Hebrew Plural
Learning the Hebrew Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Hebrew.
Hebrew Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Hebrew Plural |
| Plural | reveym - רבים |
| my book | hesefer sheley - הספר שלי |
| my books | hesefereym sheley - הספרים שלי |
| our daughter | hevet sheleno - הבת שלנו |
| our daughters | hevenot sheleno - הבנות שלנו |
| I'm cold | ker ley - קר לי |
| we're cold | ker leno - קר לנו |
| his chickens | heterenegueolot shelo - התרנגולות שלו |
| their chicken | heterenegueol shelehem - התרנגול שלהם |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Hebrew has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hebrew.
List of Plurals in Hebrew
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Hebrew placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hebrew vocabulary.
| English Plural | Hebrew Plural |
| alligator | teneyn - תנין |
| alligators | teneyneym - תנינים |
| bear | ḏov - דוב |
| bears | ḏoveym - דובים |
| bird | tseyfor - ציפור |
| birds | tseyforeym - ציפורים |
| bull | shor - שור |
| bulls | shooreym - שוורים |
| cat | ẖetol - חתול |
| cats | ẖetoleym - חתולים |
| cow | fereh - פרה |
| cows | ferot - פרות |
| deer | tsevey - צבי |
| many deer | tseveyeym - צביים |
| dog | khelev - כלב |
| dogs | kheleveym - כלבים |
| donkey | ẖemor - חמור |
| donkeys | ẖemoreym - חמורים |
| eagle | nesher - נשר |
| eagles | neshereym - נשרים |
| elephant | feyl - פיל |
| elephants | feyleym - פילים |
| giraffe | gue 'eyrefeh - ג 'ירפה |
| giraffes | gue 'eyrefot - ג 'ירפות |
| goat | 'ez - עז |
| goats | 'ezeym - עזים |
| horse | sos - סוס |
| horses | soseym - סוסים |
| lion | areyh - אריה |
| lions | areyot - אריות |
| monkey | kof - קוף |
| monkeys | kofeym - קופים |
| mouse | 'ekhever - עכבר |
| mice | 'ekhevereym - עכברים |
| rabbit | arenev - ארנב |
| rabbits | areneveym - ארנבים |
| snake | neẖesh - נחש |
| snakes | neẖesheym - נחשים |
| tiger | nemer - נמר |
| tigers | nemereym - נמרים |
| wolf | zeav - זאב |
| wolves | zeaveym - זאבים |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Hebrew, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hebrew Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Hebrew lessons here: Learn Hebrew. Don't forget to bookmark this page.