Time, days and hours in Hebrew
138 words in Hebrew on the topic “time, days and hours”: שעה — hour, יום — day, היום — today, מחר — tomorrow.
138 words on the topic
- שעהшааhourBoth the unit of time and the watch on your wrist. Kama hashaa? — what time is it?
- יוםйомdayBoth day and day of the week: Monday is yom sheni, literally the second day
- היוםхайомtodayThe article ha + yom: literally this day. The same pattern as in akshav, now
- מחרмахарtomorrowThe throaty ח inside. Machar baerev — tomorrow evening
- אתמולэтмольyesterdayThe initial א gives no sound — etmol. The three words of time: yesterday, today, tomorrow
- בוקרбокерmorningThe Israeli morning is long: boker tov is said almost until midday
- ערבэрэвeveningThe initial ע is not read. Baerev — in the evening, one word with the prefix
- לילהлайлаnightThe same root as in laila tov. Masculine in Hebrew
- פעמיים ביוםпаамаим ба-йомtwice a dayPaam — a time, paamaim — twice: the dual lives in counting times too. Three times is shalosh peamim, and further on by the rule
- באיזו שעה?бэ-эйзо шаа?at what time?Literally "at which hour". The answer is built the same way: besheva — at seven. The shaa, hour, you know; it remains to recall the feminine forms of the numbers
- כבר מאוחרквар маухарit is already lateKvar — already: the word put before times and facts. Kvar meuchar — it is already late, time to go home
- ארוחת בוקרарухат бокерbreakfastLiterally "the meal of the morning": arucha is a meal. The Israeli breakfast is salad, cheese and coffee — and that is no joke
- ארוחת צהרייםарухат цораимlunchLiterally "the meal of noon": tzohoraim, noon, is always plural. Lunch in Israel is light — a salad or pasta
- ארוחת ערבарухат эрэвdinnerDinner, "the meal of the evening": the same pattern as breakfast. The family gathers in the evening — and that is the main sense of the word
- קודםкодэмfirstLiterally earlier, ahead: first means at first. You have already seen kodem kol — first of all; here the same word stands alone
- אחר כךахар кахthenLiterally after this: two words — you have already heard them on the road — yashar, veachar kach smola. It opens the second half of the story
- לאחר מכןле-ахар мхэнafter thatThe bookish achar kach: the same after that — but for a story in order, as in a letter. Keep the pair: achar kach — colloquial; leachar michan — written
- סוף סוףсоф софfinallyLiterally end-end — the relief after a long wait, often an exclamation: sof sof! And the list-making finally is said differently
- בזמן שби-зман ше-whileLiterally in the time that: two actions go at once. The she- glues to the next word — and a comma before the turn is put
- באותו זמןбэ-ото зманat the same timeLiterally in the same time: oto — that very — you know from bashavua hazot. It is also written together — bezmanit — the sense is the same
- לפני שлифнэй ше-beforeYou know lifnei — before — from before the date. After she- the future is not put — even if it is about the future — exactly like the English before you leave
- אחרי שахарей ше-afterThe pair to before: acharei — after. The same acharei you walked after the rain — acharei hageshem; here a whole action follows it
- ברגע שби-рэга ше-as soon asLiterally in the moment that: rega — the instant — you have already asked for it with rega, bevakasha. About the future one speaks the future here
- מאזмэ-азsince thenLiterally from then: the point from which everything went. A relative of me-etmol — since yesterday — and meaz haboker — since morning, of the same scheme
- תמידтамидalwaysFrom the root t-m-d, to measure: always is in all the measurements of time. It stands before the verb: hu tamid meacher
- לעיתים קרובותле-итим кровотoftenLiterally in close times: paam — a time — and itim — times. The pair with leitim rchokot — rarely; the words draw the scale of frequency themselves
- לעיתים רחוקותле-итим рахокотrarelyLiterally in far times: the opposite of often. In speech they also say it shorter — leitim with a negation
- לפעמיםле-фамимsometimesLiterally in times: paam — a time — which you know from paamaim bayom — twice a day. A word of swings: now yes, now no
- אף פעם לאаф паам лоneverLiterally even once not: af — even; the echad is not needed here — they say exactly af paam. The double negation is obligatory — without lo there is no phrase
- בדרך כללби-дэрэх клальusuallyLiterally in the way in general: derech — the road — and klal — the general. It means as a rule; the second word — klal — you will recognize in in general
- הרבה זמןхарбэ зманa long timeHebrew says much time — not long: harbe you know, zman — the time. Kama zman? — how long? — the same counting
- בכל פעםбэ-холь паамevery timeLiterally in every time: the same paam from sometimes. With she- it turns into a conjunction: bechol paam sheani ba — every time I come
- מדי פעםми-дэй паамfrom time to timeLiterally by the measure of a time: midai — by measure — from time to time, little by little. The colloquial replacement is lifamim
- עד היוםад ха-йомto this dayLiterally until today: to this far has two senses and Hebrew divides them — ad hayom is to this day as a summing up, od — still — as a process
- פתאוםпитаомsuddenlyOne whole word: unexpectedly, suddenly. And what if Hebrew says differently — ma im
- מראשмэ-рошin advanceLiterally from the head, from rosh — the head from the body lessons: in advance means from the very beginning. A booking, a payment, a plan — all can be merosh
- בזמןби-зманon timeLiterally in the time: came on time — ba bazman; late — meuchar. Do not mix it up with bizman she- — the conjunction from this same unit: there there are two words
- דחוףдэхуфurgentFrom lidchof — to push, to hurry: the urgent pushes. The second sense of the word — pushy, insistent — is said about a person carefully
- מידмиядimmediatelyOne short word: at once, right away. You have already promised ani miad ba — I am coming now; in letters it also means reply immediately
- בהדרגהбэ-хадрагаgraduallyLiterally by the steps — from madrega, the step you climbed in the house. In speech they often say leat — slowly — and that is also about gradualness
- ברגע האחרוןби-рэга ха-ахаронat the last momentLiterally in the last moment: the same rega from as soon as — and the acharon — the last — from the numbers wave. Usually it stands at the end of the phrase
- מתישהוматаишэуsooner or laterOne word instead of the English three: literally at some time — matai — when — from the question. Sooner or later equals someday
- פעם אחתфаам ахатonceLiterally one time: that is how stories begin — like once upon a time. Every time — kol paam — from the progress lesson; here it is the reverse
- בילדותби-йалдутin childhoodIn my childhood: the my hides inside the word itself. Without the -i it will be in childhood in general
- באותם ימיםбе-отам ямимin those timesThe otam — those — against ele — these — you know from this, that, these. In those times — from the mouths of grandpas and old stories
- זה היה מזמןзэ хая ми-зманit was long agoMizman — long ago — literally from the time. Long about the distant past — and aroch — about the length: they are not mixed
- פעם ראשונהфаам ришонаthe first timeThe paam rishona — for the first time; the paam achat of the last slot — once in general. The second time — paam shenia
- עתידатидthe futureThe atid — the future; the future tense of the verb is named exactly so — atid. The plans for it — tochniot laatid
- עברаварthe pastThe past has already passed: a play of words Israelis love. The present — hove; the future — atid
- תוכניות לעתיד הקרובтохнийот ле-атид ха-каровthe near plansThe tochnit — the plan; the English near plans Hebrew unfolds into the plans for the near future. You know karov — close
- בעוד שנהбе-од шанаin a yearBeod — literally with yet: the time has not come yet. You know od — still, more; together it makes in a year
- כל הזמןколь ха-зманconstantlyLiterally all the time: you know tamid — always — but kol hazman is livelier and more frequent in speech
- זמניתзманитtemporaryThe zmanit — temporary — from zman — the time: for the time. A temporary address in the papers stands exactly so
- זמן נוחзман ноахa convenient timeYou know noach — comfortable: a comfortable armchair — and a convenient time — the same word. From linuach — to rest — you know
- לקבוע שעהлеквоа шааto set the timeAn Israeli sets not the time but the hour — likboa shaa. The same verb fixes rules — fixed — established
- אחר הצהרייםахар ха-цхораимin the afternoonLiterally after the split of the day in two. The tzohoraim — always plural: the day here consists of two halves
- לקראת ערבле-карэт эревtowards the eveningLikrat — towards, to meet: the evening comes — and you go to meet it. The same is said towards the end
- בכל שעהбехоль шааat any timeIn any hour: you know shaa — the hour. The English at any time Hebrew measures in hours
- לא לפני חמשло лифнэй хамэшnot earlier than fiveThe hour is named by a feminine number: bachamesh — at five. The lifnei — before, earlier — you know from before I sign
- אגיע בזמןагиа бе-зманI will be on timeThe agia — I will come — the future of lehagia — to arrive: the same root as in the airport — the port of arrival. Bazman — on time
- עד שад шеuntilSpelled like ed — the witness, read ad — until: ad she- — until the moment when. After it stands the very event we wait for
- מֵאָהмеаa centuryThe same record as the hundred — which is why it carries the vowels; the sense here is a stretch of a hundred years: ha-mea ha-esrim — the twentieth century. The century almost always goes with the article ha-
- עידןиданan eraA big stretch of time, an age: idan ha-machshev — the computer era. A shorter period is tkufa — that word is in the same lesson
- עשורасорa decadeTen years in one word, from the same root as eser — ten. Lifnei asor — a decade ago
- תקופהткуфаa periodA stretch with a beginning and an end: tkufat ha-gshamim — the period of the rains. The word is of the same root as cyclic: circle after circle
- רגעрэгаa momentThe minimum of time: rega — just a minute, be-rega — in an instant. You know it from rega bevakasha — wait a moment
- ממושךмемушахlong (lasting)From limshoch — to pull: what is drawn out long. The familiar aroch simply means long about a thing, memushach — about time
- בימים האחרוניםби-ярим ха-ахаронимthese daysLiterally in the last days. About the future they say ba-yamim habaim — in the coming days
- כיוםкайомnowadaysOne word: nowadays, in our time. The first letter kaf here is the prefix like: literally like this very day
- מאז ומתמידмэ-аз у-митамидsince time immemorialAssembled from familiar pieces: me-az — since then, and mitamid — constantly, that is since then and always
- בדקות ספורותби-дакот сфуротin a matter of minutesLiterally in a few minutes — sfurot from lispor — to count. Even shorter they say be-rega
- מודרניмодэрниmodernAn international word, recognized at once. One d in the spelling, because the dagesh in the letter dalet is not written
- עתיקатикancientThe first letter ayin is not read. Ir atik — an ancient city; on the signs of Jerusalem this word stands constantly
- דברים שהיוдварим ше-хайуthe pastLiterally the things that were. Hebrew keeps no separate word for it: ze haya — it was
- מפעם לפעםми-фаам ле-фаамrarelyLiterally from time to time. The familiar midei paam — from time to time — while this one is rarer still
- מדי יוםми-дэй йомdailyThe same pattern as the familiar midei paam: the prefix midei plus a unit of time. In the schedules this word is constant
- באופן קבועбэ-офэн кавуаregularlyLiterally in an established manner: ofen — the manner, kavua — established. The familiar be-ofen clali — in general — lives nearby
- בפעם הראשונה בחייםби-фаам ха-ришона ба-хаимfor the first time in lifeLiterally the first time in life. The familiar paam rishona — the first time — stands in stories, while this one stresses: it has never been before
- מחדשмехадешanewLiterally in a new way: lehatchil mechadesh — to start anew, linasot mechadesh — to try anew. From the root chadash — new
- יותר ויותרйотэр ве-йотэрmore and moreLiterally more and more — the Hebrew way to say ever more. It works with frequency too: yoter ve-yoter anashim — more and more people
- בימי חוֹלби-ямей холon weekdaysLiterally in the days of chol — the weekday time. The spelling is the same as the familiar chol — sand, which is why the vowels stand here; the weekend is Shabbat
- פעם כן, פעם לאфаам кэн, фаам лоevery other timeLiterally a time yes, a time no. Everything from the first lessons: paam, ken and lo, and together — every other time
- פעם בשנהфаам би-шанаonce a yearFrequency through be-: paam be-shana, paam be-chodesh — once a month, paam be-shavua — once a week. The familiar kol shana — every year
- שוב ושובшув ве-шувtime and againLiterally again and again: shuv you know from tashuv shuv — repeat again. Time and again, endlessly
- בינתייםбенатаимmeanwhileOne word: bein — between, and itim — times, that is in the meantime. With the conjunction it becomes benataim she- — while
- במקבילби-мкабильin parallelAbout lines and about business alike: be-mkabil la-avoda — in parallel with the work. From the root k-b-l — parallel
- עד אזад азuntil thenLiterally until then. Ad you know from ad sof harechov — to the end of the street. Then comes ad she- — and after it a whole phrase
- מאוחר יותרмэухар йотэрafterwardsLiterally later. Kvar meuchar — already late — you know; here the same word about the order of events, not about the hour of the night
- ערב לפניэрэв лифнейon the eve ofLiterally the evening before: about the eve of a holiday they say erev ha-chag. The familiar erev — the evening — here is about the day before
- בהמשךбэ-хэмшехfurther onLiterally in the continuation: further along the way. Be-hemshech ha-yom — further during the day
- הפעםха-фаамthis timeThe article plus the familiar paam — a time: literally this time. Nearby paam habaa — next time
- במועדбэ-моэдdulyLiterally in the term. The familiar bazman — on time — is about a person, while bemoed is about a business: a payment, a report, a delivery
- בדיעבדби-диавадretroactivelyA bookish word from documents and news: after the fact, after everything has happened. To approve retroactively is leasher bediavad
- ללא דיחויлело дихуйwithout delayA formula from letters and announcements: lelo — without, and dichui — a deferral, from the familiar lidchot — to put off. Colloquially they say miyad
- פברוארфевруарFebruaryIt comes right after January. All the months are Latin names with a small letter
- מרץмаэрцMarchThe shortest month on paper — three letters. Pronounced in two pushes, ma-erts, with the r full
- אפרילаприлAprilThe rains in Israel end exactly in April, until autumn. The same name as in the European calendars, with its own pronunciation
- מאיмайMayWarm but not yet scorching: May and June are the months Israelis call the best for the sea
- יוניюниJuneIt opens the summer and the school holidays. One letter decides whether it is June or July
- אוגוסטогустAugustRight after July — the peak of heat and vacations, the whole country drives to the sea. The ו here is the vowel u
- ספטמברсептемберSeptemberOn the first of September Israeli children go to school too. From here the row runs in -ber: October, November, December
- אוקטוברоктоберOctoberAutumn by the calendar, but the sea is still warm — people swim in October. In the evening you already need a sweater
- נובמברновемберNovemberThe month of the first real rains — out come the umbrellas. The ב without a dot inside a word reads v
- דצמברдецемберDecemberThe last of the -ber months. Rainy and festive: the Christmas season is marked in Israel in December too
- שנהшанаyearYou have said kol shana — every year — and bashana sheavra — last year; now the word stands alone. The plural is shanim: mea shanim — a hundred years
- יממהямамаa day and a nightFrom yom, a day, but it means the full round of day and night. Around the clock is also written short: patuach 24 shaot — open 24 hours
- מאה שניםмеа шанимa centuryLiterally "a hundred years": both about a span and about a round date — chagigat mea shanim, a centenary celebration. The century itself is the same mea: hamea haesrim — the twentieth century
- דקהдакаminuteThe plural is dakot: eser dakot — ten minutes. Rega, the little moment you know, is shorter; daka is longer and more exact
- שנייהшнияsecondSpelled the same as second (ordinal): koma shniya — the second floor. The place in the sentence decides the meaning; shniya achat — one second
- חצי שעהхеци шааhalf an hourYou know both words: chetzi — half, shaa — an hour. Assembled the same way as the English half an hour, written in two words
- צהרייםцораимnoonNoon is tzohoraim; lunch takes its name from it — aruchat tzohoraim. The form is dual, like mayim, water
- חצותхацотmidnightLiterally the "half" of the night — from chetzi. Written like the cross of lachzot et hagvul, but the stress and the meaning keep them apart
- עכשיוахшавnowAbout this very moment; beside it stand etmol — yesterday — and machar — tomorrow. You have seen it a hundred times in examples — now the word is yours
- תאריך יעדтаарих яадdeadlineLiterally "the target date": taarich, the date you know, plus yaad, a goal. It is the general deadline: the submission deadline and the payment deadline already have their own words
- הבאха-баnextLiterally "the coming one" — what comes after. It stands after the noun: haotobus haba — the next bus. For the feminine — habaa
- שעברшэ-аварlastHere she means which: shana sheavar is literally "a year that has passed". On its own you know haavar — the past
- לאחרлеахерto be lateYou have said ani meaer; the verb is leaer. In the present it takes gender: meaer, meaeret
- להספיקлеаспикto manage (in time)You know maspik, enough; the same word means to make it in time: to have managed is to have had enough time
- שובшувagainYou have seen shuv ushuv — again and again; a single shuv is again, once more. Lehachamem shuv — to reheat — uses it too
- בקרובбэ-каровsoonFrom karov, close: soon is what is near in time. The notices write it exactly so: bekarov! — coming soon!
- מזמןмизманlong agoLiterally "from the time": ze haya mizman — it was long ago — you have seen. The mi here is from, as in miTel Aviv — from Tel Aviv
- לאחרונהле-ахронаlatelyFrom acharon, the last: lately is in the last times. You have seen bayamim haacharonim — in the last days
- מאוחרмеухарlateYou have seen kvar meuchar — already late; a single meuchar is late. Later is meuchar yoter, literally "late more"
- מוקדםмукдамearlyYou know kodem, first; the same root k-d-m: the early is the one ahead of the others. Lifnei, before, is said about time too
- מהרмахерfastYou shouted Maher! — faster! — in the lateness lesson; as an adverb it is simply fast. Too fast is maher midai
- בקלותбэ-калотeasilyFrom kal, light: bekalut is literally "with lightness". The opposite is bakeshi — with difficulty, barely — which you have seen
- קשהкашеhardYou know kashe li — it is hard for me; a single kashe is both hard (to do) and difficult. The one it is hard for takes li right after
- לפני רגעлифнэй регаjust nowLiterally "before the moment". You say rega, bevakasha — one moment, please; the same rega measures the time here
- בבוקרба-бокерin the morningHebrew makes it a preposition: baboker is literally "in the morning". There is no separate adverb — batzohorayim and baerev are built exactly the same way
- בצהרייםбе-цораимin the afternoonTzohorayim is noon — you know it from lunch; with the preposition it becomes in the afternoon. It covers everything from breakfast to evening
- בערבба-эрэвin the eveningThe same preposition: baerev is literally "in the evening". An evening walk, evening television — it is this word everywhere
- בלילהба-лайлаat nightLayla is night — you say laila tov every evening; the preposition turns it into at night
- כל יוםколь йомevery dayAfter kol the noun stands without the article: kol yom, not kol hayom. The difference from all day long is exactly that ha
- כל היוםколь ха-йомall dayHere the ha is in place: kol hayom is the whole day, morning to evening. One letter — and the day is either each day or the whole of it
- עתэтmomentA short word for time as a point: beot et — at that moment. By ear it matches the particle et you know; only the place in the sentence tells them apart
- שעוןшаонclock (the device)Shaa is an hour of time; the device with hands is shaon. On the wrist — shaon yad, on the wall — shaon kir
- מה השעהма ха-шааwhat time is it?Literally "what is the hour?". The answer starts with hashaa: hashaa eser — it is ten o'clock
- מתישהוматаишэуsomedayYou have met matayshehu as sooner or later; someday — the same word: we will have a call someday
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- רכבת אחרי שעה.ракевет ахарей шаа.The train in an hour.
- היום יום טוב.хайом йом тов.Today is a good day.
- היום אני לא עובד.хайом ани ло овед.Today I am not working.
- מחר אני עובד.махар ани овед.Tomorrow I work.
- אתמול לא עבדתי.этмоль ло авадти.Yesterday I did not work.
- בבוקר אני שותה קפה.бе-бокер ани шоте кафе.In the morning I drink coffee.
What is worth knowing about these words
שעה (шаа) — hour. Both the unit of time and the watch on your wrist. Kama hashaa? — what time is it?
יום (йом) — day. Both day and day of the week: Monday is yom sheni, literally the second day.
היום (хайом) — today. The article ha + yom: literally this day. The same pattern as in akshav, now.
מחר (махар) — tomorrow. The throaty ח inside. Machar baerev — tomorrow evening.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “hour” in Hebrew?
Both the unit of time and the watch on your wrist. Kama hashaa? — what time is it?
- How do you say “night” in Hebrew?
The same root as in laila tov. Masculine in Hebrew
- How do you say “first” in Hebrew?
Literally earlier, ahead: first means at first. You have already seen kodem kol — first of all; here the same word stands alone
- How do you say “after” in Hebrew?
The pair to before: acharei — after. The same acharei you walked after the rain — acharei hageshem; here a whole action follows it
- How do you say “never” in Hebrew?
Literally even once not: af — even; the echad is not needed here — they say exactly af paam. The double negation is obligatory — without lo there is no phrase
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “hour” in Hebrew?
«שעה», read “шаа”. Both the unit of time and the watch on your wrist. Kama hashaa? — what time is it? It is one of 138 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 138 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.