From ulpan Hebrew to real Hebrew
You finished ulpan and still cannot follow the news, the bank letter or the class WhatsApp group. Ten minutes a day with Dvash closes that gap.
Ulpan ends. The Hebrew around you keeps going.
Ulpan gives you the grammar, the first thousand words and a teacher who waits for you. Then you walk out and nobody waits. A government study from 2007 found that 60% of immigrants over 30 left ulpan unable to function in Hebrew. Dvash is built for the gap between classroom Hebrew and the Hebrew of the news, the office, the bank and the radio.
The news
Everyone at work is talking about something that happened last night. You caught the headline on the bus screen and understood two words. You read it in English later and feel one step behind, again.
The bank letter
A letter from the bank, the municipality or the kupat holim (the health fund). Official Hebrew, no nikud, long sentences. You photograph it and send it to a friend. Or it stays on the counter for a week.
The class WhatsApp group
Forty parents, slang, abbreviations, no vowels, 200 messages before breakfast. By the time you have translated the one about the school trip, the trip has left.
What you read: today's headline, at two levels
Every weekday our editors take a story Israelis are reading and write it at four levels. Here is today's at level 2 and at level 4. Same story, same facts, more Hebrew. Tap any word for its meaning and audio.
נְתַנְיָהוּ רוֹצֶה לְהָקִים מֶמְשָׁלָה רְחָבָה בְּרָאשׁוּתוֹ
Netanyahu wants to form a broad government under his leadership
Read today's headlines in easy Hebrew →Why Dvash fits life after ulpan
Know what everyone is talking about
The stories in Dvash are the ones Israelis are reading today, written in Hebrew you can follow. Read one in the morning and you can join the conversation at lunch.
The radio and the Shabbat table
Israeli songs with line-by-line translation and audio in sync: this year's hits and the ones everyone knows by heart. Next time the song comes on, you will know why people are singing along.
Words that come back until they stick
Every word you tap is saved to My Words, including the bank-letter kind. Flashcards with spaced repetition bring each word back just before you would forget it, so the vocabulary of daily life stops leaking out.
The verb forms ulpan drilled, without the drilling
Tap any verb for its full table, root and binyan (the verb pattern). Then play the six grammar games on real verbs: Form Match, Listen and Tap, Build the Verb, Fill the Table, Odd One Out and Speed Round. Two minutes a day keeps the tables alive.
What learners say
These are App Store and Google Play reviews from people who learned with Dvash. Stories from olim, with city and year of aliyah, are coming.
Extremely helpful and easy to use. I’ve tried many resources for improving my reading and vocabulary. This app makes it easy and enjoyable. They also have cool songs that I have tried to learn from other websites, but the process here is so streamlined and never frustrating. The nikkudot, translation, recordings and the quizzes make this a very high value app for me.
Perfect. Excellent app for learning and especially improving your Hebrew. It has everything: with or without vowels, with or without word-for-word or sentence-by-sentence translation, in print or cursive, through texts or songs. It’s well worth the price. For me, it’s like a game, except I’m learning.
Wonderful app. Haven’t been using this for so long, but my Hebrew has never improved so much in a month and I’ve been trying for years.
Try it free first
The free plan gives you 3 articles and 1 song every 30 days, with every reading tool. When you want more, the subscription unlocks everything through the App Store or Google Play, in your local currency.
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Questions olim ask
I finished ulpan alef. Is Dvash too hard for me?
No. Level 1 is written for readers with the alphabet and a basic vocabulary, and every word has translation, audio and nikud on tap. Most people start at level 1 or 2. Pick the level where you understand most of a story without tapping every word.
Can I use Dvash instead of ulpan?
Use both. Ulpan gives you grammar and a teacher. Dvash gives you the real Hebrew that ulpan prepares you for, every day, in ten minutes. If you are on a waiting list, or there is no class near you, Dvash keeps your Hebrew moving until there is.
I am still planning my aliyah. Should I start now?
Yes. The best time to read Israeli news is before you land, because you arrive knowing the names, the places and the arguments. Readers abroad use Dvash the same way, with the app in their own language.
Is the app in French and Russian?
Yes. The interface, translations and word meanings are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and Arabic. Choose your language once and every story and song is explained in it.
You will catch up. Ten minutes at a time.
Today's headlines are waiting in easy Hebrew. Pick your level, read one story, tap the words you do not know. Tomorrow there will be another one.