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Esh (אש) means fire in Hebrew.

It can also mean passion. It is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אֵשׁ
esh
noun · masculine and feminine
In English

fire, passion

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Esh.

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

  1. 1
    תופעה של אור וחום בעת שרפתו של דבר־מה, המתבטאת בלהבה.
    וְהִנֵּה תַנּוּר עָשָׁן וְלַפִּיד אֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָבַר בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
  2. 2
    בהשאלהירי בכלי נשק, עפ"ר נשק חם.
  3. 3
    בהשאלה, פיוטירגש עז (במקרא: בעיקר כעס גדול).
    כִּי־הִנֵּה יהוה בָּאֵשׁ יָבוֹא, וְכַסּוּפָה מַרְכְּבֹתָיו; לְהָשִׁיב בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ, וְגַעֲרָתוֹ בְּלַהֲבֵי־אֵשׁ.
  4. 4
    המכפל בשי"ן תנייני והצורה הקדומה היא -ʔiš*.

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

The word Esh is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine.

Written with vowel points
אֵשׁ
Written without vowel points
אש
Said
esh
Root
א־ש־ש
Pattern
קֵטֶל
Plural
אִשִּׁים(לא בשימוש)
Inflections
ר' אִשִּׁים(לא בשימוש); אֵשׁ־, ר' אִשֵּׁי־
Gematria
301

This is how Esh is said in other languages.

English
fire, passion
Arabic
نَار
Russian
горение
French
feu
Spanish
fuego
German
Feuer, Passion
Yiddish
פײַער

These words mean nearly the same as Esh.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Esh.

The word Esh is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • אל תיתן על אש עץ
  • אוד מוצל מאש
  • אין עשן בלי אש
  • אש בוערת בלבו
  • אש וגפרית
  • אש זרה
  • אש חזיתית
  • אש חיה
  • אש צולבת
  • אש קודחת באפו
  • אש תמיד
  • באפס עצים תכבה אש
  • באש ובמים
  • בעדת רשעים יוקדת אש
  • גלאי אש
  • דם ואש ותמרות עשן
  • המטיר עליו אש וגפרית
  • העביר באש
  • הפסקת אש
  • חומת אש

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Esh comes from the root א־ש־ש, like these words.

These words come before and after Esh in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Esh.

What does Esh (⁨אש⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Esh (⁨אש⁩) means fire and passion. It is said esh, with the stress on esh.

What is a synonym for Esh (⁨אש⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Esh (⁨אש⁩) are ⁨אור⁩, ⁨נור⁩, ⁨דליקה⁩, ⁨זעם⁩, ⁨חרון⁩, and ⁨חרון אף⁩.

What rhymes with Esh (⁨אש⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Esh (⁨אש⁩) include ⁨יבש⁩, ⁨טיפש⁩, ⁨חמש⁩, ⁨מפרש⁩, ⁨שש⁩, and ⁨מוקש⁩.

Is Esh (⁨אש⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Esh (⁨אש⁩) is a noun used in both the masculine and the feminine, and its plural is ⁨אִשִּׁים(לא בשימוש)⁩.

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

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