 68זאתthis, this one (feminine)
- 69נראהlooks, seems, apparently
- 70פעםonce, time, a time
- 71הביטהshe looked, she gazed
- 72שלךyour, yours
- 73שלאthat not, so that not
- 74היוםtoday, the day
- 75מאודvery, much
- 76דברthing, something, word
- 77אותםthem
- 78כיbecause, since
- 79לךto you, for you
- 80במקוםinstead of, in the place, in place of
- 81הרגישhe felt
- 82הןthey (feminine), indeed
- 83שבוin which, where
- 84בכלin every, in all
- 85אומרsays, is saying, to say
- 86בדיוקexactly, just, precisely
- 87זמןtime
- 88בהin her, in it
- 89אוליmaybe, perhaps
- 90ביותרmost, the most
- 91שהיאthat she, that it
- 92בתוךinside, within
- 93כמהhow much, how many, a few
- 94מיwho
- 95איןthere is not, there are no, none
- 96הכלeverything, all of it
- 97אנחנוwe
- 98איךhow
- 99למהwhy
- 100איפהwhere
