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Hebrew Plural

This page provides information about the plural in Hebrew. Below is a list of singular (one) and plural (many) words, listed side by side.

Woman: אשה
Isha
Women: נשים
Nashim
Language: שפה / לשון
Safa / lashon
Languages: / לשונות / שפות
Safot / lashonot
Man: גבר
G'ever
Men: גברים
Gvarim
Country: ארץ
Eretz
Countries: ארצות
Artzot
Boy: ילד
Yeled
Boys: ילדים
Yeladim
Lake: אגם
Agam
Lakes: אגמים
Agamim
Girl: ילדה
Yalda
Girls: ילדות
Yaldot
Pen: עט
Et
Pens: עטים
Etim

These examples show a sentence with both singular and plural forms. The list includes the use of nouns, numbers and pronouns.

I visited one country: בקרתי בארץ אחת
Bikarti be-eretz akhat
She visited three countries: היא בקרה בשלוש ארצות
Hi bikra be-shalosh artzot
She has one sister: יש לה אחות אחת
Yesh la akhot akhat
He has two sisters: יש לו שתי אחיות
Yesh li shtei akhaiot
We speak two languages: אמו מדברים שתי שפות / אנו דו-לשוניים
Anakhnu medabrim shtei safot / Anu du-lishoniim
They speak four languages: הם מדברים ארבע שפות
Hem medabrim arba'a safot

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