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Language code: heb

Technical information about ISO 639 language code heb

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The table below provides technical details for the Hebrew language, designated by the heb code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

heb

Name

Official

Hebrew

Native

עברית

Text direction

Right-to-Left

Language varieties
Ashkenazi HebrewSephardi HebrewMizrahi (Oriental) HebrewYemenite HebrewSamaritan Hebrew
Related languages
AramaicPhoenicianMoabiteAmmoniteArabic
Key facts
Hebrew underwent a rare full revival from liturgical to everyday spoken use in the late 19th–20th centuriesIts script is an abjad of 22 consonant letters, with optional vowel points called niqqudCore vocabulary is built from tri-consonantal roots that generate families of related wordsModern Hebrew blends ancient Semitic grammar with extensive loanwords and newly coined termsThe oldest known Hebrew inscriptions date to the 10th century BCE.
Sample phrase

שלום, מה שלומך?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-8, Windows 1255, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Hebrew language, identified by the code heb, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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