The Libraries carry many Hebrew/English, English/Hebrew, Yiddis/English and English/Yiddish Dictionaries. Those which are kept in McKeldin Reference section can be used inside the Libraries, but can't be checked out. However there are many copies of Hebrew/English and English/Hebrew dictionaries which are also kept in McKeldin Stacks. Many of those are circulating copies and can be checked out for a period of time depending on your status, please see our Borrowing Policies for specific information.
Most Hebrew/English and English/Hebrew dictionaries are housed in about same area based on the first part of their call number starting with PJ4833. Knowing this call number you can browse the shelves to find a dictionary most useful to you (often it is a personal preference). Same principle is true for Yiddish/English and English/Yiddish dictionaries. Most often they are classed to call number range which starts with PJ5117.
In addition to very general language dictionaries mentioned above, there are many language dictionaries which are subject specific and surve a very specific purpose, for example business, art, or sciences. They will have different call numbers and therefore will be housed in different locations from above. To find them please check the Catalog.
Transliteration is the practice of converting text from one writing system into another in a systematic way. The Transliteration Table below provides writing systems that use non-Roman characters with the analogous Roman characters for easy translation. For additional information, you may consult the Library of Congress "ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts," page. The page is approved by the American Library Association.
"ALA-LC Romanization Tables." Tools and Documentation. Library of Congress.
The dictionary of classical Hebrew by Milon Even-Shoshan : be-shishah kerakhim be-hishtatfut ḥever anshe madaʻ by Milon Sapir : milon ʻIvri-ʻIvri entsiḳlopedi be-shiṭat ha-hoṿeh, be-hishtatfut anshe lashon, ḥinukh u-madaʻ by Rav-milim : ha-milon ha-shalem la-ʻIvrit ha-ḥadashah : milon maḳif ṿe-ʻadkani le-ʻIvrit bat-zemanenu by Milon ha-lashon ha-ʻIvrit ha-yeshanah ṿeha-ḥadashah by Otsar ha-lashon ha-ʻIvrit li-teḳufoteha ha-shonot, huvʾu bo gam kol ha-milim ha-Aramiyot ṿeha-loʻaziyot ha-meḳubalot ba-lashon ha-ʻIvrit ha-ḥayah ṿeha-madaʻit by Groyser ṿerṭerbukh fun der Yidisher shprakh by A dictionary of the Yiddish language : with a treatise on Yiddish reading, orthography and dialectical variations by Idish ṿerṭerbukh : enṭhalṭ ale Hebreʾishe (un Khaldeʾishe) ṿerṭer ... miṭ a’n aynlayṭung fun neṭhige klalim un bemerḳungen, un a baylage fun Hebreʾishe perzonen-nemen ... by 