How to put the keyboard in Hebrew for any device? step by step guide

Keyboards are a very fundamental tool, since through them the work of making a document or having to write some information is facilitated. on your computer or mobile devices. Although there are infinities of models, they all fulfill the same function, which is to write. However, some bring you accessories so that when you use it, your work becomes easier.

Regardless of the brand or type you have, it can be adapted to what you want, the language you require or the one you need at the moment. Modifying it can be one of the easiest things to do, so much so that it will not take you more than 5 minutes to do it. Before changing it you should know that Microsoft defines Hebrew as a complex script, so we recommend that if you want to activate it you have good knowledge of it.

As this is not configured by default, except in native countries, a series of steps must be carried out beforehand. That is why we have prepared a guide for you where you can see what the Hebrew keyboard is like, what its special characters are and how you can enable them. Also what are the programs and applications that you should use to modify it, either on your Windows or Mac, even Android and iPhone.

How is a keyboard to write with Hebrew letters and characters?

You should know that the writing peripheral is the same as the one used in Spanish, the only difference is the configuration, because there is currently no physical one. This is distributed in three, SHIF, Shift + AltG and Normal, all of these have a different function when using it.

Try as far as possible not to use Ctrl and Alt, so that the computer does not activate any menu or alter any of the functions executed.

shift function

By pressing this key you can activate both long vowels and final consonants.

Shift + AltGr function

With either of these two you activate the accents, Of course they are not the same at the moment you do it.

normal function

This means that keyboard is conformed to the greatest possible similarity of each Hebrew letter.

You have to take into account that at the moment you are writing, everything you write or do will be executed from right to left, since this language is written like this.

Programs and applications to change and put your keyboard in Hebrew language

In this part you will see how to adapt any of your mobile devices to Hebrew, either by configuring the keyboard or installing some program that is necessary for it.

Change keyboard for Windows PC

In this part you will see how to modify the language regardless of whether it is outside or inside the Latin alphabet. In the same way you will be able to know how you can do it depending on the Windows you have.

Windows 7

You can do this in two ways, entering from the letters you see in your taskbar, which in our case are “ES”, or from the control panel.

• In the taskbar look for the letters They should be close to the clock.

• When you press them, the languages ​​that you have by default should appear, there you will have to enter where it tells you Show language bar.

• A bar should appear at the top, by left clicking with the mouse go to Setting.

• Then a window should open Services text / input languages, in the tab of General enter in Add.
• A window should open with the languages, there you should search Hebrew, you must click on the button + which is to the side to display the options. You will see what it tells you Keyboardre-enter the button + for others to appear, in this case choose Hebrew / United States.

• If you don’t see it, click Show more, you select it and other languages ​​will slide.
• The moment you get the one you want, press To accept.
• This will return you to the tab where you were before, but you will see that now in the installed services The language you just selected appears.
• It only remains for you to choose it and press where it says Go up so that it appears in the default list.

• press Apply > OK to complete the change.

If you don’t see the letters in your taskbar you can enter it like this:

• You enter the Menu > Control Panel > Regional Language Settings.
• In the window that opened go to the tab Keyboards and languages, you must access where it tells you change keyboards and the box will appear Text services / input languages.
• After you do this you just have to Follow the steps we gave you earlier.

Windows 8

with this Windows you can also enter from the taskbar or from settings.

• The first thing you should do is find your bar charm bar and enter the Setting, At the top you will see a function that is Change PC settings.

• A new window will open Setting, there you must search and access in Time and language > Region and language.
• In this part you will see the language that you have as default and further down you will have a section that is Languages, enter in Options.

• You will see that several options were displayed, in it is one that says add a keyboard, Enter it to open a window with the languages, search for Hebrew, select it and click on set as primary.

Windows 10

To do it with this version you must execute it by control panel as follows.

• The first thing you should do is open the Menu.
• You’re going to go to Control Panel.

• This will open a tab, in it you must look where it tells you Time and language.

• Enter the section of Region and language and look where it says + Add a language.

• It will show you all the languages, look for the Hebrew You select it and that’s it. Upon returning to Region and language menu You will be able to see that it has been added, all that remains is for you to finish configuring it.
• Enter in Options of the language you added, when you access it will ask you to download the language options. This may take a few minutes.

• After the download finishes, return to the menu where you were right now and select the language you downloaded, now you can set it as default.
• To complete you must restart your computer so that he can process the change you just made.

Use Hebrew keyboard on Mac computers

Changing the language in MacOS is very simple, you can not only add this but all the languages ​​you want without any limit. To do this, read the following.

• Enter in System preferencesin the next window look for the option of the Keyboard.

• In what you enter you will see a tab in which you are going to check the box of Show emoji and symbol keyboard viewers in the menu barso that in this way the indicator can be activated and you can thus see the language you have at that moment.

• Now go to the tab Quick functions > input sources.

• On the right side, some options should have appeared, you are going to click on the one that says Select the following source of income, now in that same option you are going to click on the right side so that you can choose the combination of keys to use, if you are already using it, it will show you a triangle indicating that it is not valid.
• Then you go into input sources to choose the language you want and be able to conclude.
• When you are going to write something press the combination of keys you chose to activate the language that was just configured.

Put on your Android mobile

Typing buttons on mobile devices already come with some default languages, you can check this at the top or bottom of it. You can see that it tells you something like “Spanish” or an icon in the form of “Balloon“, if it does not appear, you should go to the configuration of your equipment to make sure which ones you drive. If you are looking for one that does not have the device, you can get it through Google Play Store.

Next we will show you some apps that we will recommend you to download, They are very easy to use and will not take up so much space.

SwiftKey Keyboard

This app is considered one of the best Android apps. Among its advantages, it stands out that it has a great word prediction, intelligent autocorrection, emoticons, different languages ​​and more.

With this you can type in all apps, so you can make it a default one. It does not matter what devices you use as it is available for screens of all sizes.

gboard

This app allows you to customize it so that it is totally to your liking, in addition to this it has an extensive catalog of emoji. Among its functions, the ease of searching stands out, since it brings quick access to the search engine.

Touchpal X

With it you can easily change the language from the keyboard just by pressing the space bar. In particular, this one has the function of writing by voice and even has built-in word autocompletion. Additionally, it brings some themes so you can customize it to your liking, and not only that too you can synchronize it with your cloud so that it is configured to your personal dictionary.

Put on the iPhone

The good thing about the iOS platform is that it has a very advanced interface, it allows you to make modifications of the position where you want the keyboard, choose the language you want and more without having to make any changes to it on your mobile. In this part you will see how to make these adjustments easily.

• Go to the “Settings” of your team.

• Look for the function General Options > Keyboard, As soon as the window opens, you should look for the option Add new keyboard.

• This will display a popup with all the languages, choose the one you want.
• It only remains that when you go to use it you get on the globe icon that appears at the bottom of the keyboard and select the one you added earlier.

Write in Hebrew with virtual online tools

If you don’t want to download any program You can see these pages, which can help you in the same way.

virtual online keyboard

This page online (http://en.online-keyboard.net/keyboard/hebrew.html) presents you with a Hebrew writing panel directly on the screen, you just have to press the letters with the mouse and copy the texts you write. Using it is very easy because there is no complication, plus she tells you how you can use it. It should be noted that this page only works for Windows or MacOS computers.

Hebrew online keyboard

With this online tool you can type from your hardware or from the Hebrew keyboard that you will see at the bottom of the page. It is very complete when writing, since you can even add the accents, signs and numbers.

Letters of the Hebrew alphabet and their equivalence

א (aleph) = A	ט (teith) = TH	ע (‘ain) – no equivalent
ב (beit) = V	י (yod either And you) = I or Y	פ (peh) = P – F
בּ = B	כּ (kaf) = K	ף – at the end of the word
ג (Gimmel) = G	כ = J	צ (tsadeh) = ST
ד(dalet) = D	ך – at the end of the word	ץ – at the end of the word
ה(I have) = H	ל (licked) = L	ק (kuf) = K – Q
ו (wow) = V	מ (memory) = M	ר (reish) = R
וֹ = OR	ם – at the end of the word	ש (shin either without)
וּ = U	נ (nun) = N	שׁ = SH
ז (zayn) = Z	ן – at the end of the word	שׂ = S
ח (heit) = J	ס (samech) = X	ת (tav) = T