Asir tikva (אסיר תקווה) means prisoner of hope in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אֲסִיר תִּקְוָה
asir tikva
adjective
In English
prisoner of hope
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Asir tikva.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שמייחל מאוד לדבר־מה.
The word Asir tikva is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- אֲסִיר תִּקְוָה
- Written without vowel points
- אסיר תקווה
- Said
- asir tikva
- Plural
- אֲסִירֵי תִּקְוָה
- Inflections
- ר' אֲסִירֵי תִּקְוָה
- Gematria
- 788
This is how Asir tikva is said in other languages.
- English
- prisoner of hope
These words come before and after Asir tikva in the dictionary.
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What does Asir tikva (אסיר תקווה) mean in Hebrew?
Asir tikva (אסיר תקווה) means prisoner of hope. It is said asir tikva, with the stress on sir.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אסיר תקוה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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