We hope this primer will help you enhance your experience when you come to the Holy Land. If you are interested in learning more Hebrew before you leave for your tour, we invite you to visit our user-friendly Learn Hebrew Online site, where you can hear pronunciations of the words and even download an English-Hebrew Conversational Guide. We look forward to speaking with you in Israel soon – but don’t worry, we’re happy to speak English as well as Hebrew!
| English |
Hebrew (Transliterated English Pronunciation) |
| Yes |
ken |
| No |
lo |
| Please |
be’vakasha |
| Excuse me |
s’leeha |
| Thanks |
toda |
| Thanks a lot |
toda raba |
| Hello |
shalom |
| Good-bye |
shalom or le’hitra’ot (le’heatra’oat) |
| See you again |
le’hitra’ot (le’heatra’oat) |
| Good morning |
boker tov (bo-care tov) |
| Good afternoon |
tzohorayeem toveem (tso-ho-rye-eem toveem) |
| Good evening |
erev tov |
| Good night |
laila tov |
| How much is it? |
kama ze ole (olay)? |
| What time is it? |
ma hasha’a? |
