How to Write a Letter in Hebrew Grammar

A passage from the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that uses Hebrew grammar

Hebrew is a beautiful, ancient language that has survived to the modern day. Even now, Modern Hebrew is spoken in Israel and has the same grammatical structure as the ancient Biblical Hebrew. Because the rules of grammar apply to the structure of language, you can write a letter using Hebrew grammar without needing to know Hebrew.

Instructions

1. 

   Writing out the letter first in English will make it easier to transform it into Hebrew grammar.

   Write out your letter in English so that it expresses exactly what you want to say.

2. Replace all capital letters with the lower case versions since Hebrew does not have any capital letters.

3. Remove all forms of the verb "to be." In Hebrew, the verb "to be" is implied in the main verb. For example, "Jim and Bob are talking" becomes in Hebrew grammar "Jim and Bob talking."

4. Remove the spaces following the words "which," "that," "in," "at," "and," "to" and "the." In Hebrew, these words are all one letter and are added to the word that they refer to. For example, "Jim goes to the market" becomes "Jim goes tothemarket."

5. Place the adjective after the noun. Example: "the green cat" becomes "the cat green."

Tips & Warnings

• While these are some basic grammar rules for Hebrew, this is by no means all of them. By using these rules, however, you can make your letter have the look and feel of Hebrew grammar.

References

• Jewish Virtual Library: Hebrew Grammar

Resources

• Google Docs: Hebrew Grammar