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Most common Hebrew words 1–500

500 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400
מַיִם
(uncountable) water
Noun
גָּבֹהַ
high; tall: having a great height.; high, large
Adjective
מֶלֶךְ
king
Masculine noun
לְיַד־
Beside, near, by, near to, next to, adjacent to, alongside.
Preposition
קָנָה
to buy, to purchase; to get, to appoint, to obtain, to acquire, to assign; to be appointed to a position, assigned a certain work; to possess, to captivate; to accept as true, to believe
Pa'al verb
בְּדִיּוּק
exactly, precisely; just, just now
Adverb
תּוֹדָה
thank you, thanks, ta
Interjection
מִתּוֹךְ
From, out of.
Preposition
גִּיל
age, period; joy, happiness
Masculine noun
סֻפַּר
To be told, to be recounted.
Pu'al verb
יָצַר
to form, to mold, to fashion; to create; to produce, to generate
Pa'al verb
זְכוּת
a right, a legal right, a moral right; a privilege; a merit
Feminine noun
מְיֻחָד
unique, special
Adjective
ב
initialism of בֵּינַיִם, used to indicate that a term originates from the third layer of the Hebrew language: Medieval Hebrew
Noun
יָדָה
to throw, cast; to worship; to revere; to hold out one's hand; to bemoan; to praise
Pa'al verb
אֶחָד
one, one of
Pronoun
בָּן
to understand.
Pa'al verb
מָקוֹר
A source, an origin, a root.; A fountain, a wellspring; infinitive
Masculine noun
הֵחֵל
to begin, to start
Hif'il verb
בַּזְמַן
on time (punctually)
Adverb
עֶרֶב
evening, night; the day before
Masculine noun
בְּחִירָה
a choice, a pick, a selection; an election, a vote
Feminine noun
אִמָּא
mother
Feminine noun
בִּכְלָל
in general; at all
Adverb
תְּחוּם
area, zone, range; discipline, subject, field (of study/work); limit, domain, border; sphere (region of activity)
Masculine noun
מִין
kind; species; gender, sex; sex (sexual intercourse); gender; heretic
Masculine noun
צוּרָה
shape (appearance or outline), form, figure; way, method, fashion
Feminine noun
מוּל
Opposite, against, facing.
Preposition
בָּרוּר
Clear: evident, obvious, apparent, certain.
Adjective
מַטָּרָה
a target, aim.; a cause, a goal, aim (result one is attempting to achieve)
Feminine noun
וְכֵן
likewise
Adverb
שְׁאֵלָה
question
Feminine noun
אֱמֶת
truth
Feminine noun
נָשִׁים
women; an order of the Mishnah
Noun
פָּשׁוּט
simple; plain
Adjective
הִצִּיעַ
Spread.; Suggest, propose, recommend, offer.
Hif'il verb
חִפֵּשׂ
to look for, search for, seek
Pi'el verb
בִּלְתִּי
not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.; beside, but, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without
Adverb
דֵּעָה
opinion, point of view; knowledge
Feminine noun
כִּמְעַט
almost
Adverb
סוּג
sort (kind, type); genus
Masculine noun
זָכַר
to remember
Pa'al verb
הֵנָּה
hither, (to) here, over (to) here
Adverb
מֵת
To die.; To be crazy or mad about something.
Pa'al verb
כְּאִלּוּ
as if, as though; like, kind of; really!; meaning/ I mean
Conjunction
לְגַבֵּי
About, regarding, in connection with, with respect to.
Preposition
חָדָשׁ
new, recently made; new, current, recent (as opposed to former)
Adjective
אוּלָם
A hall: a large room, an arena, a salon.
Masculine noun
קוֹל
voice (also in its figurative senses of statement, opinion, or order); sound (see also צליל); vote
Masculine noun
יַחַד
together
Adverb
אֵל
god (a deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed); strength; (only in the phrase יש לאל ידי (“it is in my power”)).
Masculine noun
בַּז
to take spoil
Pa'al verb
בָּחַר
to choose, to opt, to select.; to prefer; to appoint
Pa'al verb
הֶעֱבִיר
To hand over, transmit, bring or take across, transfer, pass.
Hif'il verb
הֶאֱדִים
to redden
Hif'il verb
נָשָׂא
to lift; to bear, carry, support; to endure; to deliver (a speech), to say (often in an oath)
Pa'al verb
כָּבוֹד
honor; respect; esteem; dignity, self-respect; reputation; With third-person possessive suffixes, used to form polite second-person pronouns.
Masculine noun
רוּחַ
Wind, a wind: (a) movement of atmospheric air.; Air, atmosphere.; A direction, a cardinal direction: any of north, south, east, or west.; breath; A person's spirit, soul.; A person's spirit, mind: his or her desires, emotions, personality, and so on, taken collectively.; The spirit of something: its core, its essence, its purpose.; The spirit of something: its manner or style.; A spirit, a ghost: a supernatural creature.
Masculine noun
שִׁמּוּשׁ
use, utilization, using, making use (of)
Masculine noun
צִבּוּר
A public, a community.
Masculine noun
חוֹסֶר
lack, absence, deficiency, in-
Masculine noun
לַיְלָה
night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark); adversity
Masculine noun
עָרַךְ
to organize, manage, handle, arrange, set up; to formulate, draw up; to lead (a ceremony); to edit; to set (a table)
Pa'al verb
סִפֵּר
to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount; to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to; to speak; to declare
Pi'el verb
נָשִׂיא
A president: a head of state in various forms of government.; A prince: the head or ruler of a nation or tribe.; A chairman, a head; especially, the "prince" (head) of the Sanhedrin.; a cloud
Masculine noun
שֵׂעָר
hair
Masculine noun
תּוֹרָה
instruction, teaching; Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses). Also known as the Law, the Pentateuch.; the Written Torah and Oral Torah; the Tanakh and Talmud; theory
Feminine noun
כְּלָל
A rule, a norm: a normative specification of desirable behavior.; A rule, a generality: a positive description of common behavior.; The members of a group, taken as a whole.
Masculine noun
עוֹד
more, another
Determiner
מְכָל
container, bin
Masculine noun
אֵרוּעַ
event; function (official or social occasion)
Masculine noun
חֲצִי
half
Masculine noun
טָעַן
to load (a vehicle or beast of burden); to load (a weapon); to charge (a battery); to load (a file or program); to claim, assert, maintain, argue; to contend; to plead; to claim (ownership of something)
Pa'al verb
שָׁמַר
to guard; to keep; to save
Pa'al verb
אֵם
mother (a female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc)); mother, feminine originator or codifier (as in "the mother of all battles")
Feminine noun
הֶרְאָה
to show
Hif'il verb
מִקְרֶה
A case, an instance, an occurrence, an event.
Masculine noun
מֵאָז
Since, ever since.
Preposition
נְקֻדָּה
point; dot; full stop, period; aspect, facet; vertex
Feminine noun
חִנּוּךְ
education
Masculine noun
אַלָּה
A club for beating.
Feminine noun
אִחֵר
to be late
Pi'el verb
לִמּוּד
the process of learning, studying, or getting instructed; a study
Masculine noun
מְאֻחָר
late, belated
Adjective
חָבַר
to join (person), to join in, to team up with, to join forces with; to be friends with, to associate with; to band up against
Pa'al verb
בְּעִקָּר
Principally, mainly, primarily, especially, particularly.
Adverb
רְחוֹב
street; open square, market (an open place in a town where trials and markets were held)
Masculine noun
הַחְלָטָה
A decision: an act of deciding, or the result thereof.
Feminine noun
לְאֻמִּי
National: of a nation, or of nations.
Adjective
בִּיֵּת
to domesticate, tame
Pi'el verb
נִקְרָא
to be read; to be called
Nif'al verb
אַהֲבָה
love, affection
Feminine noun
עָצַם
to close (one's eyes); to become mighty
Pa'al verb
יְכֹלֶת
Ability, capability, power: the ability to do something.; Ability, capability, power: something that one is able to do.
Feminine noun
מָוֶת
death
Masculine noun
עָנָה
to answer, to reply; to respond, to react; to speak
Pa'al verb
אַבָּא
father (a male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.)); Father, especially the speaker's own father.
Masculine noun
אֲמִתִּי
real, true, actual
Adjective