Hebrew (Israel) (he-IL)

Complete reference for the he-IL locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

Hebrew (Israel)

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codehe-IL

Native nameעברית (ישראל)

English nameHebrew (Israel)

Languagehe

RegionIL

ScriptHebr

Text directionRight-to-left (RTL)

CLDR plural categoriesone, two, many, other

Estimated speakers~9,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short14.9.2026

Medium14 בספט׳ 2026

Long14 בספטמבר 2026

Fullיום שני, 14 בספטמבר 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1,234,567.89

Currency (USD)‏9.99 ‏$

Percent75%

Compact1.2M‏

RelativeTimeFormat

לפני 3 ימים

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples, oranges ו-bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by he-IL: one, two, many, other

oneExample number: 1

→ one

twoExample number: 2

→ two

manyExample number: 11

→ other

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['he-IL', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/he-IL.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="he-IL" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'he-IL',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'he-IL': {
        translation: require('./locales/he-IL/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;