Ashem (אשם) means guilty in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
guilty
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ashem.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לא חף מפשע, חייב בדין.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל-אָחִיו אֲבָל אֲשֵׁמִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל-אָחִינוּ אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ צָרַת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּהִתְחַנֲנוֹ אֵלֵינוּ וְלֹא שָׁמָעְנוּ עַל-כֵּן בָּאָה אֵלֵינוּ הַצָּרָה הַזֹּאת.
- 2אחראי לתוצאה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ashem is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- אָשֵׁם
- Written without vowel points
- אשם
- Said
- ashem
- Root
- א־ש־מ
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- אֲשֵׁמִים
- Feminine form
- אֲשֵׁמָה
- Inflections
- נ' אֲשֵׁמָה, ר' אֲשֵׁמִים, נ"ר אֲשֵׁמוֹת
- Gematria
- 341
This is how Ashem is said in other languages.
- English
- guilty
- Arabic
- مذنب, مُتَهَّم
- Russian
- виновный
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These words mean the opposite of Ashem.
These words rhyme with Ashem.
The word Ashem comes from the root א־ש־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Ashem in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ashem.
What does Ashem (אשם) mean in Hebrew?
Ashem (אשם) means guilty. It is said ashem, with the stress on shem.
What is a synonym for Ashem (אשם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ashem (אשם) are חייב, אחראי, גורם, גורר, and מוביל.
What is the opposite of Ashem (אשם)?
Words that mean the opposite of Ashem (אשם) are זכאי and חף מפשע.
What rhymes with Ashem (אשם)?
Words that rhyme with Ashem (אשם) include שם, אם, שלם, גורם, לוחם, and מכרסם.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אשם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.