Hebrew Phrases

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Hebrew-English Phrase Glossary

Hebrew-English Phrase Glossary Here is a small translation dictionary of common Hebrew expressions of greeting or conversation "facilitators", especially ones you might encounter in e-mail. They are alphabetic by the English spelling of the Hebrew w ords. There are many common English spellings of the same Hebrew words, so this may cause some problems. For example, "Chag Sameach" (meaning Happy Holiday) is also often spelled "Hag Sameach" or even "Chag Sa'Mayoff". You may also see every combination of capitalization and small letters, except Yisrael w hich is always capitalized (but may be spelled Yisroel). And the phrase in Hebrew , among fluent Hebrew speakers, may be different from common Yiddish or other variations in the US or elsewhere. Oy veh! New entries are welcome — send them to the w ebmaster via email for inclusion.

Hebrew

English

Al Tid'ag

Don't worry

Am Yisrael Chai

The people of Israel live!

Be'ahava

With love

Be'ahavat Yisrael

With a love for Israel and its people

Baruch dayan emet

Blessed is the Judge of truth

Be'hatzlacha

Good luck!

Be'koac h

With strength

Be'shalom

With peace

Boker Tov

Good Morning

Chag Kasher V'Same'ach Wishing you a happy and Kosher Holiday (Passover greeting) Chag Sameach

Wishing you a Happy Holiday

Chag Succ ot sameac h

Wishing you a Happy Succ ot

Chodesh tov

Have a good month!

Erev Tov

Good Evening

G'mar Chatima Tova

May you be sealed for goodness in the book of life

Hakarat ha'emet

Ac knowledging the truth

Hakarat ha'tov

Ac knowledge [a person]

Hazak Ve'ematz

Be strong and brave

Ken yehi ratzon

May it be God's will

Klal Yisrael

The entirety of Israel

Kol Hakavod

Congratulations!

Kol Tuv

Best wishes

Lamah Lo?

Why not?

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Hebrew-English Phrase Glossary

L'shalom

May there be peac e

L'Shana Tovah

Happy New Year

L'shana Tovah Tikatavu

May you be inscribed for a good year

Layla tov

Good Night

Lehit

Later dude!

Lehitra'ot

See you later

Mazal Tov

Congratulations

Nesi'ah tovah

Have a good trip!

Shalom

Hello/Peace/Goodbye

Shalom uvrac ha

Peac e and blessing

Shalom v'Emet

Peac e and Truth

Shana Tovah U'metuka

Wishing you a good, sweet New Year

Shavuah Tov

Have a Good Week (Shabbat greeting)

Tizke l'mitzvot

May you have the privilege of fulfilling the c ommandments

Toda

Thank you

Toda raba

Thank you very much

Yihiyeh Tov

Things will be okay

Yishar Koac h

Well done! Keep it up!

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