hebrew-slugify — Hebrew Text to URL-Safe Slug Transliteration

Turn Hebrew text into clean, URL-safe slugs — with transliteration, niqqud stripping, and mixed Hebrew-English support. Zero dependencies, TypeScript.

hebrewSlugify("שלום עולם"); // → "shlvm-avlm"
hebrewSlugify("פוסט 42 בבלוג"); // → "pvst-42-bblvg"
hebrewSlugify("שלום Hello World"); // → "shlvm-hello-world"

הפיכת טקסט עברי ל-slug עבור כתובות URL — תעתיק + יצירת slug. ללא תלויות.

Install

npm install hebrew-slugify

Usage

import { hebrewSlugify } from "hebrew-slugify";

hebrewSlugify("שלום עולם");
// → "shlvm-avlm"

hebrewSlugify("פוסט 42 בבלוג");
// → "pvst-42-bblvg"

hebrewSlugify("שלום Hello World");
// → "shlvm-hello-world"

// Handles niqqud (vowel marks)
hebrewSlugify("שָׁלוֹם");
// → "shlvm"

Options

hebrewSlugify("שלום עולם", { separator: "_" });
// → "shlvm_avlm"

hebrewSlugify("Hello World", { lowercase: false });
// → "Hello-World"

// Keep Hebrew characters (no transliteration)
hebrewSlugify("שלום עולם", { transliterate: false });
// → "שלום-עולם"

| Option | Type | Default | Description | | --------------- | --------- | ------- | ----------------------------- | | separator | string | "-" | Character between words | | lowercase | boolean | true | Convert to lowercase | | transliterate | boolean | true | Transliterate Hebrew to Latin |

Transliteration Table

| Letter | Transliteration | Letter | Transliteration | | ------ | --------------- | ------ | --------------- | | א | a | מ ם | m | | ב | b | נ ן | n | | ג | g | ס | s | | ד | d | ע | a | | ה | h | פ ף | p | | ו | v | צ ץ | ts | | ז | z | ק | k | | ח | ch | ר | r | | ט | t | ש | sh | | י | y | ת | t | | כ ך | k | ל | l |

Features

• Transliterates Hebrew letters to Latin characters
• Strips niqqud (vowel marks) automatically
• Handles mixed Hebrew + English + numbers
• Strips accented Latin characters (café → cafe)
• Collapses consecutive separators
• Zero dependencies
• Full TypeScript support
• ESM + CommonJS

API

hebrewSlugify(text: string, options?: SlugifyOptions): string

Converts a string (Hebrew, English, or mixed) into a URL-safe slug.

Looking for a WordPress plugin?

This library is also available as a WordPress plugin: hebrew-slugify-wp — same transliteration logic, auto-applied to post/page slugs. Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, WooCommerce.

Author

Ofer Shapira

License

MIT © Ofer Shapira