Ne'esham (נאשם) means accused in Hebrew.
It can also mean culprit and defendant. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
accused, culprit, defendant
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ne'esham.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חוק ומשפטאדם שהועמד לדין פלילי, ונטען נגדו שעבר עבֵרה.
The word Ne'esham is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נֶאֱשָׁם
- Written without vowel points
- נאשם
- Said
- ne'esham
- Root
- א־ש־מ
- Pattern
- נִקְטָל
- Plural
- נֶאֱשָׁמִים
- Feminine form
- נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת
- Inflections
- ר' נֶאֱשָׁמִים; נ' נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת, נ"ר נֶאֱשָׁמוֹת; נֶאֱשַׁם־
- Gematria
- 391
This is how Ne'esham is said in other languages.
- English
- accused, culprit, defendant
- Arabic
- مُتَّهَم
- Russian
- обвиняемый
- French
- accusé, coupable
- German
- Angeklagter
These words mean nearly the same as Ne'esham.
- נתבע
- נקבל
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ne'esham.
The word Ne'esham is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ספסל הנאשמים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Ne'esham comes from the root א־ש־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Ne'esham in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ne'esham.
What does Ne'esham (נאשם) mean in Hebrew?
Ne'esham (נאשם) means accused, culprit, and defendant. It is said ne'esham, with the stress on sham.
What is a synonym for Ne'esham (נאשם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ne'esham (נאשם) are נתבע and נקבל.
What rhymes with Ne'esham (נאשם)?
Words that rhyme with Ne'esham (נאשם) include אדם, דם, ים, עם, סם, and עולם.
Is Ne'esham (נאשם) masculine or feminine?
The word Ne'esham (נאשם) is a masculine noun, and its plural is נֶאֱשָׁמִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נאשם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.