Active Project · Web & PWA
Hebroni הֶבְרוֹנִי
A free, mobile-first Biblical Hebrew learning platform — available in English and Spanish.
Hebroni puts the full Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy) in the hands of anyone who wants to read it in the original Hebrew. It pairs the sacred text with verse-by-verse translation, audio pronunciation, word-level tooltips, and transliteration — alongside a complete 613 commandments database with thematic search, the SHUV Curriculum for structured language learning, flashcards, quizzes, and a Hebrew translator. The UI is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, making it the only free Biblical Hebrew tool built for the Spanish-speaking world.
Demo
See it in action
Full walkthrough of the app — Torah reader, encyclopedia, SHUV curriculum, and the translator widget.
Platform
What it does
Torah Reader
Complete Masoretic text — Genesis through Deuteronomy — with verse-by-verse English translation, KJV mode, word-hover tooltips, and reading progress tracking.
613 Commandments
Every mitzvah with Hebrew text, English translation, Torah source, and contextual notes. Searchable by theme — type "love", "marriage", "prayer", or "justicia" and get relevant commandments instantly.
SHUV Curriculum
Structured Biblical Hebrew learning across multiple levels — Aleph-Bet with ancient pictograph origins, nikud vowel points, prefixes, root words, and conversational phrases.
Flashcards & Quizzes
Spaced-repetition flashcards, multiple-choice quizzes, XP and streak tracking. Progress is persisted locally so learners can pick up where they left off.
Hebrew Translator
Bidirectional Hebrew ↔ English translation with audio pronunciation and transliteration. A persistent PIP panel floats on every page for quick lookups while reading.
Bilingual UI — EN & ES
All navigation, labels, search, and commandment themes are available in English and Spanish. The first free Biblical Hebrew tool designed for the 500M+ Spanish-speaking world.
App Screens
Torah Reader & Curriculum
The Torah reader renders fully pointed Hebrew text alongside verse translation. The aleph-bet grid shows each letter's ancient Paleo-Hebrew pictograph and sound.
Infrastructure · Cloudflare Workers
The Hebroni API
The translation and transliteration engine is a custom Cloudflare Worker that processes Biblical Hebrew text — including full Masoretic diacritics — into accurate romanized transliteration and English translation.
Hebrew Transliteration
Custom algorithm handles the full complexity of Masoretic Hebrew — dagesh forte/lene, sheva quiescens, holam vav, shuruq, final silent he, and cantillation marks. Tested against Deuteronomy 6:4 and Genesis 1:1.
YHWH Handling
The Tetragrammaton (יהוה) is always rendered "YHWH" regardless of vowel pointing — a deliberate theological and linguistic decision baked into the transliteration engine.
Translation Proxy
Proxies translation requests to an external Hebrew–English NLP model via the RapidAPI gateway, protecting API keys at the edge. Supports Hebrew → English and English → Hebrew directions.
Edge Deployment
Deployed globally on Cloudflare's edge network. Zero cold starts, sub-50ms response times worldwide. Auto-scales with zero ops overhead.
Base URL: https://hebroni.com/api/
Transliterate: GET /transliterate?text=בְּרֵאשִׁית
Translate: GET /translate?text=שָׁלוֹם&dir=he-en
Architecture
How it's built
Hebroni is intentionally dependency-free on the frontend — no frameworks, no bundlers. Raw HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript served as a static PWA from GitHub Pages with a Cloudflare Worker handling all dynamic computation.
Static Frontend
Pure HTML/CSS/JS — no React, no build step. Loads instantly on any device. All Torah data (5 books, ~23,000 verses) is pre-loaded as static JS modules.
Progressive Web App
Service worker caches all assets and Torah data for offline reading. Installable to the home screen on iOS and Android. Manifest, splash screens, and theme color configured.
Web Speech API
Native browser TTS for Hebrew audio pronunciation — no external audio files required. Uses he-IL voice with rate tuning for clarity. Works on iOS Safari and Chrome.
i18n System
Custom lightweight i18n engine (~3KB) with EN/ES language objects, localStorage persistence, and a fixed toggle button injected on every page. No external libraries.
Try It
Free to use. No account required.
Hebroni is fully open — no sign-up, no paywall, no ads. Start reading the Torah in Hebrew or exploring the commandments right now.