Khole (חולה) means sick in Hebrew.
It can also mean ill and diseased. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sick, ill, diseased
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Khole.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שסובל ממחלה; שמצבו הפיזיולוגי אינו תקין ואינו יציב.
אֶת־הַנַּחְלוֹת לֹא חִזַּקְתֶּם וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָה לֹא־רִפֵּאתֶם וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת לֹא חֲבַשְׁתֶּם...
- 2בהשאלהאדם אובססיבי, אדם שעניין כלשהו מטריד את מנוחתו ואינו מרפה ממנו.
...כִּי-חוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָנִי.
- 3בהשאלה, סלנגחוֹלֶה עַל (אדם מסוים, עניין מסוים) - להוט אחר האדם או העניין, אוהב אותם אהבה עזה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khole is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- חוֹלֶה
- Written without vowel points
- חולה
- Said
- khole
- Root
- ח־ל־ה
- Pattern
- קוֹטֵל
- Plural
- חוֹלִים
- Feminine form
- חוֹלָה
- Inflections
- נ' חוֹלָה, חוֹלַת־; ר' חוֹלִים, חוֹלֵי־; נ"ר חוֹלוֹת; חוֹלֵה־
- Gematria
- 49
This is how Khole is said in other languages.
- English
- sick, ill, diseased
- Arabic
- مريض, عيان
- Russian
- больной, хворый
- French
- malade
- Spanish
- enfermo, malato
- German
- krank, siech
- Yiddish
- קראַנק
These words mean nearly the same as Khole.
- פצינט
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Khole.
- בריאhealthy
- שלם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Khole.
The word Khole is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בית חולים
- ביקור חולים
- הכניס ראש בריא למטה חולה
- חולה אהבה
- חולה אנוש
- חולה הגה
- חולה כרוני
- חולה נפש
- חולה מסוכן
- חולה סופני
- חולה רוח
- רעה חולה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Khole comes from the root ח־ל־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Khole in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khole.
What does Khole (חולה) mean in Hebrew?
Khole (חולה) means sick, ill, and diseased. It is said khole, with the stress on le.
What is a synonym for Khole (חולה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Khole (חולה) are פצינט.
What is the opposite of Khole (חולה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Khole (חולה) are בריא and שלם.
What rhymes with Khole (חולה)?
Words that rhyme with Khole (חולה) include מלא, עלה, מעולה, עולה, מצלה, and מתלה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חולה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.