Khag ha'urim (חג האורים) means hanukkah in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חַג הָאוּרִים
khag ha'urim
noun · masculine
In English
hanukkah
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Khag ha'urim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חג יהודי הנחגג במשך שמונה ימים, החל מכ"ה בכסלו, לזכר הנס הגדול שפך שמן קטן שמספיק רק ליום אחד, הספיק ל8 ימים של הדלקת המנורה בבית המקדש, אחרי ניצחונם של החשמונאים את היוונים בשנת 165 לפני הספירה וחנוכתו של בית המקדש. מצוות החג להדליק חנוכייה, ונהוג לאכול סופגניות ולביבות וכן לשחק בסביבון.
- 2אוּרִים הם רבים של אוּר שפרושו אֵש, אחד ממאפייני החג.
The word Khag ha'urim is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חַג הָאוּרִים
- Written without vowel points
- חג האורים
- Said
- khag ha'urim
- Root
- ח־ג־ג
- Gematria
- 273
This is how Khag ha'urim is said in other languages.
- English
- hanukkah
- Arabic
- حانوكا
- Russian
- Ханука
- Spanish
- Jánuca
- German
- chanukka
These words mean nearly the same as Khag ha'urim.
- חנוכה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Khag ha'urim comes from the root ח־ג־ג, like these words.
These words come before and after Khag ha'urim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khag ha'urim.
What does Khag ha'urim (חג האורים) mean in Hebrew?
Khag ha'urim (חג האורים) means hanukkah. It is said khag ha'urim, with the stress on rim.
What is a synonym for Khag ha'urim (חג האורים)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Khag ha'urim (חג האורים) are חנוכה.
Is Khag ha'urim (חג האורים) masculine or feminine?
The word Khag ha'urim (חג האורים) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חג האורים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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