Ifshar (איפשר) means impossible in Hebrew.
It is an adverb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אֵיפְשָׁר
ifshar
adverb
In English
impossible
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ifshar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון חז"ל, עממילא יכול להיות במציאות, לא יתכן.
The word Ifshar is an adverb.
- Written with vowel points
- אֵיפְשָׁר
- Written without vowel points
- איפשר
- Said
- ifshar
- Root
- פ־ש־ר
- Gematria
- 591
This is how Ifshar is said in other languages.
- English
- impossible
These words mean nearly the same as Ifshar.
- אי אפשר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Ifshar.
- אפשר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Ifshar comes from the root פ־ש־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Ifshar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ifshar.
What does Ifshar (איפשר) mean in Hebrew?
Ifshar (איפשר) means impossible. It is said ifshar, with the stress on if.
What is a synonym for Ifshar (איפשר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ifshar (איפשר) are אי אפשר.
What is the opposite of Ifshar (איפשר)?
Words that mean the opposite of Ifshar (איפשר) are אפשר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry איפשר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.