Keyboards are a very fundamental tool, since through them the work of creating a document or having to write some information is facilitated. on your computer or mobile devices. Although there are countless 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 whatever you want, to the language you require or to the one you need at the moment. Modifying it can be one of the easiest things to do, so much so that it won’t 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 the native countries, a series of steps must be carried out previously. 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, whether 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 that used in Spanish, the only difference is the configuration, this is 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 much as possible not to use Ctrl and Alt, so that the computer does not activate any menu or alter any of the executed functions.
shift function
By pressing this key you can activate both long vowels and final consonants.
Shift + AltGr function
With any of these two active accents, Of course they are not the same when you do it.
normal function
This means that 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 it will be executed from right to left, since this language is written like this.
Programs and applications to change and put your keyboard in the Hebrew language
In this part you will see how to adapt any of your mobile devices to Hebrew, either through the or installing any 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 within the Latin alphabet. In the same way You will 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 that 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 default languages 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 General enter in Add.
- A window should open with the languages, there you should search Hebrew, you have to 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.
- All that remains is for you to choose it and click 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 Services text / 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 look for your bar charm bar and enter the Setting, in the upper part you will see a function that is the 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 observe the language that you have as default and below 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, look for Hebrew, select it and click on set as parent.
Windows 10
To do it with this version you must run it by the control panel as follows.
- The first thing you should do is open the Menu.
- You are going to go to Control Panel.
- This will open a tab, in it you must search where it tells you Time and language.
- Enter the section 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. When returning to Region and language menu You will be able to see that it has been added, and 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 the Hebrew keyboard on Mac computers
Changing the language in MacOS is very simple, You can not only add this one 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 Keyboard.
- When you enter you will see a tab in which you will check the box Show emoji keyboard viewers and symbols 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 Shortcuts > 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 will click on the right side so that you can choose the key combination to use, if you are already using it, it will show you a triangle indicating that it is not valid.
- Then you will enter input sources to choose the language you want and be able to conclude.
- When you go to write something press the key combination you chose to activate the language which was just configured.
Put on your Android mobile
The writing buttons of mobile devices already come with some default languages, You can verify this at the top or bottom of this. You will be able to see that it tells you something like “Spanish” or an icon in the shape of “Balloon“, if it does not appear, you should go to the configuration of your equipment to make sure which one you are using. 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 recommend you download, They are very easy to use and will not take up much space.
Swift Key Keyboard
This app is considered to be one of the best on Android. Among its advantages, it stands out that it has a great word prediction, intelligent autocorrect, emoticons, different languages and more.
With this you can write to all apps, so you can make it a default one. It does not matter what devices you use since it is available for screens of all sizes.
gboard
This app allows you to customize it so that it is completely to your liking, in addition to this it has an extensive catalog of emoji. Among its functions, the ease of search stands out, since it brings quick access to the search engine.
Touchpal X
With it you can easily change the language from the keyboard by simply pressing the space bar. In particular, this one has the function of writing by voice and even has built-in auto-completion of words. Additionally, it brings some themes so that you can customize it to your liking, and not only that too you can sync it with your cloud to set it to your personal dictionary.
put on 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 in which 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 must look for the option Add new keyboard.
- This will display a popup window 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.
Writing 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 online page (http://es.online-keyboard.net/keyboard/hebreo.html) presents you with a writing panel in Hebrew directly on the screen, you just have to click on the letters with the mouse and copy the texts you write. Using it is very easy because there is no complication, besides that she tells you how you can use it. It should be noted that this page only works for Windows or MacOS computers.
Hebrew keyboard online
With this you can write 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 accents, signs and numbers.
Letters of the Hebrew alphabet and their equivalence
א (alef) = 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) = TS 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 (vav) = V מ (mem) = M ר (reish) = R וֹ = O ם – at the end of the word ש (shin either without) וּ = U נ (no) = N שׁ = SH ז (zain) = Z ן – at the end of the…
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