Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew Dictionary and Phrasebook

by Israel Palchan

Book Overview

This concise reference provides the means for basic communication in Hebrew, and includes a two-way dictionary and a phrasebook covering topics such as introductions, food and drink, transportation,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781808111
• ISBN13: 9780781808118
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Terrific dictionary

I was very pleased with this book. It was very helpful on my recent trip. Being able to view pages on the web site before purchasing allowed me to make an informed decision. I was able to compare it with other dictionaries, and after looking at several others, this appeared to be the one that would serve me best. And it did.

A good start

This is an almost perfect guide for beginners, designed for students as well as newcomers to Israel such as tourists. It consists of a basic grammar framework explanation, a Hebrew-English, English-Hebrew dictionary, which introduces you to basic vocabulary, although it is not as comprehensive as one might have hoped. For a comprehensive Hebrew-English, English-Hebrew dictionary I would suggest The Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary. The third section of the book consists of a Hebrew phrasebook for various topics such as Introductions, Etiquette, Enquiries, Transportation, Food and Drink, Farms and Animals, Language and Religion and others. It is worth spending some time memorizing the phrases so while you will still not be fluent in Hebrew you can at least start to get around. A good start. Will help you basically getting around in Israel, but after mastering this you will need further tools.

Hebrew-English dictionary: a handy little book

The Hebrew-english Dictionary & Phrasebook came in handy on my recent trip to Israel. It is not thorough or comprehensive (it can't be at that size), but is small enough to tote around, put in a bag, etc., and has a lot of handy phrases & words. All i n all, it was useful.

Fatal Flaw

I wanted to learn Hebrew, so I got myself this book--the only Hebrew dictionary I could find. Although it got me off to a good start, the dictionary has a fatal flaw that I didn't find out about until later in my Hebrew studies: the author doesn't include vowels! This made me dependent on the phonetic English, when I wanted to start working on reading Hebrew. Other than that, though, it was fine.