Ne'elakh (נאלח) means despicable in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
despicable
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ne'elakh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מושחת במידותיו והתנהגותו.
אַף כִּי נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה
- 2מזהם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ne'elakh is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- נֶאֱלָח
- Written without vowel points
- נאלח
- Said
- ne'elakh
- Root
- א־ל־ח
- Pattern
- נִקְטָל
- Feminine form
- נֶאֱלָחָה ר' נֶאֱלָחִים
- Inflections
- נ'נֶאֱלָחָה ר' נֶאֱלָחִים
- Gematria
- 89
This is how Ne'elakh is said in other languages.
- English
- despicable
These words mean nearly the same as Ne'elakh.
- בזוי
- נבזה
- נתעבdespicable
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Ne'elakh.
- אציל
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ne'elakh.
These words come before and after Ne'elakh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ne'elakh.
What does Ne'elakh (נאלח) mean in Hebrew?
Ne'elakh (נאלח) means despicable. It is said ne'elakh, with the stress on lakh.
What is a synonym for Ne'elakh (נאלח)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ne'elakh (נאלח) are בזוי, נבזה, and נתעב.
What is the opposite of Ne'elakh (נאלח)?
Words that mean the opposite of Ne'elakh (נאלח) are אציל.
What rhymes with Ne'elakh (נאלח)?
Words that rhyme with Ne'elakh (נאלח) include משטח, מזרח, תנ"ך, רך, תותח, and מסמך.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נאלח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.