Today is Hebrew Language Day 馃嚠馃嚤
Hebrew Language Day is marked every year on the birthday of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the driving force behind the revival of Hebrew as a living, spoken language in modern times.
This year, the date of his birthday - on 21st of Tevet - falls on Shabbat, so Hebrew Language Day is being marked today, Thursday, January 8, 2026, instead.
In honor of the day, every year - the Academy of the Hebrew Language - invites the public to vote for the Word of the Year.
Thousands participated - and the word chosen was:
讛址讘旨址讬职转指讛
Homeward
/ha-'bay-tah/
In second and third place:
讘旨执讬谞指讛 诪职诇指讗讻讜旨转执讬转
Artificial Intelligence
/bee-'nah me-la-khoo-'teet/
转旨执拽职讜指讛
Hope
/teek-'vah/
Three words that say so much about this moment in time:
Returning home, technology, and hope.
Hebrew isn鈥檛 just a language.
It鈥檚 a living story - shaped by history, identity, longing, and renewal.
讞址讙 注执讘职专执讬转 砖讉指诪值讞址 馃
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