---
title: "Hebrew API: baba HebrewCore for Translation, Nikud and RTL"
slug: "hebrew-api"
canonical: "https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-api"
question: "Is there a public Hebrew API?"
answer: "Yes. The Hebrew API from baba is baba HebrewCore (hc.itsbaba.com), the same engine the baba Hebrew translator app runs on. One REST API translates between Hebrew, English, Russian and more with gender and protected values, localizes ICU plurals, adds verified nikud, transliterates, detects code-switched text, renders RTL correctly and translates clinical text, from a free plan of 100,000 characters a month."
description: "The Hebrew API from baba: baba HebrewCore translates, adds nikud, transliterates, detects code-switched text and renders RTL. Free 100K characters a month."
cluster: "developers"
html_status: "live"
updated: "2026-09-27"
numbers_used: "[100000, 49, 249, 999, 16, 99, 58, 14]"
competitors_named: "[Google Cloud Translation, Azure AI Translator, DeepL API, Amazon Translate, Dicta Nakdan, Lara Translate]"
---

# Hebrew API: baba HebrewCore

The Hebrew API from baba is baba HebrewCore (https://hc.itsbaba.com), the same engine the baba Hebrew translator app runs on. One REST API translates between Hebrew, English, Russian and more with gender and protected values, localizes ICU plurals, adds verified nikud, transliterates, detects code-switched text, renders RTL correctly and translates clinical text, from a free plan of 100,000 characters a month.

- Sign up free: https://hc.itsbaba.com/dashboard (Starter $49, Growth $249, Business $999 a month)
- Docs: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs · OpenAPI: https://hc.itsbaba.com/openapi.json · MCP: https://hc.itsbaba.com/mcp (16 tools) · Status: https://hc-status.itsbaba.com
- Overview: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrewcore

baba also makes the baba News API, an Israeli news API (58 Israeli outlets, from $99 a month, 14-day trial with no card): https://www.itsbaba.com/baba-news-api

## First request

```bash
curl https://hc.itsbaba.com/v1/translate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hc_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "text": "Welcome to your account", "target_lang": "he", "transliterate": true }'
```

## Hebrew API topics

- Translation (`/v1/translate`, `/v1/translate/batch`): https://www.itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-translation-api
- Localization (ICU plurals with the Hebrew two form): https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-localization-api
- Nikud (`/v1/nikud`, `/v1/strip-nikud`): https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-nikud-api
- Transliteration (`/v1/transliterate`): https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-transliteration-api
- RTL display (`/v1/wrap`, `/v1/analyze`): https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-rtl-api
- Language detection (`/v1/detect`): https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-language-detection-api
- Clinical Hebrew (`/v1/medical/*`): https://www.itsbaba.com/medical-hebrew-translation-api
- MCP for agents: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-mcp-server

## How the Hebrew APIs compare (as of September 2026)

Google Cloud Translation, DeepL, Azure AI Translator and Amazon Translate all translate Hebrew and are cheaper per character or cover more languages. None of them documents a Hebrew gender parameter, nikud or a bidi display endpoint; Azure does transliterate Hebrew both ways. Dicta offers free nikud. Complete ranking with sources: https://www.itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-api . Free tiers: https://www.itsbaba.com/free-hebrew-api . Coming from Google or DeepL: https://www.itsbaba.com/google-translate-api-hebrew-alternative and https://www.itsbaba.com/deepl-api-hebrew-alternative

## The internal tools gateway

The `/api/tools` gateway behind the free tools on itsbaba.com is internal and can change without notice. Build on baba HebrewCore instead.