Typing Hebrew Online with the Standard Israeli Layout
This Hebrew keyboard reproduces the arrangement used on computers across Israel, so the letters sit exactly where anyone who learned to type Hebrew already reaches for them. Click the on-screen keys with a mouse or finger, or type by position on your own keyboard — the two methods mix freely. A live character counter tracks your text length, the Copy button lifts everything to your clipboard, and Clear empties the box.
The Hebrew Alef-Bet: 22 Letters and Five Final Forms
Hebrew is written with an abjad — an alphabet of 22 consonants. Vowels are usually left out and understood from context; when they matter, as in prayer books, poetry, or children's readers, they are added as small dots and strokes called niqqud around the letters. This layout types the consonantal letters themselves, which is what everyday Hebrew — messages, news, email, and social posts — is written with.
Five letters change shape when they fall at the end of a word. These "final" (sofit) forms are given their own keys, so you type the everyday shape mid-word and switch to the sofit shape only at the very end.
22 Base Letters
Five Final Forms
Shekel & Geresh
How the Hebrew Layout Remaps Your QWERTY Keys
Every physical key you know now carries a Hebrew letter, assigned by the Israeli standard rather than by matching English sounds: the T key types א (alef), the A key types ש (shin), the K key types ל (lamed). Each on-screen key also shows its Latin (QWERTY) equivalent as a small secondary label, so you can find a letter by its Hebrew shape or by the English key it sits on.
Because Hebrew has no capital letters, Shift is repurposed: tap it and the number row turns into symbols — Shift+4 produces the shekel sign ₪ — while each letter key gives its Latin capital instead, letting you drop an English word into a Hebrew sentence without leaving the layout.
Right-to-Left Flow
The text box aligns right and grows each line leftward, so words assemble in reading order as you go.
Letters by Position
Keys are mapped by the Israeli standard, not phonetically — the small Latin label helps you find each one.
Shift Means Symbols
No capitals to reach, so Shift serves the shekel sign, punctuation, and Latin capitals instead.
Mirrored Brackets
The parentheses on the 9 and 0 keys are reversed so they wrap text correctly inside a right-to-left line.
Type Your First Hebrew Word, Step by Step
Place Your Cursor
Click into the text box, or simply start clicking keys. The layout already shows Hebrew and is already set to right-to-left.
Build the Word שלום
Press the A key for ש (shin), K for ל (lamed), U for ו (vav), and O for ם — the final form of mem, since the word ends here. The letters assemble right to left into שלום.
Reach a Symbol with Shift
Hold Shift and press 4 for the shekel sign ₪, or Shift plus any letter key for its Latin capital.
Add Spacing and Punctuation
Space and Enter behave normally. The period sits on the / key and the comma on the ' key, so sentences close cleanly even in right-to-left text.
Copy or Clear
Press Copy to send the whole text to your clipboard, or Clear to wipe the box. Backspace removes one letter at a time if you mistype.
Tips for Typing Hebrew More Fluently
- Watch for final forms. A word ending in mem, nun, tsadi, kaf or pe takes its sofit key: שלום ends in ם, not מ, and כן ("yes") ends in ן, not נ.
- Use the geresh for foreign sounds. Add the ' mark after a letter for sounds Hebrew lacks: ג' reads as "j" (jump), צ' as "ch" (chips), and ז' as "zh".
- Type by position, not by sight. If you ever touch-typed Hebrew, your fingers already know the home row ש ד ג כ ע י ח ל ך across A to L — that muscle memory transfers straight here.
- Mind the caret at line starts. In right-to-left text the cursor sits on the right edge, so highlight from right to left when you select a word to copy.
Hebrew Keyboard Questions
Why are the Hebrew letters in a different order from the English keys?
The layout follows the standard Israeli keyboard, where each physical key is assigned a Hebrew letter by convention rather than by matching English sounds — the A key is ש (shin), not "a". The small Latin label on each on-screen key shows the original QWERTY letter so you can still find keys by position.
How do I type the final (sofit) letters like ך and ם?
They have their own keys. Final kaf ך is on the L key, final mem ם on the O key, final nun ן on the I key, final pe ף on the ; key, and final tsadi ץ on the . key. Use them only when the letter falls at the very end of a word.
Can I add niqqud (vowel points) with this keyboard?
This layout types the consonantal letters, which is how modern Hebrew is normally written. It does not place niqqud — the dots and dashes that mark vowels — so it is built for everyday text rather than the fully pointed Hebrew of prayer books and grammar drills.
How do I type the shekel sign ₪?
Hold Shift and press the 4 key. The same Shift layer turns the rest of the number row into symbols and makes each letter key produce its Latin capital.
Why does my text start on the right side of the box?
Hebrew is written right to left, so the tool aligns the text box to the right and grows each line leftward. Any digits or Latin letters you add keep their normal left-to-right order within the line, and the browser mixes the two directions for you.
How do I write foreign sounds like "J" or "Ch"?
Add the geresh — the apostrophe-like mark on the W key — right after a letter. ג' reads as "j", צ' as "ch", and ז' as "zh". These are how Hebrew spells names and loanwords with sounds the alphabet lacks.
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