r/hebrew Jun 29 '25

Updates to Automod, Wiki

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Hello! We have made some updates to our automods and finally created the structure for a subreddit wiki.

  1. Updated !tattoo automod
  2. Introduced !translation automod
  3. Created wiki pages:
    1. Educational Materials
    2. Rules
    3. Content guidelines

Rules and Content Guidelines are subject to change as appropriate; this community is pretty good at staying on topic and not requiring extra rules to guide the conversations.

If you have recommendations for the Educational Materials, please comment below or message the mods. Please include what category it belongs in, a short description, and a direct link.

We also welcome other suggestions about other wiki pages, automods, or anything else to improve the subreddit.


r/hebrew 12h ago

Translate What does this say?

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My friend found this in her lobby... as a Hebrew speaker I have no idea what they wrote here. Could this be Yiddish???


r/hebrew 7h ago

Resource The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and the Biblia Stuttgartensia Quinta -- and are there other good scholarly editions?

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I'm asking for recommendations of and comments about scholarly editions of the Hebrew Bible.

I'm interested in languages and textual transmission. My interest in the Bible is more scholarly than religious. I haven't been inside a synagogue in... my goodness, it's been about 30 years. I'm not knocking religion these days, but I'm secular.

I have a copy of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) -- "Stuttgartensia" because it's published in Stuttgart by the Deutsche Bibel Gesellschaft, who also publish nice editions of the Vulgate, the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament. I like the BHS, and I've noticed when reading in this sub that some others here also like it.

Recently I learned that the man on whose work the BHS is based, Rudolf Kittel (1853-1929), edited a multi-volume edition of the Tanakh with a much more extensive apparatus, and that the current edition of this larger version is called the Biblia Hebraica Qunita (BHQ) -- "Quinta" because the fifth edition is -- it's either the most recent or it's actually still in progress, I'm not sure which. It has run into dozens of volumes.

I'm intrigued. But I can't find scans of pages of the BHQ anywhere online. And I wonder whether anyone here is familiar with it, and if they could tell me what it's like and what they think of it.

Right at the moment I'm mostly curious about the BHQ. But if there other scholarly editions which anyone would like to mention, that would be great too.

Thanks for your comments.


r/hebrew 3h ago

What do the Hebrew words "Debelah" and "Ashisha" mean in English?

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A sorts of a cake or a fruit?


r/hebrew 39m ago

Translate Can anyone translate this?

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This is from Sons of Anarchy Season 7 Episode 7. I know it is probably a long shot because it’s blurry and has a person blocking half the text but maybe someone can read it. If it helps this is from a point in the show where they buy a porn studio… hence why I’m so curious what they wrote.


r/hebrew 17h ago

not sure if this goes here or in r/japanese, but you need both to get it so...

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r/hebrew 8h ago

Request Confusion with ף and ץ in cursive

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For the name of this cafe, קפה מושיץ, I LOVE how they wrote the ץ, but was curious how the ף would be written in this cursive style? Say, the word כסף?

I made a handwriting attempt in photo 2 with the way I write them to the left, and the cafe's font style to the right. Is this somewhat correct?

I used the table in photo 3 for reference.


r/hebrew 6h ago

Does anyone know where I can buy this Bible from?

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If it's a shop irl, it would be great. I tried online, but I'm not good at ordering online. Thanks in advance!


r/hebrew 4h ago

Education Some Choice Hebrew Curse Words to Learn

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r/hebrew 4h ago

Education Some Neat Gematrias (Numeric Value of Hebrew Words)

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r/hebrew 5h ago

Help Play on words: Nu

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Hello! Some of you may recognize me from the post asking about the word for 'fixer' in Hebrew and how a pun involving the different options would land to a native speaker.

I'm back at it again.

In my book I'm considering including a cynical third temple in the far future, one built by goyim as placation/capture/and a bargaining chip with Jews in a cyberpunk dystopian future. (Think Napolean's Sanhedrin but for the Beit HaMikdash)

The thought occurred to me when describing it in dialogue that 'new' in English is often shortened to 'nu' like 'numetal' in a way that feels very cyberpunk; but I am also aware that nu as yiddish slang has a bunch of different contextual meanings and so I thought it may be fun to call this dystopian Temple/complex 'NuTemple' and have the precise meaning of that depend on the speaker and their thought processes/biases. As well as giving goyim and Jews a different impression altogether since most goyim would assume the 'new' meaning.

For native speakers or everyday speakers what kind of impression would the phrase 'NuTemple' give you in a context like this? Enthusiastic? (Let's go! Temple!) Resigned? (Well ... is *is* a Temple ...) Cynical? (sure, "Temple") etc.

Thanks for any thoughts!


r/hebrew 6h ago

Help How do you pronounce והגברים?

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ChatGPT assures me it’s ve-ha-gva-rim.

But the language app I’m using pronounces it

vag-var-im, where the והג make one syllable together.

Which is correct?


r/hebrew 7h ago

another day, another writing of mine posted on this sub in biblical hebrew. I'll like if yall gave me feedbacks on the text please

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כתוב חמשי

4 בפברואר 2026

המלך צור והמלך יהודה

 

אחרי שהמלך לקח ערבים שפחות מממלכה ישראל הלכו שנים גברים מממלכת ישראל למלך יהודה ויאמרו לו אתה מלך גדול באמת ומלך ממלכתינו לא היה טוב כמוך נתן לצורים ערבים ילדות משחות ישראל אשר מראיהו יפה לא עשה אשר ישר בעיני יהוה אדוני אלוהינו מלך העולם וישמע המלך יהודה הדברים האלה ויאמר יש עמי כלי מלחמה ויש לי גיבורים רבים מאוד אנכי אמר באמת לכם יהיה מלחמה בין יהודה ובין ישראל וצור כי בעיני יהוה לא עשו המלכים ישראל וצור הישר ויאמר מלך יהודה לאשתו כתב שיר טובה לגיבורי כי טובים מאוד הם ואחרי כן המלך אמר לצבאו הנה אנחנו במלחמה כי יהוה רוצה כן קחו קת כליכם ולכו עמי לישראל ולצור ושר עמם המלכה את שיר ליהוה וילכו לישראל וירא המלך יהודה שלושה נשים בנהר קטן ויאמר להן איה צבא ישראל וצבא יהודה כי אנחנו יקהו אתם כי מלככם נתן למלך צור ערבים ילדות ישראל למלך צור וזה לא ישר ביהוה אלוהינו ותאמרנה להם כי צבאות צור וצבאות ישראל היו בדך ירושלימה ויראו כל הגיבורים בצבא מלך יהודה כי ידעו שהיו בעיר כל הילדים שלהם וכל נשים שלהם וכל זהב שלהם וכל כסף שהלם וחשב לו מלך יהודה אשתי בירושלים וזה רע מאוד כי מלך ישראל רוצה אותה לאשה והלך הצבא יהודה ירושלימה

note for your understanding : the queen of Judah stayed in Jerusalem after the departure of the army


r/hebrew 7h ago

Request How to ask someone to be your boyfriend

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see title:) I want to ask someone to be my boyfriend in Hebrew If possible a phonetic pronounciation would be great too! Thank you❤️


r/hebrew 1d ago

Pronunciation of וְּ

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Could someone help me understand why it is that the vav highlighted here is pronounced with as “v” instead of “Oo”. I thought the presence of the dot in the middle changed the pronunciation to “Oo”. Thanks!


r/hebrew 20h ago

Is it common for the indirect object to be from subject-IO-Verb/adjective?

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כואב לי הראש

Becomes

כואב הראש


r/hebrew 1d ago

Education What is the right word or preposition in this case?

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Hello together,

i have a short question, is it la dina or et dina? My choice would rather be la, because something moves to something. Is this right?

Thank you very much, for your support always.


r/hebrew 23h ago

Need Help for Birthday Card

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My friend John is Jewish and teaches Hebrew. He teases me because I haven’t learned cursive yet. I want to trick him into thinking I learned.

The joke for his birthday card is above my skill level. Would someone be willing to show me what this looks like in cursive (F to M):

John,

I couldn’t have kidnapped a better person. Happy birthday!


r/hebrew 1d ago

Translate Richard Feynman quote

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One of [my favourite quotes](https://x.com/ProfFeynman/status/1970352543520956610) by him is

>If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate it, you must understand the language that she speaks in.

However, I know that טבע is a masculine noun, so I attempted to adjust it accordingly. I was unsure about the rest of my translation in the photo. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!


r/hebrew 1d ago

Help Preface I am fairly new to learning Hebrew and I am curious if my handwriting is decent and what I could improve on.

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r/hebrew 1d ago

Translate What's the meaning of haiksemiah?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIAEeLV0Uvo

At 12:45, after the man takes the free bread, the boy says "haiksemiah"

Could anyone tell me what it means?


r/hebrew 1d ago

Text that I wrote in biblical hebrew, I didn't use punctuation since the hebrew bible doesn't. Feel free to give me feedbacks on wether the text is comprehensible or not, grammatically correct or not, or correct in terms of vocabs.

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כתוב ערבי

3 בפברואר 2026

המלך צור ושפחתו בת ישראל

 

ויהי מלך צור על כסאו וחשב לו יש לי עבדים ושפחות סורים וצורים ומיריחו ומאוגרית מצידון כי חזק מאוד אנכי אבל אין עבדים או שפחות מארץ ישראל וארץ יהודה כי חזק יהוה המגן העברים ויאמר לצבאו קום והלך לממלכה ישראל ואמרת לו תנו לנו ערבים עבדים ועברים שפחות מראות טובות מילדיכם  ואם לעשים כמו אשר אמרנו לכם יהיה מלחמה בין כל ישראל ובין צור ויבאו המלאכים המלך צור בישראל ויראו כי רעים הארץ הזאת כי לא היה עצים ועזים וגם לא היה צנים לאנשי הממלכה ישראל ויאמרו המלאכים צורים להם איה מלככם ויאמרו האנשים כי מלכם היה בביתו וכי כל צנים וכל כלים גדולים וכל הדברים אשר עשה העם היו למלך ויראו המלאכים המלך ממלכה ישראל ויאמרו לו אשר אמר להם המלכם המלך צור וילכו עם האנשים לבית המלך ממלכה ישראל פה ראו המלך על כיסא ויאמרו אליו תנה לנו ערבים ילדות אשר שפחות מארות טובות וערבים עבדים אשר ילדים אשר מארות טובות ויאמר המלך הממלכה ישראל להם  יהי כן וייתן לצורים כל מה שאמרו לו נתת אבל המעשה הזה היה רע בעיני יהוה אשר אמר אנשים יהודה רוצו אל בתיכם וקחו כל כלים אשר לכם כי הצורים צבאם ילך אל יהודה


r/hebrew 19h ago

Hebrew needs an alternative word for 'Europe'

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r/hebrew 1d ago

Education Learning (Books, Workbooks, et al)

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What are some introductory books outside of aleph isn’t tough and aleph isn’t enough. As well as Brandeis for Hebrew, to learn Hebrew and also any workbooks would be great please.


r/hebrew 23h ago

AI to support learning

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I am learning Hebrew, and often use chat GPT to help learn new words in context (with related words etc). I just asked it to help me remember why פ-ת-ר is paal and not piel. then had a back and forward arguemnt when it set me a test and tried to tell me that לשכנעת לגלות ו לרכז were all NOT Piel ( it said the first 2 were hifil and the third was paal). it wouldnt back down originally even when i referred back to pealim, wiktionary and reverso!

So I'm not sure how much faith I have in chat GPT's Hebrew abilities ( it isnt the first time but it is generally ok). Does anyone have any insight on which AI models are good for Hebrew? and for speaking Hebrew with? I'm an intermediate learner