Hebrew Adjectives
Learning the Hebrew Adjectives 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 Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Hebrew.
Hebrew Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Hebrew Adjectives |
| adjectives | shemot toar - שמות תואר |
| a green tree | 'ets eyrok - עץ ירוק |
| a tall building | veneyeyn guevoh - בניין גבוה |
| a very old man | aḏem zeken meaoḏ - אדם זקן מאוד |
| the old red house | heveyt heaḏom heyshen - הבית האדום הישן |
| a very nice friend | ẖever / ẖevereh neẖemeḏ / neẖemeḏeh meaoḏ - חבר / חברה נחמד / נחמדה מאוד |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Hebrew has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hebrew.
List of Adjectives in Hebrew
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Hebrew placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hebrew vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Hebrew Adjectives |
| colors | tseve'eym - צבעים |
| black | sheẖor - שחור |
| blue | kheẖol - כחול |
| brown | ẖom - חום |
| gray | afor - אפור |
| green | eyrok - ירוק |
| orange | khetom - כתום |
| purple | segueol - סגול |
| red | aḏom - אדום |
| white | leven - לבן |
| yellow | tsehov - צהוב |
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| sizes | gueḏeleym - גדלים |
| big | gueḏol - גדול |
| deep | 'emok - עמוק |
| long | arokh - ארוך |
| narrow | tser - צר |
| short | ketser - קצר |
| small | keṭen - קטן |
| tall | guevoh - גבוה |
| thick | 'eveh - עבה |
| thin | ḏek - דק |
| wide | reẖev - רחב |
| |
| shapes | tsorot - צורות |
| circular | 'egueol - עגול |
| straight | eysher - ישר |
| square | reyvo'ey - ריבועי |
| triangular | mesholesh - משולש |
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| tastes | ṭe'emeym - טעמים |
| bitter | mer - מר |
| fresh | ṭerey - טרי |
| salty | meloẖ - מלוח |
| sour | ẖemots - חמוץ |
| spicy | ẖereyf - חריף |
| sweet | metok - מתוק |
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| qualities | tekhonot - תכונות |
| bad | re' - רע |
| clean | nekey - נקי |
| dark | afel - אפל |
| difficult | kesheh - קשה |
| dirty | melokhelekh - מלוכלך |
| dry | eyvesh - יבש |
| easy | kel - קל |
| empty | reyk - ריק |
| expensive | eyker - יקר |
| fast | meheyr - מהיר |
| foreign | zer - זר |
| full | melea - מלא |
| good | ṭov - טוב |
| hard | kesheh - קשה |
| heavy | kheveḏ - כבד |
| inexpensive | zol - זול |
| light | kel - קל |
| local | mekomey - מקומי |
| new | ẖeḏesh - חדש |
| noisy | ro'esh - רועש |
| old | eyshen / zeken - ישן / זקן |
| powerful | ẖezek - חזק |
| quiet | shekeṭ - שקט |
| correct | nekhon - נכון |
| slow | aeyṭey - איטי |
| soft | rekh - רך |
| very | meaoḏ - מאוד |
| weak | ẖelesh - חלש |
| wet | reṭov - רטוב |
| wrong | moṭe'eh - מוטעה |
| young | tse'eyr - צעיר |
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| quantities | khemoeyot - כמויות |
| few | me'eṭ - מעט |
| little | ketset - קצת |
| many | reveym - רבים |
| much | hereveh - הרבה |
| part | ẖelek - חלק |
| some | khemeh - כמה |
| a few | aẖeḏeym - אחדים |
| whole | khel - כל |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Hebrew, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hebrew Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Hebrew lessons here: Learn Hebrew. Don't forget to bookmark this page.