Besorah
Hebrew · Greek · English
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Now with the Targumim in Aramaic, a page for every verse, a command palette and far deeper search. Free, private and fully offline — no ads, no accounts, ever.
Read the Bible in the languages it was written in.
Besorah puts the Hebrew Tanakh, the Greek Septuagint, the Aramaic Targumim, the Greek and Hebrew New Testament and the Apocrypha beside English, in the traditional Jewish book order — with the study tools built in.
READ YOUR WAY
• Parallel, linear, reader and interlinear layouts
• Four reading environments — Modern, Parchment, Early Print and Digital — in dark or light, with five accent colours
• Careful Hebrew and polytonic Greek typography, nikkud kept, the divine name set reverently
• Songs set in their scribal line-shape; acrostics, large and small letters, and other scribal traditions marked
STUDY
• Tap any Hebrew or Greek word for its Strong’s number, parsing, definition and every occurrence
• Interlinear view with transliteration and aligned English
• Cross-references for every verse, including curated parallel passages
• A page for every verse: every text, the interlinear, each word and its cross-references together
• Targum Onkelos, Pseudo-Jonathan and Jonathan to Isaiah in Aramaic and English, with approximate word study
• Search every verse in every language — phrases, wildcards, +must / -exclude, regular expressions and Strong’s numbers; scope to Torah, Gospels, Targumim or any book; filter by Hebrew/Greek, English or Targum, whole word and case; see hits per book and show one part of the library at a time
• Command palette to jump to any book, verse, word or setting
MAKE IT YOURS
• Bookmarks, colour highlights and notes; export or sync through your own iCloud Drive folder
• Weekly Torah and Haftarah portions, daily Psalms, reading plans — with widgets for your Home Screen and desktop
• Siri and Shortcuts: “Continue reading in Besorah”, “Open John 3”
FREE AND PRIVATE
No ads, no purchases, no subscription, no accounts and no tracking. Everything — every text and every tool — is inside the app, so it works with no connection at all.
Texts and data are used under their open licences; see Sources & credits in Settings.
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• Targumim: Onkelos, Pseudo-Jonathan and Jonathan to Isaiah in Aramaic and English, with word study.
• A page for every verse with all texts, interlinear, words and cross-references.
• Command palette: jump to any book, verse, word or setting.
• Search: filter by original, English or Targum, show results from one part of the library, and share a search by its link.
• Modern English (World English Bible) for the Apocrypha, plus songs and word data for the Apocrypha.
• Curated parallel passages in cross-references.
• Hebrew reader verse numbers on the right, a type-ahead chapter picker, and many polish fixes.
The developer, Thomas Hodgins, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Thomas Hodgins
- Size
- 112.4 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tommy Hodgins