Time and days in Hebrew
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Hebrew words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hebrew phrases in this lesson
- ืขืืฉืืakh-SHAV
- Now
- ืืืจ ืืa-KHAR KAH
- Later
- ืืืืha-YOM
- Today
- ืืืจMA-khar
- Tomorrow
- ืืขืจืha-E-rev
- Tonight
- ืืชื?ma-TAI
- When?
- ืืชื ืื ื ืคืชื?ma-TAI zeh nif-TAKH
- What time does it open?
- ืจืง ืจืืขrak RE-ga
- One moment, please
- ืืงืืชda-KOT
- Minutes
- ืฉืขืืชsha-OT
- Hours
Hebrew "now" means now, and Israelis mean it. Punctuality is real in business but relaxed in social settings. "Akhshav" plus a nod is a commitment.
"We'll talk later" is "nedaber akhsar kakh". "Bizman" (in time, in a bit) is the shorter-horizon version.
Ha means "the", yom means "day". Same pattern: tomorrow is "machar", yesterday is "etmol". Time words in Hebrew are straightforward.
Simple one-word past tense: etmol (yesterday). The pattern: machar bakerot (tomorrow morning), machar ba-erev (tomorrow evening).
Literally "just a moment", heard constantly.