Arai (ארעי) means provisional in Hebrew.
It can also mean temporary, transient, transitory, and impermanent. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
provisional, temporary, transient, transitory
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Arai.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1זמני, לא קבוע.
The word Arai is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- אֲרָעִי
- Written without vowel points
- ארעי
- Said
- arai
- Root
- א־ר־ע
- Pattern
- קְטָל
- Plural
- אֲרָעִיִּים
- Feminine form
- אֲרָעִית
- Inflections
- ר' אֲרָעִיִּים, נ' אֲרָעִית, נ"ר אֲרָעִיּוׂת
- Gematria
- 281
This is how Arai is said in other languages.
- English
- provisional, temporary, transient, transitory, impermanent
These words mean nearly the same as Arai.
- בן חלוף
- זמני
- קיקיוני
- קצר מועד
- פליאטיביeasing
- פרוביזוריprovisional
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Arai.
- קבוע
- אלמותי
- נצחי
- ממושךprolonged
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Arai.
The word Arai is part of these phrases and sayings.
- גבול ארעי
- דיור ארעי
- חוזה ארעי
- ישוב ארעי
- מבנה ארעי
- עובד ארעי
- צו ארעי
- קשר ארעי
- תושב ארעי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Arai comes from the root א־ר־ע, like these words.
These words come before and after Arai in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Arai.
What does Arai (ארעי) mean in Hebrew?
Arai (ארעי) means provisional, temporary, and transient. It is said arai, with the stress on i.
What is a synonym for Arai (ארעי)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Arai (ארעי) are בן חלוף, זמני, קיקיוני, קצר מועד, פליאטיבי, and פרוביזורי.
What is the opposite of Arai (ארעי)?
Words that mean the opposite of Arai (ארעי) are קבוע, אלמותי, נצחי, and ממושך.
What rhymes with Arai (ארעי)?
Words that rhyme with Arai (ארעי) include אי, אמצעי, בוכנאי, אמצעי, מעי, and מקצועי.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ארעי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.