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Akh (אח) means brother in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אָח
akh
noun · masculine
In English

brother

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Akh.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    קרוב משפחה החולק בדמות האב או האם.
    וּלְרִבְקָה אָח וּשְׁמוֹ לָבָן.
  2. 2
    בהשאלהפרט מאותה קבוצת השתייכות.
    וְהָיוּ הַכְּרֻבִים פֹּרְשֵׂי כְנָפַיִם לְמַעְלָה סֹכֲכִים בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם עַל-הַכַּפֹּרֶת וּפְנֵיהֶם אִישׁ אֶל-אָחִיו אֶל-הַכַּפֹּרֶת יִהְיוּ פְּנֵי הַכְּרֻבִים.
  3. 3
    מי שמקצועו ועיסוקו טיפול בחולים או ככח עזר בבתי חולים.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Akh is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
אָח
Written without vowel points
אח
Said
akh
Root
א־ח־י
Pattern
קְטִי
Plural
אַחִים
Inflections
אֲחִי־ או אַח־; ר' אַחִים, ר' אֲחֵי־; כ' אָחִי, אָחִיךָ, אֲחִיכֶם, אַחַי, אַחֶיךָ, אֶחָיו, אֲחֵיכֶם
Gematria
9

This is how Akh is said in other languages.

English
brother
Arabic
شَقيق, أخ
Yiddish
ברודער

These words rhyme with Akh.

The word Akh is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Akh comes from the root א־ח־י, like these words.

This is where the word Akh comes from.

מקביל לשפות שמיות נוספות: אכדית: 470; אוגריתית (אַחֿ); פיניקית (אח); ארמית: אַחָא; ערבית: أَخ; געז: እኍ (אֵחֻ). ככל הנראה מפרוטו-שמית ʔaḫw. צורת הרבים אַחִים; ב צורה נבדלת אַחָאִים לאחים ואחיות יחד (siblings).

These words come before and after Akh in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Akh.

What does Akh (⁨אח⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Akh (⁨אח⁩) means brother. It is said akh, with the stress on akh.

What rhymes with Akh (⁨אח⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Akh (⁨אח⁩) include ⁨משטח⁩, ⁨מזרח⁩, ⁨תנ"ך⁩, ⁨רך⁩, ⁨תותח⁩, and ⁨מסמך⁩.

Is Akh (⁨אח⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Akh (⁨אח⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨אַחִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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