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Hebrew prepositions

This is the list of common Hebrew prepositions. Click on any of the words below to see full inflection.

WordMeaning
אוֹדוֹת
odot
about, with regard to, concerning
אַחַר
achar
after
מֵאֲחוֹרֵי
me'achorei
behind
אֶל
el
to, towards, into
אֵצֶל
etzel
at, in the possession of; near
אֶת
et
(used before a definite direct object)
בְּ
be
in; by
בְּאֶמְצָעוּת
be'emtza'ut
by means of, using
בִּגְלַל
biglal
because of, due to
בִּזְכוּת
bizchut
thanks to, due to; in favour of
בֵּין
ben
between, amongst
בְּלִי
bli
without
בְּמַהֲלַךְ
bemahalach
during, over the course of
בְּמַעֲמַד
bema'amad
in the presence of (somebody)
בִּמְקוֹם
bimkom
instead of
בַּעַד
ba'ad
for, in favour of; in exchange for; through, via (lit.)
בְּעִקְבוֹת
be'ikvot
following; as a result of
בְּעִקְבוֹת
be'ikvot
following, in the trail of; as a result of, because of
בִּפְנֵי
bifnei
facing (someone); in the face of
בְּקֶרֶב
bekerev
among, amidst; internally, on the inside
בִּשְׁבִיל
bishvil
for, for the sake of
בְּשֵׁם
beshem
on behalf of, in the name of
בְּתוֹךְ
betoch
inside
זוּלַת
zulat
apart from, other than, beside
כְּ
ke
as, like, in the role of; about, approximately
כְּלַפֵּי
klapei
in relation to, vis-a-vis; towards
כְּמוֹ
kmo
like, as, similarly to
כְּמוֹת
kmot
like, as (literary)
כְּנֶגֶד
keneged
against; compared to, as opposed to; in exchange for
לְ
le
to; for; of (indicating possession, with יש/אין)
WordMeaning
לְאוֹרֶךְ
le'orech
along, throughout
לְגַבֵּי
legabei
regarding, concerning
לְדִבְרֵי
ledivrei
according to (also לדבריו/ה של...)
לְיַד
leyad
near, next to
לִידֵי
lidei
into the hands of; to, over to, for, to the attention of
לְמַעַן
lema'an
for the sake of, for the benefit of; in order to, so that (lit.)
לְפִי
lefi
according to
לִפְנֵי
lifnei
before, in front of
לִקְרַאת
likrat
towards, forward to, for, in preparation to
לְרוֹחַב
lerochav
across
מוּל
mul
against; opposite, in front of
מִן
min
from, of; than, compared to
מֵעַל
me'al
above, over; on top of
מִפְּנֵי
mipnei
from, away from; because (with ש־)
מִתַּחַת
mitachat
under, below
נֶגֶד
neged
against
עֲבוּר
avur
for
עַד
ad
until, up to
עַל
al
on, upon; over; about, regarding
עַל גַּב
al gav
on, upon
עַל גַּבֵּי
al gabei
on, upon
עַל יַד
al yad
next to
עַל יְדֵי
al yedei
by, via (in a passive construction); by means of
עַל פִּי
al pi
according to, in accordance with
עַל פְּנֵי
al pnei
over, on the surface of; above
עִם
im
with (forms עימי, עימו etc. are literary)
לְעוּמַּת
le'umat
compared with
שֶׁל
shel
of, belonging to
תַּחַת
tachat
under, below, beneath; in exchange for

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