"אש" meaning in Hebrew

See אש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʔiʃ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈʔeːʃ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ˈʔeː.eʃ] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈʔeʃ/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ˈʔeːʃ] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /(ʔ)eʃ/ [Hebrew, Persian], /ejʃ/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /(ʔ)eʃ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-אש.wav Forms: אֵשׁ [canonical, feminine], esh [romanization], אִשִּׁים [indefinite, plural], אֵשׁ־ [construct, singular], אִשֵּׁי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ʔiš- (“fire”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒉈 (išātum, “fire”) and Ge'ez እሳት (ʾəsat, “fire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ʔiš-||fire}} Proto-Semitic *ʔiš- (“fire”), {{cog|akk|išātum|𒉈|t=fire|tr=išātum}} Akkadian 𒉈 (išātum, “fire”), {{cog|gez|እሳት|t=fire}} Ge'ez እሳት (ʾəsat, “fire”) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=אֵשׁ|g=f|pat=קֵטֶל|pl=אִשִּׁים|plcons=אִשֵּׁי|tr=esh|wv=אֵשׁ}} אֵשׁ • (esh) f (plural indefinite אִשִּׁים, singular construct אֵשׁ־, plural construct אִשֵּׁי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
  1. (uncountable) fire Tags: uncountable Derived forms: אוד מוצל מאש, אוּד מֻצָּל מֵאֵשׁ, אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ (ein ashán b'lí esh), הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ (hafsakát ésh), יצא אש (iatsá ésh) Related terms: דליקה (d'leiká) (english: conflagration) [feminine], דְּלֵקָה (d'leiká) (english: conflagration) [feminine], מְדוּרָה (m'durá) (english: controlled fire in the open air, bonfire) [feminine], שריפה (s'refá) (english: uncontrolled fire, conflagration) [feminine], שְׂרֵפָה (s'refá) (english: uncontrolled fire, conflagration) [feminine]
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "m'durá",
          "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "אוד מוצל מאש"
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      "word": "אוּד מֻצָּל מֵאֵשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ein ashán b'lí esh",
      "word": "אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ"
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    {
      "roman": "hafsakát ésh",
      "word": "הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ"
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    {
      "roman": "iatsá ésh",
      "word": "יצא אש"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "he-noun"
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  "lang_code": "he",
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    },
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      "english": "conflagration",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "דְּלֵקָה"
    },
    {
      "english": "controlled fire in the open air, bonfire",
      "roman": "m'durá",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "uncontrolled fire, conflagration",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "english": "uncontrolled fire, conflagration",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeː.eʃ]",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔeʃ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeːʃ]",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/(ʔ)eʃ/",
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    }
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  "word": "אש"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hebrew dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.