Khum (חוּם) means brown in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חוּם
khum
adjective
In English
brown
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khum.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1צבע כהה ביחס לצבע הכתום.
אֶעֱבֹר בְּכָל צֹאנְךָ הַיּוֹם הָסֵר מִשָּׁם כָּל שֶׂה נָקֹד וְטָלוּא וְכָל שֶׂה חוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים וְטָלוּא וְנָקֹד בָּעִזִּים וְהָיָה שְׂכָרִי.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khum is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- חוּם
- Written without vowel points
- חום
- Said
- khum
- Root
- ח־מ־מ
- Plural
- חוּמִים
- Feminine form
- חוּמָה
- Inflections
- ר' חוּמִים; נ' חוּמָה, נ"ר חוּמוֹת
- Gematria
- 54
This is how Khum is said in other languages.
- English
- brown
- Arabic
- أسمر, بُنِي
- French
- marron, brun
- Yiddish
- ברוין
These words rhyme with Khum.
The word Khum comes from the root ח־מ־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Khum in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khum.
What does Khum (חוּם) mean in Hebrew?
Khum (חוּם) means brown. It is said khum, with the stress on khum.
What rhymes with Khum (חוּם)?
Words that rhyme with Khum (חוּם) include תחום, תשלום, תחום, שום, זיהום, and מום.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.