Modern English-Hebrew Dictionary Avraham Zilkha

This comprehensive English-Hebrew dictionary is designed for easy use, speed and accuracy. Its 30,000 entries include many contemporary technical terms, recently coined Hebrew words, and translations for common idioms. It aims to address the need of its users to match words that have multiple meanings with their exact Hebrew equivalents. By listing various meanings of each English word and providing the corresponding Hebrew for each, the dictionary should enable its readers to capture the appropriate meaning of the English word to be translated with accuracy. This dictionary features: 30,000 entries; user-friendly listings for accurately translating words with multiple meanings; many newly coined and slang words; common idioms; detailed preposition entries; an easy-to-read format; vocalization of Hebrew words; acronyms; and gender identification and plural forms of irregular nouns.

Avraham Zilkha is associate professor of Hebrew and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Texas at Austin. This is the companion volume to Zilkha's Modern Hebrew-English Dictionary (0 300 04647 2 cloth, [pound]32.00, or 0 300 04648 0, pb. [pound]12.95).

"A remarkably rich dictionary, equally helpful for Hebrew professors and students as well as laypersons." Yair Mazor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee "This user-friendly English-Hebrew dictionary is the first to address the problem of choosing the exact Hebrew word for an English word with multiple meanings. A valuable volume for home, office, or school use." Dr. Sadok Masliyah, Hebrew Branch Chief, Defence Language Institute, Monterey, CA "Complete, accurate, precise, and up-to-date, this is an excellent English-to-Hebrew dictionary that stands apart for its handling of entries with multiple meanings." Daniel Lefkowitz, University of Virginia