Hebrew Pronouns
Learning the Hebrew Pronouns 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 Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Hebrew.
Hebrew pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject). Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Hebrew Pronouns |
| Pronouns | shemot kheynoey - שמות כינוי |
| I | aney - אני |
| you | ateh - אתה |
| he | hoa - הוא |
| she | heya - היא |
| we | aneẖeno - אנחנו |
| they | hem - הם |
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| me | aotey - אותי |
| you | lekh - לך |
| him | aoto - אותו |
| her | leh - לה |
| us | aoteno - אותנו |
| them | lehem - להם |
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| my | sheley - שלי |
| your | shelekh - שלך |
| his | shelo - שלו |
| her | sheleh - שלה |
| our | sheleno - שלנו |
| their | shelehem - שלהם |
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| mine | sheley - שלי |
| yours | shelekh - שלך |
| his | shelo - שלו |
| hers | sheleh - שלה |
| ours | sheleno - שלנו |
| theirs | shelehem - שלהם |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Hebrew has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hebrew.
List of Pronouns in Hebrew
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Hebrew placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hebrew vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Hebrew Pronouns |
| I speak | aney meḏever - אני מדבר |
| you speak | ateh meḏever - אתה מדבר |
| he speaks | hoa meḏever - הוא מדבר |
| she speaks | heya meḏeveret - היא מדברת |
| we speak | aneẖeno meḏevereym - אנחנו מדברים |
| they speak | hem meḏevereym - הם מדברים |
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| give me | ten ley - תן לי |
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| give him | ten lo - תן לו |
| give her | ten leh - תן לה |
| give us | ten leno - תן לנו |
| give them | ten lehem - תן להם |
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| my book | hesefer sheley - הספר שלי |
| your book | hesefer shelekh - הספר שלך |
| his book | hesefer shelo - הספר שלו |
| her book | hesefer sheleh - הספר שלה |
| our book | hesefer sheleno - הספר שלנו |
| their book | hesefer shelehem - הספר שלהם |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Hebrew, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hebrew Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Hebrew lessons here: Learn Hebrew. Don't forget to bookmark this page.