Karish (כריש) means shark in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כָּרִיש
karish
noun · masculine
In English
shark
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Karish.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1פרט מעל־סדרה של דגי־סחוס, הנחשב לטורף על בסביבה הימית.
- 2כינוי לאדם בעל עוצמה בתחום עיסוקו, בדרך כלל בהקשר שלילי של נקיטת אמצעים פסולים להשגת מטרותיו.
The word Karish is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כָּרִיש
- Written without vowel points
- כריש
- Said
- karish
- Root
- כ־ר־ש
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- כְּרִישִׁים
- Inflections
- ר' כְּרִישִׁים
- Gematria
- 530
This is how Karish is said in other languages.
- English
- shark
- Arabic
- قِرْش
- Russian
- акула
- French
- requin, euselachii
- Spanish
- tiburón, escualo
- German
- Hai
These words rhyme with Karish.
The word Karish is part of these phrases and sayings.
- כריש לויתן
- כריש פטיש
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The word Karish comes from the root כ־ר־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Karish in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Karish.
What does Karish (כריש) mean in Hebrew?
Karish (כריש) means shark. It is said karish, with the stress on rish.
What rhymes with Karish (כריש)?
Words that rhyme with Karish (כריש) include איש, פטיש, גביש, איש, גמיש, and עכביש.
Is Karish (כריש) masculine or feminine?
The word Karish (כריש) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּרִישִׁים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כריש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.