Hayom (היום) means today in Hebrew.
It is an adverb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
הַיּוֹם
hayom
adverb
In English
today
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Hayom.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ביום הזה ממש.
וַיַּצֵּב יַעֲקֹב מַצֵּבָה עַל־קְבֻרָתָהּ; הִוא מַצֶּבֶת קְבֻרַת־רָחֵל עַד־הַיּוֹם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Hayom is an adverb.
- Written with vowel points
- הַיּוֹם
- Written without vowel points
- היום
- Said
- hayom
- Gematria
- 61
This is how Hayom is said in other languages.
- English
- today
- Arabic
- أليوم
- Russian
- сегодня
- French
- aujourd’hui
- Spanish
- hoy
- German
- heute
- Yiddish
- הײַנט
These words rhyme with Hayom.
These words come before and after Hayom in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Hayom.
What does Hayom (היום) mean in Hebrew?
Hayom (היום) means today. It is said hayom, with the stress on yom.
What rhymes with Hayom (היום)?
Words that rhyme with Hayom (היום) include מקום, אטום, אדום, יום, חום, and דרום.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry היום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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