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From the first word
Every verse begins with the Hebrew, its root, and a clear English explanation — not a paraphrase that hides the text.
THE HEBREW BIBLE, WORD BY WORD
Read the Bible in the language it was written in.
Each verse, explained from its original Hebrew — in a simple, scrollable feed. The whole Tanakh, with sources cited.
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FREE VERSE STUDIES
What the Hebrew actually says
A taste of the app: ten famous verses, read word by word from the original Hebrew with the classical commentators.
- PSALM 46:10“Be still” in HebrewHarpu doesn’t mean sit quietly. It means let go.
- JEREMIAH 29:11“Plans to prosper you”The Hebrew says shalom, and the promise comes after a 70-year wait.
- ISAIAH 40:31The Hebrew word for waitKavah, and strength that is exchanged, not topped up.
- GENESIS 2:18Ezer kenegdo“Helper” is a word the Bible uses for God.
- EXODUS 3:14“I am that I am”Ehyeh really means “I will be.” Rashi explains why.
- EXODUS 20:13Kill or murder?The sixth commandment uses ratsach, not harag.
- PROVERBS 31:10Eshet chayilChayil is a word for strength, wealth and armies.
- PSALM 139:14“Fearfully and wonderfully made”Awe, not fear, and a wonder that stays hidden.
- NUMBERS 6:24–26The Priestly BlessingThree lines of 3, 5 and 7 words. A smiling face, says Rashi.
- PROVERBS 22:6“Train up a child”Chanoch is the root of Hanukkah. And “his way” means his own.
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The whole Bible
Torah, Prophets, and Writings, with Psalms and Proverbs featured, and the weekly portion as it comes.
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Sources, in the open
Classical commentators — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak — and the standard lexicon, cited on every explanation.
How it works
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Scroll a vertical feed
Open a verse the way you already read on your phone — short, focused, one moment at a time.
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See the word and its root
The original Hebrew sits beside a plain-English sense of the root, so the verse can speak on its own terms.
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Read the explanation
A short, sourced note — not a sermon — so you can follow the reading back to the commentators and the lexicon.