Metsach (מצח) means forehead in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
forehead
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Metsach.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1החלק העליון בפנים, מעל הגבות ועד קו השיער.
וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד אֶת-יָדוֹ אֶל-הַכֶּלִי וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אֶבֶן וַיְקַלַּע וַיַּךְ אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל-מִצְחוֹ וַתִּטְבַּע הָאֶבֶן בְּמִצְחוֹ וַיִּפֹּל עַל-פָּנָיו אָרְצָה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Metsach is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- מֵצַח
- Written without vowel points
- מצח
- Said
- metsach
- Pattern
- קֵטֶל
- Plural
- מְצָחִים
- Inflections
- ר' מְצָחִים; כ' מִצְחִי, מִצְחֲךָ
- Gematria
- 138
This is how Metsach is said in other languages.
- English
- forehead
- Arabic
- جُبِينِ
- French
- front
- German
- Stirn
These words rhyme with Metsach.
The word Metsach is part of these phrases and sayings.
- כתוב על המצח
- מצח נחושה
- עז מצח
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
This is where the word Metsach comes from.
בלשון געז, מֲצֵהּ mäṣeh בהוראת פיסה (=של מתכת) או נחושת, ומכאן "במצח נחושה".
These words come before and after Metsach in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Metsach.
What does Metsach (מצח) mean in Hebrew?
Metsach (מצח) means forehead. It is said metsach, with the stress on me.
What rhymes with Metsach (מצח)?
Words that rhyme with Metsach (מצח) include נצח and קצח.
Is Metsach (מצח) masculine or feminine?
The word Metsach (מצח) is a masculine noun, and its plural is מְצָחִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מצח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.