The standard Israeli layout, right to left, with all five final letter forms on their own keys.
Hebrew words to try
Tap a word to put it in the box above, or type it yourself with the keys shown.
| Word | Meaning | Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Hello, peace | A K U O | |
| Thank you | , U S V | |
| Yes | F I | |
| Good morning | C U E R Space Y U C | |
| Israel | H A R T K |
Which key types which Hebrew letter
Every key on an English (US) keyboard and what it types on this hebrew keyboard. The same table is printed on the caps above, in the corner of each key.
| Your key | Types | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Q | / | Q |
| W | ' | W |
| E | ק | E |
| R | ר | R |
| T | א | T |
| Y | ט | Y |
| U | ו | U |
| I | ן | I |
| O | ם | O |
| P | פ | P |
| A | ש | A |
| S | ד | S |
| D | ג | D |
| F | כ | F |
| G | ע | G |
| H | י | H |
| J | ח | J |
| K | ל | K |
| L | ך | L |
| ; | ף | : |
| Z | ז | Z |
| X | ס | X |
| C | ב | C |
| V | ה | V |
| B | נ | B |
| N | מ | N |
| M | צ | M |
| , | ת | > |
| . | ץ | < |
The standard Israeli layout
This keyboard follows SI-1452, the layout on every keyboard sold in Israel. It keeps the English punctuation keys mostly where they are and puts the 22 Hebrew letters and five final forms on the letter keys. The layout is old, from the typewriter era, and not phonetic: ש is on A, א on T and ב on C, so each cap shows the English key in its corner.
Hebrew runs right to left, and the text box switches direction when you open this keyboard. Numbers and any English words inside the text still run left to right; your browser handles that, and the text keeps its order when you copy it into another app.
Final letters (sofit)
Five Hebrew letters take a different shape at the end of a word, and unlike Arabic, where the font changes the shape, in Hebrew the final forms are separate characters with their own keys. You have to choose them yourself.
| Letter | Final form | Name | Keys (regular, final) |
|---|---|---|---|
| כ | ך | kaf | F, L |
| מ | ם | mem | N, O |
| נ | ן | nun | B, I |
| פ | ף | pe | P, ; |
| צ | ץ | tsadi | M, . |
Shift and punctuation on a Hebrew keyboard
Hebrew has no capital letters, so on the Israeli layout Shift types the English capitals printed on the same keys. That lets Israelis type an English acronym or name without switching keyboards. The full stop and comma move too: the comma is on the apostrophe key and the full stop on the slash key, because the keys where English puts them hold ת and ץ.
The brackets are mirrored. On a Hebrew keyboard Shift+9 types ) and Shift+0 types (, because in right-to-left text the opening bracket is on the right. It looks backwards in the key labels and comes out correctly in the text.
Vowel points (niqqud)
Everyday Hebrew is written without vowels. Children's books, poetry, prayer books and learner materials add niqqud, small dots and dashes above and below the letters. This keyboard does not type niqqud. To type them, use the "Hebrew (Standard)" keyboard in Windows or the Hebrew keyboard on a Mac, both of which have niqqud on modifier keys.
Setting up Hebrew on your own device
- Windows: Settings, Time and language, Language and region, add Hebrew, and switch with Win+Space or Alt+Shift.
- Mac: System Settings, Keyboard, Input Sources, add "Hebrew - PC" for this layout, or "Hebrew - QWERTY" for a phonetic one.
- Phone: add Hebrew in Gboard or the iPhone keyboard; the phone keyboards use the same letter positions.