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Lesheavar (לשעבר) means former in Hebrew.

It is an adverb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

לְשֶׁעָבַר
lesheavar
adverb
In English

former

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ל

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Lesheavar.

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

  1. 1
    על מה שהיה.
  2. 2
    בזמן הקודם.
  3. 3
    בדימוס.

The word Lesheavar is an adverb.

Written with vowel points
לְשֶׁעָבַר
Written without vowel points
לשעבר
Said
lesheavar
Root
ע־ב־ר
Gematria
602

This is how Lesheavar is said in other languages.

English
former
Arabic
السابِق

These words mean nearly the same as Lesheavar.

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These words mean the opposite of Lesheavar.

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

These words rhyme with Lesheavar.

The word Lesheavar comes from the root ע־ב־ר, like these words.

These words come before and after Lesheavar in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Lesheavar.

What does Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩) means former. It is said lesheavar, with the stress on var.

What is a synonym for Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩) are ⁨אקס⁩ and ⁨בדימוס⁩.

What is the opposite of Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩) are ⁨הווה⁩ and ⁨תפקיד⁩.

What rhymes with Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Lesheavar (⁨לשעבר⁩) include ⁨דבר⁩, ⁨בשר⁩, ⁨מספר⁩, ⁨איבר⁩, ⁨ישר⁩, and ⁨זכר⁩.

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

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