Hebrew Nouns
Learning the Hebrew Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Hebrew language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Hebrew.
Hebrew nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Hebrew Nouns |
| nouns | shemot 'etsem - שמות עצם |
| my car | hemekhoneyt sheley - המכונית שלי |
| green car | mekhoneyt eyrokeh - מכונית ירוקה |
| three cars | shelosh mekhoneyot - שלוש מכוניות |
| car garage | mosekh - מוסך |
| outside the car | meẖots lemekhoneyt - מחוץ למכונית |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Hebrew has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hebrew.
List of Nouns in Hebrew
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Hebrew placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hebrew vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Hebrew Nouns |
| arm | zero' - זרוע |
| back | guev - גב |
| cheeks | leẖeyeym - לחיים |
| chest | ẖezeh - חזה |
| chin | seneṭer - סנטר |
| ear | aozen - אוזן |
| elbow | merefek - מרפק |
| eye | 'eyn - עין |
| face | feneym - פנים |
| finger | atseve' - אצבע |
| fingers | atseve'ot - אצבעות |
| foot | reguel - רגל |
| hair | shey'er - שיער |
| hand | eyḏ - יד |
| head | reash - ראש |
| heart | lev - לב |
| knee | verekh - ברך |
| leg | reguel - רגל |
| lip | shefeh - שפה |
| mouth | feh - פה |
| neck | tsooar - צוואר |
| nose | af - אף |
| shoulder | khetef - כתף |
| stomach | veṭen - בטן |
| teeth | sheyneyeym - שיניים |
| thigh | eyrekh - ירך |
| throat | gueron - גרון |
| thumb | agueoḏel - אגודל |
| toe | atseve' shel reguel - אצבע של רגל |
| tongue | leshon - לשון |
| tooth | shen - שן |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Hebrew, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hebrew Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Hebrew lessons here: Learn Hebrew. Don't forget to bookmark this page.