Learn Hebrew for life in IsraelAll word listsHebrew word lists for life in Israel
5,107 words, twelve levels, 22 topics — the vocabulary of Ivrit Road, free to read here and free to practise in the app, with sound, example sentences and quizzes that remember what you know.
Start: 100 words for your first week
By level
Level 1: Foundationsיְסוֹדוֹת
year 0 · 154 wordsLevel 2: Survivalהִשָּׂרְדוּת
year 1 · 393 wordsLevel 3: Daily lifeשִׁגְרָה
year 2 · 738 wordsLevel 4: Bureaucracyבִּיּוּרוֹקְרַטְיָה
year 3 · 805 wordsLevel 5: Work lifeעֲבוֹדָה
year 4 · 820 wordsLevel 6: Slang & idiomsסְלֶנְג וְנִיבִים
years 5–6 · 833 wordsLevel 7: Formal & newsעִבְרִית רִשְׁמִית
years 7–8 · 491 wordsLevel 8: Academic & legalאָקָדֶמְיָה וּמִשְׁפָּט
years 9–11 · 264 wordsLevel 9: Rabbinic & Aramaicלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים
years 12–15 · 131 wordsLevel 10: Literaryלָשׁוֹן סִפְרוּתִית
years 16–21 · 166 wordsLevel 11: Eruditeלְשׁוֹן מַשְׂכִּילִים
years 22–29 · 150 wordsLevel 12: Lexicographerבַּעַל לָשׁוֹן
years 30–40 · 162 words
year 0 · 154 wordsLevel 2: Survivalהִשָּׂרְדוּת
year 1 · 393 wordsLevel 3: Daily lifeשִׁגְרָה
year 2 · 738 wordsLevel 4: Bureaucracyבִּיּוּרוֹקְרַטְיָה
year 3 · 805 wordsLevel 5: Work lifeעֲבוֹדָה
year 4 · 820 wordsLevel 6: Slang & idiomsסְלֶנְג וְנִיבִים
years 5–6 · 833 wordsLevel 7: Formal & newsעִבְרִית רִשְׁמִית
years 7–8 · 491 wordsLevel 8: Academic & legalאָקָדֶמְיָה וּמִשְׁפָּט
years 9–11 · 264 wordsLevel 9: Rabbinic & Aramaicלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים
years 12–15 · 131 wordsLevel 10: Literaryלָשׁוֹן סִפְרוּתִית
years 16–21 · 166 wordsLevel 11: Eruditeלְשׁוֹן מַשְׂכִּילִים
years 22–29 · 150 wordsLevel 12: Lexicographerבַּעַל לָשׁוֹן
years 30–40 · 162 words
By topic
Everyday verbs835 wordsDescribing things409 wordsHome & family333 wordsThought & argument326 wordsFood & shopping324 wordsSmall words276 wordsNews & society254 wordsWork & tech238 wordsNature & weather216 wordsShabbat & holidays209 wordsBureaucracy & law206 wordsSlang & everyday talk204 wordsGetting around178 wordsNumbers & time165 wordsFeelings & character159 wordsSchool & study152 wordsBody & health141 wordsIdioms & sayings133 wordsLiterary & poetic131 wordsRabbinic & Aramaic98 wordsAcademy coinages73 wordsGreetings & manners47 words
What Ivrit Road is
A free web app for English speakers living in Israel or moving there: a placement test that sets your level, flashcards and quizzes with real voices, listening, typing and speaking practice, reading real documents (a bill, a form, a notice from the municipality), phone menus, conversations, and courses that follow the first years in the country. It works offline and on any phone. Open the app.