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General (גנרל) means general in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

גֵּנֵרָל
general
noun · masculine
In English

general

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ג

The dictionary gives one meaning for General.

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

  1. 1
    דרגה צבאית גבוהה בצבאות שונים. דרגה מקבילה לדרגות אלוף ורב-אלוף בצה"ל.

The word General is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
גֵּנֵרָל
Written without vowel points
גנרל
Said
general
Plural
גֵּנֶרָלִים
Inflections
ר' גֵּנֶרָלִים
Gematria
283

This is how General is said in other languages.

English
general
Arabic
الجنرال
Russian
Генерал
Spanish
Gen.
German
Gen.
Yiddish
דזשענעראַל

These words mean nearly the same as General.

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

These words rhyme with General.

The word General is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • גנרל הצבא
  • לוטננט גנרל
  • מיג'ור גנרל
  • בריגדיר גנרל
  • גנרל פלדרמשל
  • גנרל אוברסט
  • גנרל הצבאות

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

These words come before and after General in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word General.

What does General (⁨גנרל⁩) mean in Hebrew?

General (⁨גנרל⁩) means general. It is said general, with the stress on ral.

What is a synonym for General (⁨גנרל⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as General (⁨גנרל⁩) are ⁨אלוף⁩, ⁨מצביא⁩, ⁨שר צבא⁩, and ⁨תרתן⁩.

What rhymes with General (⁨גנרל⁩)?

Words that rhyme with General (⁨גנרל⁩) include ⁨מאכל⁩, ⁨קל⁩, ⁨על⁩, ⁨חלל⁩, ⁨חשמל⁩, and ⁨פעל⁩.

Is General (⁨גנרל⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word General (⁨גנרל⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨גֵּנֶרָלִים⁩.

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

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