Hebrew Translation Services — English ↔ Hebrew | Modern & Biblical | RTL | From $0.08/Word

Hebrew Translation Rates: From $0.08/Word

Applies to both English→Hebrew and Hebrew→English for Modern Israeli Hebrew. Classical/Biblical Hebrew and RTL localization projects: contact for quote. For certified USCIS immigration documents: fixed per-page rates (see USCIS section).

Hebrew Translation for the Israeli Technology and Business Ecosystem

Cybersecurity — the Global Leader. Israel exports more cybersecurity technology than any country except the United States. Major companies: Check Point Software (one of the world's largest network security providers), CyberArk (privileged access management), Wiz (cloud security, valued at $12B+), Aqua Security, Armis, Sygnia, and hundreds of startups. English↔Hebrew cybersecurity translation covers: security product documentation, SOC 2/ISO 27001 compliance materials, incident response reports, vulnerability disclosures, government procurement filings with INCD (Israel National Cyber Directorate), and investor communications for US-listed Israeli cybersecurity companies. → Technical Translation

Autonomous Vehicle Technology — Mobileye and ADAS. Mobileye (Jerusalem, NASDAQ: MBLY) is the global leader in Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) — its technology is embedded in vehicles from more than 25 automakers. The autonomous vehicle sector generates constant English↔Hebrew translation demand: technical specifications, supplier agreements, regulatory submissions to US NHTSA and EU transport authorities, and software documentation. Intel Israel (Haifa) and its spinoffs also generate significant technical translation requirements. → Automotive Translation

Pharmaceutical — Teva and Ministry of Health. Teva Pharmaceutical (Tel Aviv, NASDAQ: TEVA) is the world's largest generic pharmaceutical company by volume, operating in 60+ countries. Translation for Teva's supply chain involves: regulatory submissions to FDA (in English), product dossiers for the Israeli Ministry of Health (משרד הבריאות — in Hebrew), manufacturing documentation, clinical trial summaries, and investor relations materials. Other Israeli pharma companies — Kamada, Perrigo Israel, Brainsway — also generate pharmaceutical translation demand. → Pharmaceutical Translation

Legal and IP — Israeli Startup Ecosystem. Israel's startup ecosystem generates unique legal translation needs: term sheets and SHA (Shareholder Agreements) from English for Israeli founders who must understand US investor terms; Israeli corporate documents (Articles of Association — תקנות החברה, Board resolutions — החלטות דירקטוריון) translated to English for US due diligence; IP assignment agreements; R&D collaboration agreements under IIA (Israel Innovation Authority) grant frameworks; and employment contracts translating US labor law norms to Israeli law equivalents. → Legal Translation → Contract Translation

Agricultural Technology — Netafim and AgTech. Israel is the global pioneer of drip irrigation technology (Netafim — used in 110 countries) and a world leader in precision agriculture, controlled-environment farming, and water-efficient crops. Israeli AgTech companies require translation of: technical manuals for global markets (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French), regulatory filings for agricultural product approval in different markets, and partnership agreements with global agricultural distributors. → Technical Translation

Certified Hebrew to English Translation for USCIS

Approximately 200,000 Israeli-born residents live in the United States, plus a significant number of Israeli nationals on work and student visas. All Hebrew-language documents submitted to USCIS must be accompanied by a certified English translation per 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3).

Common Israeli USCIS documents and rates:

Israeli document specifics our translators know:

• Misrad HaPnim (משרד הפנים — Ministry of Interior / Population Authority): all Israeli civil registration documents are issued through this ministry; our translators know all format variations from different regional offices
• Teudat Zehut: Israel's biometric national ID card issued to all citizens and permanent residents; frequently requested by US employers and USCIS
• Military discharge records (Teudat Shihrur — תעודת שחרור): relevant for some immigration applications; Israeli military service is mandatory

Religious certificates with immigration relevance:

• Ketubah (כתובה): Jewish marriage contract — may be presented as supplementary evidence of marriage in some USCIS proceedings
• Get (גט): Jewish bill of divorce — relevant for civil status in some USCIS filings

→ All certified immigration translation → USCIS-certified translation

Hebrew is Right-to-Left (RTL) — What This Means for Translation and Localization

Hebrew is written and read from right to left (RTL). For document translation, this means the translated text flows in the opposite direction from English. For technology, software, and web localization projects, RTL has deeper technical implications that every buyer needs to understand before briefing a Hebrew localization project.

RTL technical implications for software and web:

BiDi (Bidirectional) text — the most common Hebrew localization error: Hebrew documents and interfaces frequently mix Hebrew text with English words, numbers, code, or URLs. Mixing RTL and LTR text in the same string requires Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (BiDi) handling. Without proper BiDi implementation, mixed Hebrew-English text renders in incorrect order, punctuation appears on the wrong side, and parentheses may appear reversed. This is the most common error in Hebrew software localization.

DTP (Desktop Publishing) for Hebrew: PDF, InDesign, and Word documents designed for LTR text require complete reconstruction for Hebrew — not just text substitution. Text frames, column direction, page binding side, and header/footer positioning all change in a Hebrew document.

TheWordPoint's RTL capability: We provide Hebrew localization with BiDi text management, UI mirroring guidance, Israeli market formatting (date/currency/number), and DTP reconstruction from LTR to RTL for publication-quality Hebrew documents.

→ Software Localization → Website Localization → DTP Service

Modern Israeli Hebrew vs Classical/Biblical Hebrew — Which Do You Need?

Hebrew has two distinct registers used in entirely different professional contexts. Ordering the wrong type produces a translation your audience cannot use.

Modern Hebrew (Ivrit — עברית מודרנית): The living language of Israel — spoken by ~9 million Israelis daily and used for all commercial, legal, technological, and official communication in the State of Israel. Modern Hebrew was revived as a vernacular in the late 19th century after millennia as a primarily written/liturgical language. It contains significant English loanwords (especially in technology — "סטארט-אפ" for startup, "מחשוב" for computing), Arabic- influenced expressions, and distinctly Israeli idioms.

Use Modern Hebrew for: Business contracts with Israeli companies, employment agreements, technology product documentation, cybersecurity reports, pharmaceutical regulatory filings with the Israeli Ministry of Health, website and app localization for the Israeli market, marketing materials for Israeli consumers, and all civil documents issued by the State of Israel.

Classical/Biblical Hebrew (עברית מקראית / לשון חז"ל): The language of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), Mishnah, Talmud, liturgical texts, and traditional Jewish religious documents. Grammatically and lexically distinct from Modern Hebrew — a Classical Hebrew specialist is not necessarily equipped to translate a 21st-century Israeli technology contract, and a Modern Hebrew specialist may not have the training needed for Talmudic or liturgical texts.

Use Classical Hebrew for: Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) translation, Torah and Talmudic text translation, rabbinical responsa, synagogue records, Jewish genealogy documents, Dead Sea Scrolls research, Jewish studies academic content, get (Jewish bill of divorce) documentation, and conversion certificates.

How TheWordPoint handles this: When placing an order, indicate whether your project is Modern Hebrew (commercial, legal, technical, governmental) or Classical/Biblical Hebrew (religious, liturgical, genealogical). We assign specialists from the appropriate category — never a generic "Hebrew translator."

Ketubah, Religious Documents, and Jewish Community Translation

Beyond commercial Israeli Hebrew, TheWordPoint serves the global Jewish community with religious and heritage document translation.

Ketubah (כתובה — Jewish Marriage Contract) Translation: The ketubah is the traditional Jewish marriage contract, written primarily in Aramaic with some Hebrew. US Jewish couples often need their ketubah translated to English for: US civil legal proceedings (divorce settlements where the ketubah is introduced), USCIS immigration applications that require evidence of a valid marriage, estate and inheritance matters, and personal archival preservation. We provide ketubah translation from Hebrew/Aramaic to English with awareness of halachic (Jewish legal) terminology.

Get (גט — Jewish Divorce Document): The get is the Jewish bill of divorce. In some US legal contexts, particularly in states with large Orthodox Jewish populations, the get may be introduced as evidence of religious dissolution of marriage alongside civil divorce. We translate get documents from Hebrew/Aramaic to English for these purposes.

Genealogy and Archive Translation: Israeli population records, aliyah (immigration to Israel) documents, and records from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe (in Hebrew script) that are now held in archives. We work with documents from Yad Vashem archives, the Central Zionist Archives, and community records from pre-war European Jewish communities.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Religious Certificates: Certificates of bar/bat mitzvah, confirmation documents, and Jewish educational credentials that require translation for secular recognition purposes.

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Reviewed and updated  on September 22, 2026, by

Christakis Christodoulou