Hebrew Explorer tutorials — how to use every tool
Step-by-step guides with pictures for everything on Hebrew Explorer. Learn to find your way around the reader, open any Hebrew word, read a verse aloud in Hebrew, and put the tools together for a real study. 45 tutorials, most of them five minutes or less.
- Getting started
- Word study
- Learning Hebrew
- Names, people & places
- Deeper study
- Text treasures & history
- Daily & Torah portions
- Books, exporting & Pro
- Study recipes
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- Your first five minutes: a tour of the screenWhat every button on the screen does, so nothing feels hidden.Free 5 min · Beginner
- Searching: words, phrases, Hebrew and Strong's numbersOne search box finds verses, English words, Hebrew and Greek words, and every use of a Strong's number.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Tap a word: reading the lexiconOpen any Hebrew or Greek word to see its meaning, pronunciation, gematria, every place it appears, and the classic lexicons.Free 6 min · Beginner
- The Hebrew Alef-Bet: meet the 22 lettersEach letter's forms, sound, number, picture, first root in Scripture, and the teaching carried in its shape.Free 5 min · Beginner
- Learn Hebrew Scripture: read any verse aloud in HebrewAny verse laid out word by word, with syllables, stress, meaning and a Hebrew voice, printable as a study sheet.Free samples · Pro 6 min · Beginner
- The Study Panel: your study space beside the textResources for the chapter, your notes and highlights, saved studies, a parallel translation, books and search, all beside the text.Free 6 min · Beginner
- Torah Portion: this week's parashahThis week's Torah, Haftarah and B'rit Chadashah readings, a four-part summary, and all 54 portions.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Recipe: a complete Hebrew word study in 15 minutesGo from one English word to a finished, printable study of the Hebrew behind it.Free 15 min · Intermediate
Getting started
New here? Start with these. Find your way around the reader, pick a translation, search, and set up the page the way you like it.
- Your first five minutes: a tour of the screenWhat every button on the screen does, so nothing feels hidden.Free 5 min · Beginner
- Reading the Bible: find any book and chapterJump to any book and chapter, move chapter by chapter, and go straight to a verse.Free 3 min · Beginner
- Choosing a translation — English, Hebrew, Greek and moreSwitch between English versions, the Hebrew and Greek originals, the Septuagint and Spanish.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Searching: words, phrases, Hebrew and Strong's numbersOne search box finds verses, English words, Hebrew and Greek words, and every use of a Strong's number.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Reading settings: font, text size and colour themesMake the text bigger, pick a font, choose a light, sepia, papyrus or dark theme, and turn on red letters.Free 2 min · Beginner
- History: retrace every step of your studyJump back to any chapter, word, search or tool you opened during this visit.Free 2 min · Beginner
- Your free account: sign in, and what it savesCreate a free account, sign in, and see what is kept on your device and what is kept in your account.Free 2 min · Beginner
Word study
Go beneath the English. Open any word in the lexicon, read the Hebrew under the English, and follow a word through all of Scripture.
- Tap a word: reading the lexiconOpen any Hebrew or Greek word to see its meaning, pronunciation, gematria, every place it appears, and the classic lexicons.Free 6 min · Beginner
- The Interlinear: Hebrew and Greek under the EnglishSee every Hebrew or Greek word with its English meaning and Strong's number, verse by verse.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Word Study Sheets: build and print your own word studyGather definitions, letters, gematria, word pairs and verses from every tool into one sheet you can edit and print.Free 6 min · Intermediate
- Pictograph word study: reading a word letter by letterStack a word's letters, read the ancient picture behind each one, and build a definition from them.Free 5 min · Beginner
- The Hebrew Root Dictionary: climb a word's family treeBrowse every root in Scripture by its first letter, and see each root's family of words drawn as a tree.Free 5 min · Intermediate
- Word pairs: the words that keep company with a wordSee which words appear most often alongside any word, in the Torah, the Tanakh, the New Testament or the whole Bible.Free 3 min · Intermediate
- Gematria: the numeric value of Hebrew wordsShow the value of every Hebrew word, choose a counting method, add up a phrase, and find words that share a value.Free 5 min · Intermediate
Learning Hebrew
Learn the letters, take words apart, understand verbs, and read whole verses and prayers aloud in Hebrew.
- The Hebrew Alef-Bet: meet the 22 lettersEach letter's forms, sound, number, picture, first root in Scripture, and the teaching carried in its shape.Free 5 min · Beginner
- Typing Hebrew and Greek with the on-screen keyboardType Hebrew or Greek letters in any search box. No special keyboard needed.Free 2 min · Beginner
- Hebrew Word Parts: take any word apartType or tap any Hebrew word to see its prefixes, root and suffixes explained, with the combined meaning.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Verb Anatomy: what a Hebrew verb is really sayingTap any Hebrew verb for its root, stem, form, person and voice, explained in plain English.Free 4 min · Intermediate
- Learn Hebrew Scripture: read any verse aloud in HebrewAny verse laid out word by word, with syllables, stress, meaning and a Hebrew voice, printable as a study sheet.Free samples · Pro 6 min · Beginner
- Hebrew Blessings & Prayers: pray them in HebrewThe best-known blessings and prayers, word by word with pronunciation and meaning, read aloud and printable.Free samples · Pro 5 min · Beginner
Names, people & places
The names of God, the meaning behind every Hebrew name, the heroes of the Bible, the tribes, and every place on the map.
- Names of God: every name and title, explainedYHVH, El Shaddai, El Roi and every other name, with Hebrew, Greek, gematria, first mention and meaning.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Hebrew Names: the meaning inside every nameTurn it on and every personal name glows. Tap one to see what it means and which words built it.Free 3 min · Beginner
- Places & Geography: every place on the mapEvery place glows green. Tap one to see it on the map, with its meaning and what happened there.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Bible Heroes: the great lives of ScripturePortraits, Hebrew names and pronunciation, key events and every verse naming each hero.Free 3 min · Beginner
- Tribes of Israel: the thirteen bannersEach tribe's Hebrew name, the blessings of Jacob and Moses, famous members, and the land they were given.Free 3 min · Beginner
Deeper study
Your study space: notes, highlights, saved studies, side-by-side translations, PaRDeS, and listening to the text.
- The Study Panel: your study space beside the textResources for the chapter, your notes and highlights, saved studies, a parallel translation, books and search, all beside the text.Free 6 min · Beginner
- Highlights & notes: mark verses and keep your thoughtsHighlight a verse in colour and write a note on it, then find them all again in the Study Panel.Free 3 min · Beginner
- Compare translations and compare a verseRead several translations side by side, or one verse in every translation at once.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Learn PaRDeS: the four levels of Scripture studyA guided walk through Peshat, Remez, Derash and Sod, using one verse you already know.Free 8 min · Beginner
- PaRDeS Study: study any verse on four levelsA guided roadmap through the four levels for any verse, with your notes saved to your account.Free 8 min · Intermediate
- Listen: hear the Bible read aloudHave the chapter on screen read aloud verse by verse, or browse the free audio Bible, teachings and audiobooks.Free 3 min · Beginner
Text treasures & history
Archaeology, the scribal wonders of the Hebrew text, biblical numbers, Bible codes, and the story of the two kingdoms.
- Biblical Archaeology: discoveries alongside the storyBrowse 533 discoveries by era and kind: steles, seals, coins, cities and scrolls, each tied to the verses it touches.Free 5 min · Beginner
- Hebrew Text Anomalies: the scribal wonders of the textLarge and small letters, floating letters, ancient dots and hidden alphabets, shown on the 1,000-year-old Leningrad Codex.Free 4 min · Intermediate
- Numbers: what biblical numbers meanTurn on number highlighting and tap any orange number word for its meaning, Hebrew, Greek and famous examples.Free 3 min · Beginner
- Bible Codes: search for equidistant letter sequencesSearch the Torah or whole Tanakh for up to five terms, see where they cross in a matrix, and compare against random text.Pro 7 min · Advanced
- Tale of Two Kingdoms: Israel and Judah side by sideThe whole story from Samuel to the dispersion on one timeline, with every king, prophet and battle, and narrated chapters.Pro 5 min · Intermediate
Daily & Torah portions
A verse and a Hebrew word every day, this week's Torah portion, and the portion read the week you were born.
- Verse of the Day and Hebrew Word of the DayA verse and a Hebrew word each day, as shareable cards, delivered to your inbox if you like.Free 2 min · Beginner
- Torah Portion: this week's parashahThis week's Torah, Haftarah and B'rit Chadashah readings, a four-part summary, and all 54 portions.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Torah Birth Portion: the portion read the week you were bornEnter a birth date to find the Torah portion and Haftarah read on the Shabbat of that week.Free 2 min · Beginner
Books, exporting & Pro
The Library and the Apocrypha, taking Scripture into your own documents, and what Hebrew Explorer Pro adds.
- The Library and the ApocryphaRead books from the shelf, including free classics, and explore the books written between and around the Testaments.Free 4 min · Beginner
- Scripture Exporter: take a passage into your document or slidesCopy, download or print a passage in English, Hebrew, Greek or interlinear, in the font, size and colour you choose.Pro 4 min · Beginner
- Hebrew Explorer Pro: what's free and what Pro addsThe reader and nearly every study tool are free. Pro adds a handful of deeper tools.Free 2 min · Beginner
Study recipes
Put the tools together. Step-by-step plans for a word study, a Torah portion lesson, and reading a verse in Hebrew.
- Recipe: a complete Hebrew word study in 15 minutesGo from one English word to a finished, printable study of the Hebrew behind it.Free 15 min · Intermediate
- Recipe: prepare a Torah portion lessonPlan a group study of this week's parashah: readings, context, one key word, and a handout.Free 30 min · Intermediate
- Recipe: learn to read a verse in HebrewFrom the letters to reading Genesis 1:1 aloud, using only free tools.Free 20 min · Beginner
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Every tool has a ‹ Back to text button at the top that returns you to your reading, and the clock button at the bottom left of the reader shows your history. If something is not working, or a tutorial does not match what you see, please tell us. Email support@hebrewexplorer.com.