Hebrew is known as one of the oldest languages of the world. The Jews give the same reverence and sanctity to Hebrew as the Muslims have for Arabic. Hebrew is also the language of religious scriptures of Jews as well as of Christians. Thus the language poses to be something more than a language to a large portion of the world community of Jews and Christians but especially to Jews. It is not solely the official language of any community of the world yet in Israel; Hebrew is the one of the widely spoken language and is also regarded as official language together with Arabic. Generally speaking, Hebrew is thought to be the language of the Jews living in Israel and in many other parts of the world.


Historically, Hebrew is the branch of ancient family of Semitic languages. It has many linguistic similarities with Arabic. It has a great asset of ancient philosophy, literary traditions and useful information on societal norms and values of the old cultures and civilizations. Hebrew has seen many linguistic developments over a long span of time. With the mass immigration of the Jews in different regions of the world, Hebrew has also enriched its vocabulary by allowing words from Russian, German, French and English languages in Hebrew. The modern version of the language is regarded as a thoroughly revised version. It may have sharp differences in morphology and semantics to that of the old versions of language. For the reason, the learners of Hebrew have to decide the purpose of learning Hebrew first. The scholars doing researches on ancient cultures have to learn the old version of the language while in case of jobs and correspondence requirements only the modern version of the language is enough.


In spite of all the sanctity attached to Hebrew and its fixity for Jews, the language is also learnt by a vast majority of non-native speakers world-wide as well. Many educational institutes in Europe and America offer language programmes at certificate and diploma levels in Modern Standardized Hebrew. There are academic courses available in its ancient form which is used only for research purposes and not spoken anywhere in the world. Hebrew language courses are also available online and the popularity of these courses is increasing day by day due to certain geo-political reasons. In the last few decades, Israel has gained much attention by the world communities due to its political environment. People all around the world want to know more about geo-political situations in and outside Israel. That is why Hebrew language courses are also taken by the journalists in particular reporting from Israel.


For the guidance and help of the online learners, many organization offer free access to online dictionaries available on their websites. These dictionaries provide thorough information on Hebrew word structures and all the nuisances of Hebrew words. Hebrew dictionaries are also available in software form and can be had easily by paying affordable prices. For the sake of business community, the online institutions are also offering the facility of online translations. Mostly the translation services are usable against money but free translation services are also available on the internet. However, the free online translation websites are comparatively limited in range of choice and workability.