Hafsakat esh (הפסקת אש) means ceasefire in Hebrew.
It can also mean truce. It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ
hafsakat esh
phrase
In English
ceasefire, truce
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Hafsakat esh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מצב בו שני צדדים לוחמים מחליטים על הפסקת לחימה באופן זמני, במטרה לדון ולהגיע להסכם על סיום הלחימה ביניהם.
The word Hafsakat esh is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- הפסקת אש
- Said
- hafsakat esh
- Root
- פ־ס־ק
- Plural
- הַפְסָקוֹת אֵשׁ
- Inflections
- ר' הַפְסָקוֹת אֵשׁ
- Gematria
- 946
This is how Hafsakat esh is said in other languages.
- English
- ceasefire, truce
- Arabic
- هدنة, وقف إطلاق النار
- Russian
- прекращение огня, перемирие
- French
- cessez le feu, trêve
These words mean nearly the same as Hafsakat esh.
The word Hafsakat esh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- קו הפסקת האש
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Hafsakat esh comes from the root פ־ס־ק, like these words.
These words come before and after Hafsakat esh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Hafsakat esh.
What does Hafsakat esh (הפסקת אש) mean in Hebrew?
Hafsakat esh (הפסקת אש) means ceasefire and truce. It is said hafsakat esh, with the stress on kat.
What is a synonym for Hafsakat esh (הפסקת אש)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Hafsakat esh (הפסקת אש) are שביתת נשק.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry הפסקת 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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