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Khermesh (חרמש) means scythe in Hebrew.

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

חֶרְמֵשׁ
khermesh
noun · masculine
In English

scythe

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ח

The dictionary gives one meaning for Khermesh.

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

  1. 1
    כלי־יד בעל להב ארוך ומעוקל, המשמש לקציר חטים ושאר גידולים חקלאיים.
    שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעֹת תִּסְפָּר לָךְ; מֵהָחֵל חֶרְמֵשׁ בַּקָּמָה, תָּחֵל לִסְפֹּר שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעוֹת.

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

The word Khermesh is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
חֶרְמֵשׁ
Written without vowel points
חרמש
Said
khermesh
Inflections
חֶרְמֵשׁ־, ר' חֶרְמֵשֵׁי־; ר' חֶרְמֵשִׁים
Gematria
548

This is how Khermesh is said in other languages.

English
scythe
Arabic
مِنْجَل
Russian
коса́
French
faux
Spanish
guadaña
German
Sense

These words rhyme with Khermesh.

The word Khermesh is part of these phrases and sayings.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

This is where the word Khermesh comes from.

המילה מופיעה פעמיים בלבד במקרא, בפסוקים לעיל. באוגריתית (ברבים) (חֿרמשת, חרמשות). ייתכן שבמקור חֹ'פּשְׁ ḫpš – חרב בצורת מגל, בתוספת ר' דיסימילטורית. להלן הירוגליף: x*p:S-T16 לדעת שמואל ייבין המילה 'חרמש' גזורה מהמילה "חלמיש" בהוראת: אבן צור, ועפ"ז הסביר ש'חרמש' הוא למעשה מגל שלהבו עשוי נתזי צור, בשונה מ"מגל" העשוי מברזל.

These words come before and after Khermesh in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Khermesh.

What does Khermesh (⁨חרמש⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Khermesh (⁨חרמש⁩) means scythe. It is said khermesh, with the stress on mesh.

What rhymes with Khermesh (⁨חרמש⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Khermesh (⁨חרמש⁩) include ⁨אש⁩, ⁨יבש⁩, ⁨טיפש⁩, ⁨חמש⁩, ⁨מפרש⁩, and ⁨שש⁩.

Is Khermesh (⁨חרמש⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Khermesh (⁨חרמש⁩) is a masculine noun.

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

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