Hebrew keyboard

Type Hebrew with the keys an Israeli keyboard has, add vowel points if you need them, and copy the text anywhere.

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My keyboard types Hebrew letters by position, as on an Israeli keyboard

Each English key types the Hebrew letter printed beside it in Israel

The standard Israeli layout, key by key. The English letter is the key you press on any computer.

/Q	'W	קE	רR	אT	טY	וU	ןI	םO	פP
שA	דS	גD	כF	עG	יH	חJ	לK	ךL	ף;	,'
זZ	סX	בC	הV	נB	מN	צM	ת,	ץ.	./

Adding Hebrew to a phone or computer takes a minute

Every system ships the Israeli layout. These are the menus, in the order each system shows them.

Windows

Settings, Time and language, Language and region, Add a language, Hebrew. Switch between languages with Windows key and Space, or Alt and Shift.

Mac

System Settings, Keyboard, Input Sources, Edit, the plus button, Hebrew. Switch with Control and Space, or the globe key. Hebrew QWERTY is the phonetic layout.

iPhone and iPad

Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards, Add New Keyboard, Hebrew. Switch with the globe key on the keyboard.

Android

Open the keyboard's settings from the gear on the keyboard, then Languages, Add keyboard, Hebrew. Switch with the globe key or by sliding the space bar.

New to the letters? Start with the Hebrew alphabet →

Frequently asked questions

How do I type in Hebrew without a Hebrew keyboard?

Use the keyboard on this page: tap the letters, or type on your own keyboard and each key gives the Hebrew letter an Israeli keyboard puts there. Then copy the text into an email, a document or a message.

How do I type the final letters?

They have keys of their own on the Israeli keyboard: ך on L, ם on O, ן on I, ף on the semicolon and ץ on the full stop. Hebrew software does not change a letter to its final form for you.

How do I add vowel points?

Open the vowel points with the key left of the space bar, type a letter, then tap the point that goes under or over it. A letter can take more than one mark, for example a dagesh and a vowel.

Why are the Hebrew letters not on the matching English keys?

The Israeli layout puts the most used letters under the strongest fingers, not where they sound alike. Shin sits on A and alef on T. Phonetic layouts that match the sounds exist, but the standard one is what every keyboard sold in Israel prints.