Hebrew Prepositions
Learning the Hebrew Prepositions 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 Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Hebrew.
Hebrew prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Hebrew Prepositions |
| Prepositions | meylot eyẖes - מילות יחס |
| inside the house | vetokh heveyt - בתוך הבית |
| outside the car | meẖots lemekhoneyt - מחוץ למכונית |
| with me | atey - אתי |
| without him | vele'eḏeyo - בלעדיו |
| under the table | meteẖet lesholeẖen - מתחת לשולחן |
| after tomorrow | meẖereteyeym - מחרתיים |
| before sunset | lefeney heshekey'eh - לפני השקיעה |
| but I'm busy | avel aney 'esok - אבל אני עסוק |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Hebrew has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hebrew.
List of Prepositions in Hebrew
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Hebrew placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hebrew vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Hebrew Prepositions |
| about | 'el - על |
| above | me'el - מעל |
| across | me'ever - מעבר |
| after | aẖerey - אחרי |
| against | negueḏ / mol - נגד / מול |
| among | veyn - בין |
| around | meseveyv - מסביב |
| as | khemo - כמו |
| at | leyḏ / v - ליד / ב |
| before | lefeney - לפני |
| behind | meaẖorey - מאחורי |
| below | melemeṭeh - מלמטה |
| beneath | meteẖet - מתחת |
| beside | leyḏ - ליד |
| between | veyn - בין |
| beyond | me'ever - מעבר |
| but | avel - אבל |
| by | 'el eyḏey / 'el eyḏ / v - על ידי / על יד / ב |
| despite | lemerot - למרות |
| down | meṭeh - מטה |
| during | vemehelekh / vezemen sh - במהלך / בזמן ש |
| except | ẖots m - חוץ מ |
| for | 'evor - עבור |
| from | men - מן |
| in | vetokh / v - בתוך / ב |
| inside | vetokh / vefeneym - בתוך / בפנים |
| into | letokh - לתוך |
| near | leyḏ / 'el eyḏ - ליד / על יד |
| next | hevea - הבא |
| of | shel - של |
| on | 'el - על |
| opposite | mol - מול |
| out | ẖots - חוץ |
| outside | veẖots - בחוץ |
| over | me'ever - מעבר |
| per | lekhel / l - לכל / ל |
| plus | o'oḏ / felos - ועוד / פלוס |
| round | 'egueol - עגול |
| since | meaz - מאז |
| than | measher / m - מאשר / מ |
| through | ḏerekh - דרך |
| till | 'eḏ - עד |
| to | al - אל |
| toward | al - אל |
| under | meteẖet - מתחת |
| unlike | shelea khemo - שלא כמו |
| until | 'eḏ - עד |
| up | leme'eleh - למעלה |
| via | veametse'ot / ḏerekh - באמצעות / דרך |
| with | 'em - עם |
| within | vetokh - בתוך |
| without | lelea - ללא |
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| two words | shetey meyleym - שתי מילים |
| according to | 'el fey / lefey - על פי / לפי |
| because of | veguelel - בגלל |
| close to | vesemokh - בסמוך |
| due to | veguelel - בגלל |
| except for | ẖots m - חוץ מ |
| far from | reẖok m - רחוק מ |
| inside of | vetokh - בתוך |
| instead of | vemekom - במקום |
| near to | semokh l - סמוך ל |
| next to | leyḏ - ליד |
| outside of | meẖots l - מחוץ ל |
| prior to | lefeney - לפני |
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| three words | shelosh meyleym - שלוש מילים |
| as far as | khekhel sh / 'eḏ l - ככל ש / עד ל |
| as well as | khemo guem - כמו גם |
| in addition to | nosef 'el / nosef l - נוסף על / נוסף ל |
| in front of | mol / veẖezeyt h - מול / בחזית ה |
| in spite of | lemerot - למרות |
| on behalf of | meṭe'em - מטעם |
| on top of | me'ever l - מעבר ל |
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| demonstrative pronouns | |
| this | zeh - זה |
| that | zeh - זה |
| these | aleh - אלה |
| those | alo - אלו |
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