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Hebrew Greetings

This is a list of greetings in Hebrew. Helpful when trying to check how others are doing or feeling during different times of the day.

Hi!: הי!
hay
Good morning!: בוקר טוב!
boker tov
Good afternoon!: אחר הצהריים טובים!
ahar hatsohorayim tovim
Good evening!: ערב טוב!
erev tov
Welcome!: ברוך הבא! ברוכים הבאים! ברוכה הבאה! ברוכות הבאות!

How are you? (friendly): מה העניינים?
Ma ha'inyanim?
How are you? (polite): מה שלומך?
Ma shlomha?,Ma shlomeh?
What's up? (colloquial) : מה קורה?
Ma korei?
I'm fine, thank you!: אני בסדר, תודה!
Ani beseder, toda!
And you? (friendly): ואצלך?
ve'etslha? Ve'etsleh?
And you? (polite): ומה שלומך?
uma shlomha?, uma shlomeh?
Good: טוב
Tov
Bad: רע
Ra'
Happy: שמח
Same'ah, Smeha
Sad: עצוב
Atsuv
Thank you!: תודה!
Toda
Thank you very much!: תודה רבה!
Toda raba!
You're welcome!: על לא דבר / אין בעד מה
Al lo davar / en ba'ad ma
Have a nice day!: שיהיה לך יום טוב
shei'yihiyei leha yom tov / leh yom tov
Good night!: לילה טוב
Layla tov
See you later!: להתראות מאוחר יותר
Lehitra'ot me'uhar yoter!
Have a good trip!: נסיעה טובה
Nesia tova!
It was nice talking to you!: היה נעים לדבר איתך / היה נעים להכיר.
Haya na'im ledaber it'ah, it'ha / Haya na'im lehakir

The above greetings in Hebrew are essential to daily conversations. You are very likely to use at least one of them in any given day. Check out the next topic below or choose your own subject from the menu above.

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