MS Office Proofing Tools for Hebrew -- (1) grammar-check doesn't work, (2) where to get a good Hebrew dictionary for MS Word

Question

I have MS Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, running on Windows 11 23H2. I use it to create Hebrew language files in MS Word. As such I want to use the MS Office Proofing Tools (spell- and grammar-check, thesaurus, etc).

So far I have done the following:
(1) Added Hebrew language to Windows Input Methods.
(2) Installed the Hebrew Language Pack for 64-bit Office
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/install-the-hebrew-language-pack-for-64-bit-office-0e7bc753-71de-4996-90b5-1f519d9baf9e?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
(3) Confirmed that Hebrew is set as the display language
File > Options > Language > Office display language
(4) Confirmed that Hebrew is set for authoring
File > Options > Language > Office authoring languages and proofing

I can now author Hebrew documents in MS Word 2021 and edit existing ones without any issue. And on the Review menu I can use some of the Proofing Tools (spell-check, thesaurus and translate).

However the Hebrew dictionary that comes with the Hebrew Language Pack seems to be a very rudimentary one. Take for example the Hebrew word for woman. The dictionary recognizes the spelling אישה , but does not recognize the more common spelling of אשה -- which happens to be the spelling offered by GoogleTranslate (https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=iw&text=woman%0A&op=translate) .

At the bottom of the Thesaurus sidebar it says: "Word currently does not have a dictionary installed for Hebrew. To see definitions, {Get a Dictionary}". But when I click on the <Get a Dictionary> link, I am taken to the 'Dictionaries' sidebar where it says: "Install a dictionary from the Office Store to see definitions".

I searched with Google for "MS Word 2021 Hebrew dictionary" but found nothing useful.

ALSO, the grammar-check doesn't seem to work.
For example, it does not flag the following expression האיש אוכלת (the man eats) as being a grammar error. The conjugation is incorrect and it should be האיש אוכל .

So my questions are:
(1) Where do I get a good Hebrew dictionary for use with MS Word 2021?
(2) How do I get the Grammar-Check to work?

Any help, would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,

I suggest you check if this link will help you:

https://jewishsoftware.com/download-hebrew-productivity-bundle-for-ms-word
Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. Please make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any suggestions from the above link.

You can get the Hebrew Productivity Bundle available on JewishSoftware.com, which includes a more comprehensive Hebrew dictionary

Hope the information will help.

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