Gilgul neshamot (גלגול נשמות) means reincarnation in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת
gilgul neshamot
noun · masculine
In English
reincarnation
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Gilgul neshamot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אמונה עממית דתית המתארת תהליך מטאפיזי בדבר המשכיות נשמת האדם מעבר למותו כאדם.
The word Gilgul neshamot is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- גלגול נשמות
- Said
- gilgul neshamot
- Root
- ג־ל־ג־ל
- Plural
- גִּלְגּוּלֵי־נְשָׁמוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' גִּלְגּוּלֵי־נְשָׁמוֹת
- Gematria
- 868
This is how Gilgul neshamot is said in other languages.
- English
- reincarnation
- Arabic
- تناسخ
- French
- réincarnation
- Spanish
- reencarnación
- German
- Reinkarnation
The word Gilgul neshamot comes from the root ג־ל־ג־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Gilgul neshamot in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Gilgul neshamot.
What does Gilgul neshamot (גלגול נשמות) mean in Hebrew?
Gilgul neshamot (גלגול נשמות) means reincarnation. It is said gilgul neshamot, with the stress on gul.
Is Gilgul neshamot (גלגול נשמות) masculine or feminine?
The word Gilgul neshamot (גלגול נשמות) is a masculine noun, and its plural is גִּלְגּוּלֵי־נְשָׁמוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גלגול נשמות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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