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Hebrew Prepositions

This is a list of prepositions in Hebrew. This includes words related to positions (i.e. under, on top of ...), conjunctions (and, but ...) and many more.

On top of: מעלה
Me'ala
Under: מתחת
Mitakhat
Inside: בתוך / בפנים
Be-tokh / bifnim
Outside: בחוץ / מחוץ ל
Bakhutz / mekhutz le
Behind: מאחורי
Meakhorai
In front of: מול / בחזית ה / לפני
Mul / be-khazit le / lifnei
Near: ליד / על יד / קרוב ל
Leiad / alyad / karov le
Between: בין
Bein

These are more popular prepositions you might find useful at some point or another.

After: אחרי
Akharei
Before: לפני
Lifnei
With: עם
Im
Without: ללא / בלי
Lelo- bli
Since: מאז
Me-az
Until: עד
Ad
Of: של
Shel
From: מן
Min
To: אל
El
Instead of: במקום
Bimkom
In: בתוך / ב
Be-tokh / be
Against: נגד / מול
Neg'ed / mul
As: כמו
Kmo
About: על
Al
For: עבור / בשביל
Avur / bishvil

The following are conjunctions used to connect words, sentences, or phrases.

And: ו
ve
Or: או
o
But: אבל
aval
So: אז / לכן
az / lakhen

Now is the time for some prepositions used in a sentence. We are using the following: (from, under, inside, with, in, but) as examples.

I'm from Japan: אני מיפן
Ani mi-yapam
The pen is under the desk: העט תחת לשולחן
Ha-et hu takhat le shulkhan
The letter is inside the book: המכתב בתוך הספר
Ha-miktav be-tokh ha-sefer
Can I practice Italian with you?: אפשר לדבר איתך איטלקית
Efshar ledaber itkha Italkit ?
I was born in Miami: נולדתי במיאמי
Noladti be-Miami
I speak French but with an accent: אני מבר / ת צרפתית עם מבטא
Ani medaber / et Tzarfatit im mivtaa

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