Prefixes in Hebrew

• וְהוּא vahu^[1] (and he)
• וּבַיוֹם uvayom^[2] (and on the day)

1. Normally with Sheva.
2. Before a Sheva they take Chirik.
3. Before יְ they take Chirik, but the Sheva under the י falls away.
4. Before a T'nua Chatufa they assume the corresponding short vowel.
5. Before אֶלֹהִים they take Tzere and the T'nua Chatufa under the א disappears.

1. לְמֶלֶךְ l'melech (to a king)
2. לִמְלָכִים lim'lochim (to kings)
3. לִיהוּדָה lihudah (to Judah)
4. לַאֲרִי la'ari (to a lion)
5. לֵאלֹהִים lelohim (to God)

1. בְּמֶלֶךְ b'melech (in a king)
2. בִּמְלָכִים bim'lochim (in kings)
3. בִּיהוּדָה bihudah (in Judah)
4. בַּאֲרִי ba'ari (in a lion)
5. בֵּאלֹהִים belohim (in God)

1. כְּמֶלֶךְ k'melech (as a king)
2. כִּמְלָכִים kim'lochim (as kings)
3. כִּיהוּדָה kihudah (as Judah)
4. כַּאֲרִי ka'ari (as a lion)
5. כֵּאלֹהִים kelohim (as God)

1. Before ordinary letters (excluding the gutturals and ר) it is מִ followed by a Dagesh Chazak.
2. Before gutturals and ר it is מֵ.
3. Before the article it is מֵ as in 2, and the article remains intact; or it becomes מִן plus ה.

1. מִמֶּלֶךְ mimelech (from a king)
2. מֵאָדָם meadam (from a man)
3. מֵהַמֶּלֶךְ or מִן הַמֶּלֶךְ mehamelech or min hamelech (from the king)

• הַמֶּלֶךְ hamelech (the king)

• הָאוֹר haor (the light)
• הָעַיִן haayin (the eye)
• הָרֹאשׁ harosh (the head)

• הַהוֹד hahod (the glory)
• הַחֹשֶׁךְ hachoshech (the darkness)

• הֶהָרִים heharim (the mountains)
• הֶעָפָר heafar (the dust)
• הֶחָכָם hechacham (the wise)

• הָהָר hahar (the mountain)
• הָעָז haaz (the strong)

• When used with the Bet, Kaf or Lamed prepositional prefix it is omitted; instead the vowel on the preposition is changed.
• If He is used with other prefixes, the He is always the last prefix before the root.

• וּבַיוֹם uvayom^[3] (and on the day: note that the ve (on) combines with the ha (the) to become va (on the)).

• הֲבֵן יַקִּיר לִי? haven yakir li?^[4] (Is he my most precious son?)

• אֹמַר omar (I will say)

• יֺאמַר yomar (he will say)
• יֺאמְרוּ yomru (they will say)

• נֺאמַר nomar (we will say)

• third person, singular, feminine, future tense. She will
• second person, future tense. (Number and gender depend on suffixes.) You will
• In biblical Hebrew, third person, plural, feminine, future tense. They will

• תֹּאמַר tomar (she will say)
• תֹּאמַר tomar (you will say)
• תֹּאמַרְנָה שָׂרוֹת tomarna sarot^[5] (the women of the nobility will say)

• שֶׁקָּרָה shekara (which happened)
• שֶׁעָשׂוּ sheasu'^[6] (who performed)

• וַיֹּאמֶר vayomer'^[7]' (he said)

(compare yomar^[8]-he will say)

• וְאָהַבְתָּ veahavta^[9] (you shall love)

(compare ahavta^[10]-you loved)

• אֶקְסְפּוֹזִיצְיָה ekspozitzya exposition

• אִי-אַלִּימוּת i-alimut non-violence
• נוֹנְקוֹנְפוֹרְמִיזְם nonkonformizm nonconformism

• אִירַצְיוֹנָלִי iratzyonali irrational

• אָפּוֹלִיטִי apoliti apolitical
• אָ-מִינִי a-mini (means: a-sexual) asexual

• פְּרֵהִיסְטוֹרִי prehistori prehistoric
• טְרוֹם-לֵדָתִי terom-ledati (means: pre-birth/pre-delivery (of a baby)) prenatal
• קְדַם-סוֹקְרָטִית kedam-sokratit (means: Pre-Socratic) Pre-Socratic

• פְּרוֹגְנוֹזָה prognoza prognosis

• אִינְטֶרְנַצְיוֹנָל internatzyonal international
• בֵּינְלְאֻמִּי benleumi (means: international) international

• אִינְטְרָנֶט intranet intranet

• פָּרַפְּלֶג parapaleg paraplegic

• הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָלִיּוּת homoseksualiyut homosexuality

• הֵטֵרוֹסֶקְסוּאָלִיּוּת heteroseksualiyut heterosexuality

• דּוּ-תַּחְמֹצֶת du-tahmotzet (means: di-oxide) dioxide
• דּוּ-לְשׁוֹנִי du-leshoni (means: bi-lingual) bilingual

• גֵּאוֹתֶרְמִי geotermi geothermal

• רֶטְרוֹאַקְטִיבִי retroaktivi retroactive

• סֶמִיטְרֵיְלֶר semitreiler semitrailer

• הֶמִיסְפֶרָה hemisfera hemisphere

• אֶלֶקְטְרוֹאֶנְצֶפָלוֹגְרָף elektroentzfalograf electroencephalograph (EEG)

• אַנְטִיכְּרִיסְט antikrist Antichrist
• אַנְטִי-חֹמֶר anti-homer antimatter

• אִינְפְרָה-אָדֹם infra-adom infrared

• מוֹנוֹלוֹג monolog monologue
• חַד-לְשׁוֹנִי had-leshoni monolingual

• חַד-אוֹפַן had-ofan (lit. uni-wheel) unicycle

• פּוֹלִיגַמְיָה poligamya polygamy

• מוּלְטִימֶדְיָה multimedya multimedia
• רַב-לְשׁוֹנִי rav-leshoni multilingual

• טֶלֶסְקוֹפּ teleskop telescope

• סוּפֶּרְנוֹבָה supernova supernova
• עַל-טִבְעִי al-tivi supernatural
• מַחְשֵׁב-עָל makhshav-al supercomputer

• הִיפֶּרְאַקְטִיבִי hiperaktivi hyperactive

• טְרִיאַתְלוֹן triatlon triathlon

• רֶאוֹרְגָּנִיזַצְיָה reorganizatzya reorganization
• רֶה-אִרְגּוּן re-irgun reorganization
• רֶבִיזְיָה revizya revision

• תַּת-מוּדָע tat-muda subconscious

• חוּץ-תָּאִי hutz-tai extracellular
• אֶקְסְטְרָטֶרִיטוֹרְיָאלִי ekstrateritoryali extraterritorial

• נֵאוֹלוֹגִיזְם neologizm neologism

• אַבְטִיפּוּס avtipus prototype

• סוֹצְיוֹלִינְגְּוִיסְטִיקָה sotzyolingvistika sociolinguistics

• הִידְרוֹאֶלֶקְטְרִי hidroelektri hydroelectric

• הִיפּוֹגְלִיקֶמְיָה hipoglikemya hypoglycemia

• אִיזוֹטוֹפּ izotop isotope

• מֶטָבּוֹלִיזְם metabolizm metabolism

• מֶגָהֶרְץ megahertz megahertz

• מִיקְרוֹסְקוֹפּ mikroskop microscope

• טְרַנְסְאַטְלַנְטִי transatlanti transatlantic

• אִידְיוֹמָטִי idyomati idiomatic

• פִּירוֹמֶטֶר pirometer pyrometer
• פִּירוֹמָן piroman (means: pyro-maniac) pyromaniac

• אוֹטוֹמָטִי otomati automatic