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Hebrew Gender

This page discusses the gender in Hebrew. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: ילד
Yeled
Girl: ילדה
Yalda
Man: איש
Ish
Woman: אשה
Isha
Father: אבא
Abba
Mother: אמא
Imma
Brother: אח
Akh
Sister: אחות
Akhot
Actor: שחקן
Sakhkan
Actress: שחקנית
Sakhkanit
Cat (m): חתול
Khatul
Cat (f): חתולה
Khatula

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: הוא גבוה
Hu gavo'a
She is tall: היא גבוהה
Hi gvo'ah
He is a short man: הוא אדם נמוך קומה
Hu adam namukh koma
She is a short woman: היא אשה נמוכת קומה
Hi isha nemukha koma
He is German: הוא גרמני
Hu g'ermani
She is German: היא גרמניה
Hi g'ermanyia
Japanese men are friendly: גברים יפאנים ידידותיים
Gvarim yepanim yedidutiim
Japanese women are friendly: נשים יפאניות ידידותיות
Nashim yepaniot yedidutiot

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