There are many ways to introduce yourself in Hebrew language. This goes very well together with what we’ve learned in lesson 1 on how to say hello in Hebrew. We can use all the versions of hello we’ve learned previously in Lesson 1.

Part 1 – Greetings and your name.

Let’s look at 3 popular options to introduce your name.

Option 1 – Hello + I am + your name.

You can replace shalom with boker tov (good morning) , yom tov( good day) , etc:

All the following sentences in Hebrew are valid:

• Boker tov, ani Ron -> Good morning, I’m Ron
• Tzohoraim tovim, ani Ron -> Good noon, I’m Ron
• Erev tov, ani Ron -> Good evening, I’m Ron
• Ahalan, ani Ron -> Hello, I’m Ron

Pick whichever one you prefer, you can’t go wrong with shalom!

Option 2 – Hello + I’m called + your name

Shalom! Korim li Ron – This means hello, I’m called Ron. (literally it means [they] call me Ron. Even though in translation usually it’s also translated as my name is..).

Option 3 – Hello + My name is + your name

Shalom, shmi Ron

Shalom, hashem sheli hu Ron

Both of those mean the same, shmi is a shorter very of hashem sheli.

This version of introduction is ultra polite. So much that you will mainly hear children use it. Option 2 is much more popular to use as an intro in Israel. But all of them are valid choices.

Part 2 – Your age

Usually in an introduction you will put other details in the conversation, depending on the introduction. Let’s take age as an example as it’s very easy.

To say I am X years old you will say:

Ani ben ___number___ (if you’re a man)

Ani bat ___number___ (if you’re a woman)

Ben means a son/boy and bat means girl/daughter. Combing it with a number right after it you get I am X years old.

For example:

Ani ben shloshim -> I am 30 years old (for a man)

Ani bat esrim -> I’m 20 years old (for a woman)

Here esrim is 20 and shloshim is thirty.

You might want to look at a chart of the numbers to help you. You can click here to see the article about Hebrew numbers 1 until 1 million

Part 3 – I am from

Often times when you travel to Israel, people are very curious about where you’re from! Israeli people are quite warm and friendly towards tourists. To say I am from X country we you

Ani meh ___country___

For example:

Ani meh Anglia (I’m from England)

Ani meh America (I’m from America)

Here is a list of popular countries you could use:

English	Transliteration	Hebrew with Niqqud
United States	Artsot ha-Brit	אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית
Thailand	Tayland	תַּיְלַנְד
France	Tsarfat	צָרְפַת
Germany	Germanya	גֶּרְמַנְיָה
Italy	Italia	אִיטַלְיָה
Spain	Sfarad	סְפָרַד
Portugal	Portugal	פּוֹרְטוּגָל
Netherlands	Holand	הוֹלַנְד
Switzerland	Shvayts	שְׁוַיְץ
Russia	Rusya	רוּסְיָה
China	Sin	סִין
Japan	Yapan	יַפָּן
India	Hodu	הֹדּוּ (or הוֹדוּ)
Brazil	Brazil	בְּרָזִיל
Mexico	Meksiko	מֶקְסִיקוֹ
Canada	Kanada	קָנָדָה
Australia	Ostralya	אוֹסְטְרַלְיָה
Egypt	Mitzrayim	מִצְרַיִם
Israel	Yisra’el	יִשְׂרָאֵל
Greece	Yavan	יָוָן

For a more complete list of countries you can visit Countries in Hebrew language

Final Part – How to say your Occupation in Hebrew

So far so good! You already know how to introduce you name, age and where you are from! That’s already more than enough to put a smile on people’s faces! Now let’s also add your occupation/your work to finalize this lesson!

Ani oved beh/bah ____ – I work in.

Ani + profession -> I am a <type of professional>

For example:

Ani oved bah universita -> I work in the University

Ani mehandes -> I am an engineer

Here are 6 examples of professions:

English	Hebrew transliteration	Hebrew

Teacher

Moreh / Morah

מוֹרֶה / מוֹרָה

Doctor

Rofe / Rofah

רוֹפֵא / רוֹפְאָה

Lawyer

Orech din

עוֹרֵךְ דִּין

Engineer

Mehandes / Mehandeset

מְהַנְדֵּס / מְהַנְדֶּסֶת

Police officer

Shoter / Shoteret

שׁוֹטֵר / שׁוֹטֶרֶת

Chef

Taban / Tabana

טַבָּח / טַבָּחָה

For a fuller list you may look at Professions in Hebrew Language

Putting It All Together

Congrats!

This was a long lesson, now you should be able to introduce yourself in Hebrew well!