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Meshumad (משומד) means apostate in Hebrew.

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

מְשֻׁמָּד
meshumad
adjective
In English

apostate

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Meshumad.

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

  1. 1
    יהודי שהמיר את דתו לדת אחרת. או שעזב שמירת המצוות במופגן.

The word Meshumad is an adjective.

Written with vowel points
מְשֻׁמָּד
Written without vowel points
משומד
Said
meshumad
Root
ש־מ־ד
Pattern
מְקֻטָּל
Feminine form
מְשֻׁמֶּדֶת ר' משומדים
Inflections
נ' מְשֻׁמֶּדֶת ר' משומדים
Gematria
390

This is how Meshumad is said in other languages.

English
apostate

These words mean nearly the same as Meshumad.

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These words rhyme with Meshumad.

The word Meshumad comes from the root ש־מ־ד, like these words.

This is where the word Meshumad comes from.

נגזר משִׁמֵּד, שהמרת הדת נתפסת ככליון לנפש (שעת השמד). רמב"ן כתב שהוא נגזר מהשורש הארמי שׁ־מ־ד־ע בהשמטת העין, שמשמעותו הכרה וידיעה, שהמשומד נעשה כזר לדתו. ר' יונה אבן ג'אנח אמר שבמקור המילה היא "משועמד", ומשמעותה בסורית וערבית היא טבילה לשם נצרות.

These words come before and after Meshumad in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Meshumad.

What does Meshumad (⁨משומד⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Meshumad (⁨משומד⁩) means apostate. It is said meshumad, with the stress on mad.

What is a synonym for Meshumad (⁨משומד⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Meshumad (⁨משומד⁩) are ⁨אפיקורוס⁩, ⁨כופר⁩, ⁨מומר⁩, and ⁨מין⁩.

What rhymes with Meshumad (⁨משומד⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Meshumad (⁨משומד⁩) include ⁨בד⁩, ⁨יד⁩, ⁨שד⁩, ⁨מעמד⁩, ⁨אחד⁩, and ⁨עד⁩.

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

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