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In Hebrew, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. They’re conjugated according to number (singular and plural). The noun book (a masculine noun), for example, can be conjugated two ways:

 סֵפֶר (seh-fehr; book)

 סְפָרִים (sfah-reem; books)

Look at this example of a feminine noun:

 מַזְלֵג (mahz-lehg; fork)

 מַזְלְגוֹת (mahz-leh-goht; forks)

When masculine nouns are conjugated in the plural, they usually have an ים (eem) ending, and when feminine nouns are conjugated in the plural, they usually have an וֹת (oht) ending. The Nonbinary Hebrew Project proposes adding הto the suffixes of most words to create a third, nonbinary gender category: מִגְדָּר רָחָב (migdar rahav).

Check out Table 2-1 for some common Hebrew nouns.

TABLE 2-1 Identifying Some Common Nouns

Hebrew	Pronunciation	Translation
בַּיִת	bah-yeet	house
דֶּרֶךְ	deh-rech	way, road
אִישׁ	eesh	man
אִשָּׁה	ee-shah	woman
כֶּסֶף	keh-sehf	money
מַפְתֵּחַ	mahf-teh-ach	key
מַגֶּבֶת	mah-geh-veht	towel
מְקָרֵר	mahk-rehr	refrigerator
מַזְגָן	mahz-gahn	air conditioner
מַזְלֵג	mahz-lehg	fork
מְכוֹנִית	meh-hoh-neet	car
מִהְבָּח	meet-bahch	kitchen
מִבְרֶשֶׁת	meev-reh-sheht	brush
אֹכֶל	oh-ḥehl	food
סֵפֶר	seh-fehr	book
שֶׁמֶשׁ	sheh-mehsh	sun