Hebrew Vocabulary Basic level

The House הבית

20 Hebrew words on the house — with pictures, native audio and example sentences. Rooms and furniture — what's around you now.

The House
ImageEnglishHebrewNote
househouseבית
The base of many compounds: בית ספר (school), בית חולים (hospital).
apartmentapartmentדירה
שכר דירה = rent.
living roomliving roomסלון
🔗 RootA European loan from 'salon' — the everyday word for a living room.
kitchenkitchenמטבח
🔗 RootThe place pattern מ־ on the root of טבח, a cook.
bedroombedroomחדר שינה
🔗 Rootחדר (room) + שינה (sleep), from לישון. Same pattern: חדר אמבטיה, חדר עבודה.
bathroombathroomשירותים
⚠️ IrregularPlural-only, and literally 'services' — the polite word. אמבטיה is the bathtub, and the room you bathe in.
doordoorדלת
The letter ד (dalet) is named after it.
windowwindowחלון
⚠️ IrregularMasculine, but the plural takes ־ות: חלונות.
wallwallקיר
⚠️ IrregularMasculine, plural קירות. A city wall is חומה; the Western Wall is הכותל.
floorfloorרצפה
🔀 Several meaningsOnly the surface underfoot — a storey of a building is קומה.
ceilingceilingתקרה
The ceiling indoors; the roof above is גג.
stairsstairsמדרגות
A single step is מדרגה. An escalator is מדרגות נעות.
tabletableשולחן
⚠️ IrregularMasculine, but the plural takes ־ות: שולחנות.
chairchairכיסא
⚠️ IrregularMasculine, plural כיסאות. A wheelchair is כיסא גלגלים.
sofasofaספה
🔗 RootA cognate of 'sofa'.
bedbedמיטה
wardrobewardrobeארון
⚠️ IrregularMasculine, plural ארונות. ארון ספרים = bookcase; ארון קודש = the synagogue ark.
lamplampמנורה
Any lamp — and also the seven-branched Temple menorah.
mirrormirrorמראה
👓 Same spellingRead mar'e the same letters mean 'appearance', and that one is masculine.
keykeyמפתח
🔗 RootThe instrument pattern מ־ on לפתוח, to open. ⚠️ IrregularPlural מפתחות, masculine.