English Hebrew ------------------------ second ..... sh'niyah minute ..... dakah hour ....... sha'ah clock ...... sha'on o'clock .... besha'a midnight ... chatzot evening .... erev morning .... boker all day .... kol ha-yom nighttime sh'ot ha-lailah daytime .... sh'ot ha-yom after ...... acharey from now on me'ata va'eilach before ..... lif'ney never ...... ai pa'am now ........ ach'shav often ...... le'itim k'rovot usually .... be'derech k'lal