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Kamon (כמון) means cumin in Hebrew.

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

כַּמּוֹן
kamon
noun · masculine
In English

cumin

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with כ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Kamon.

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

  1. 1
    צמח גינה רב שנתי ממשפחת הסוככיים. את התבלין יוצרים מזרעיו.
    כִּי לֹא בֶחָרוּץ יוּדַשׁ קֶצַח, וְאוֹפַן עֲגָלָה עַל־כַּמֹּן יוּסָּב; כִּי בַמַּטֶּה יֵחָבֶט קֶצַח, וְכַמֹּן בַּשָּׁבֶט.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Kamon is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
כַּמּוֹן
Written without vowel points
כמון
Said
kamon
Root
כ־מ־נ
Pattern
קַטּוֹל
Gematria
116

This is how Kamon is said in other languages.

English
cumin
Arabic
كمون
German
Kreuzkümmel

These words rhyme with Kamon.

The word Kamon comes from the root כ־מ־נ, like these words.

This is where the word Kamon comes from.

מקביל לאכדית 2571, ארמית כַּמּוֹנָא, אוגריתית kmn (כמן), פיניקית (כמן), ערבית: كَمُّون. ממקור שמי זה נגזרת המילה היוונית κύμινον באותו משמע, שהתגלגלה לשפות אירופה: לטינית cuminum, משם אנגלית\צרפתית cumin, איטלקית cumino וכד'.

These words come before and after Kamon in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Kamon.

What does Kamon (⁨כמון⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kamon (⁨כמון⁩) means cumin. It is said kamon, with the stress on mon.

What rhymes with Kamon (⁨כמון⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kamon (⁨כמון⁩) include ⁨מזון⁩, ⁨רצון⁩, ⁨צפון⁩, ⁨לשון⁩, ⁨חלבון⁩, and ⁨זיכרון⁩.

Is Kamon (⁨כמון⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kamon (⁨כמון⁩) is a masculine noun.

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

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