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Nemala (נמלה) means ant in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

נְמָלָה
nemala
noun · feminine
In English

ant

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with נ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Nemala.

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

  1. 1
    פרט ממשפחת חרקים המשתייכת לסדרת הדבוראים. היא חיה בקנים עשויים מחילות אשר נחפרים לרוב באדמה או בעצים. בכל קן ישנם חיילות, פועלות, זכרים ומלכה מטילת ביצים. הן נוהגות לאגור מזון לחורף וביכולתן להרים משאות כבדים ממשקל גופן, ועל כן הן משמשות סמל לחריצות.
    הַנְּמָלִים עַם לֹא-עָז וַיָּכִינוּ בַקַּיִץ לַחְמָם

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Nemala is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
נְמָלָה
Written without vowel points
נמלה
Said
nemala
Pattern
קְטָלָה
Plural
נְמָלִים
Inflections
ר' נְמָלִים; נְמָלַת־, ר' נִמְלֵי־ או נְמָלוֹת־
Gematria
125

This is how Nemala is said in other languages.

English
ant
Arabic
نمل
Russian
муравей
French
fourmi
Spanish
hormiga
German
Ameise
Yiddish
מוראַשקע

These words rhyme with Nemala.

The word Nemala is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • דב נמלים
  • עבודת נמלים
  • נמלת קציר
  • נמלת אש

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These words come before and after Nemala in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Nemala.

What does Nemala (⁨נמלה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Nemala (⁨נמלה⁩) means ant. It is said nemala, with the stress on la.

What rhymes with Nemala (⁨נמלה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Nemala (⁨נמלה⁩) include ⁨מחלה⁩, ⁨פעולה⁩, ⁨מילה⁩, ⁨מעלה⁩, ⁨מילה⁩, and ⁨תפילה⁩.

Is Nemala (⁨נמלה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Nemala (⁨נמלה⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨נְמָלִים⁩.

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

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