Bole'a esh (בולע אש) means fire-eater in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בּוֹלֵעַ אֵשׁ
bole'a esh
noun · masculine
In English
fire-eater
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bole'a esh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בדרן במופע רחוב או בקרקס, אשר מכניס אל פיו לפיד בוער ומכבה אותו.
The word Bole'a esh is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בּוֹלֵעַ אֵשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- בולע אש
- Said
- bole'a esh
- Plural
- בּוֹלְעֵי אֵשׁ
- Inflections
- ר' בּוֹלְעֵי אֵשׁ
- Gematria
- 409
This is how Bole'a esh is said in other languages.
- English
- fire-eater
- Arabic
- آكِل اَلنَّار
- French
- mangeur de feu
- German
- Feuerschlucker
These words come before and after Bole'a esh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bole'a esh.
What does Bole'a esh (בולע אש) mean in Hebrew?
Bole'a esh (בולע אש) means fire-eater. It is said bole'a esh, with the stress on le'.
Is Bole'a esh (בולע אש) masculine or feminine?
The word Bole'a esh (בולע אש) is a masculine noun, and its plural is בּוֹלְעֵי אֵשׁ.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בולע אש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.