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PricingAboutSupportThe 100 Most Common Words
A short list does most of the work in Biblical Hebrew. Particles and a handful of verbs open whole chapters.
How the List Is Built
The companion word list in this module follows standard printed lemma-frequency lists for the Hebrew Bible (particles split from their hosts). Exact rank moves when a dictionary treats ו or הַ as part of the next word, or when proper names are excluded. No occurrence counts are printed here.
What to Learn First
The prefixed particles וְ הַ לְ בְּ אֵת מִן עַל אֶל, then אֲשֶׁר כֹּל לֹא כִּי, then הָיָה אָמַר עָשָׂה. After that, the nouns of family, land, and time. Genesis 1 recycles this set immediately.
and
who, which
because, that
to be
Citation Form Versus Text Form
Lists give a dictionary shape (כֹּל, אֵת). The pageant in a verse may be כָּל־ or אֶת־. Learn both, and keep a grammar's paradigm chart nearby.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | English | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְ | ve | and | ||
| הַ | ha | the | ||
| לְ | le | to, for | ||
| בְּ | be | in, at, with | ||
| אֵת | et | direct object marker; with | Citation form אֵת; often אֶת before a noun. | |
| מִן | min | from | ||
| עַל | al | on, upon, concerning | ||
| אֶל | el | to, toward | ||
| אֲשֶׁר | asher | who, which, that | ||
| כֹּל | kol | all, every | Construct form כָּל before a noun. | |
| לֹא | lo | not | ||
| כִּי | ki | because, that, for, when | ||
| הָיָה | hayah | to be | ||
| אָמַר | amar | to say | ||
| יְהוָה | YHWH | the LORD | The Tetragrammaton; Jewish reading traditionally says Adonai, not the written consonants. | |
| אֱלֹהִים | elohim | God; gods | Plural in form; often a singular God in context. | |
| בֵּן | ben | son | ||
| הוּא | hu | he; that | ||
| עָשָׂה | asah | to do, make | ||
| מֶלֶךְ | melekh | king | ||
| יִשְׂרָאֵל | yisra'el | Israel | ||
| אִישׁ | ish | man, husband, each | ||
| יוֹם | yom | day | ||
| פָּנִים | panim | face, presence | Plural in form. | |
| בַּיִת | bayit | house | ||
| נָתַן | natan | to give | ||
| עַם | am | people | ||
| יָד | yad | hand | ||
| הָלַךְ | halakh | to walk, go | ||
| בּוֹא | bo | to come, enter | ||
| אֶרֶץ | eretz | land, earth | ||
| דָּבָר | davar | word, thing, matter | ||
| רָאָה | ra'ah | to see | ||
| אָב | av | father | ||
| שָׁמַע | shama | to hear | ||
| יָצָא | yatza | to go out | ||
| אִם | im | if | ||
| הִנֵּה | hineh | behold | ||
| עַד | ad | until, as far as | ||
| עִם | im | with | ||
| עַיִן | ayin | eye; spring | ||
| מוּת | mut | to die | ||
| שָׁם | sham | there | ||
| לֵב | lev | heart | ||
| רֹאשׁ | rosh | head | ||
| עִיר | ir | city | ||
| קָרָא | qara | to call, read | ||
| יָדַע | yada | to know | ||
| דָּוִד | david | David | ||
| עָלָה | alah | to go up | ||
| שָׁנָה | shanah | year | ||
| שֵׁם | shem | name | ||
| כֵּן | ken | so, thus | ||
| עֶבֶד | eved | servant, slave | ||
| נֶפֶשׁ | nefesh | life, person, throat | ||
| גַּם | gam | also, even | ||
| אַתָּה | atah | you (ms) | ||
| אֲנִי | ani | I | ||
| נָשָׂא | nasa | to lift, carry | ||
| אֶחָד | ekhad | one | ||
| דֶּרֶךְ | derekh | way, road | ||
| שִׂים | sim | to put, set | ||
| לָקַח | laqakh | to take | ||
| דִּבֶּר | dibber | to speak | ||
| מֹשֶׁה | moshe | Moses | ||
| יְהוּדָה | yehudah | Judah | ||
| כֹּהֵן | kohen | priest | ||
| אַל | al | do not | Prohibitive particle, not the preposition עַל. | |
| אֵין | ein | there is not | ||
| זֶה | zeh | this (m) | ||
| הִיא | hi | she | ||
| הֵם | hem | they | ||
| זֹאת | zot | this (f) | ||
| עַתָּה | attah | now | ||
| בַּת | bat | daughter | ||
| אָח | akh | brother | ||
| אִשָּׁה | ishah | woman, wife | ||
| מַיִם | mayim | water | Dual/plural in form. | |
| קוֹל | qol | voice, sound | ||
| מָקוֹם | maqom | place | ||
| הַר | har | mountain | ||
| רוּחַ | ruakh | wind, spirit, breath | ||
| שָׁמַיִם | shamayim | heaven, sky | Dual/plural in form. | |
| אָכַל | akhal | to eat | ||
| יָשַׁב | yashav | to sit, dwell | ||
| שׁוּב | shuv | to return | ||
| שָׁלַח | shalakh | to send | ||
| נָפַל | nafal | to fall | ||
| מָצָא | matza | to find | ||
| יָרַד | yarad | to go down | ||
| עָבַד | avad | to serve, work | ||
| לַיְלָה | laylah | night | ||
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpat | judgment, justice, custom | ||
| שָׁמַר | shamar | to keep, guard | ||
| עוֹד | od | still, again, more | ||
| מִי | mi | who | ||
| מָה | mah | what | ||
| אָדָם | adam | human; Adam | ||
| יְרוּשָׁלַיִם | yerushalayim | Jerusalem | Printed pointing varies; ketiv is often ירושלם. | |
| מִצְרַיִם | mitzrayim | Egypt |
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