Ner (נר) means candle in Hebrew.
It can also mean lamp. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
candle, lamp
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ner.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי למאור ופולחן. עשוי משמן נוזלי או שעוה מוצקה הבוערת דרך פתיל.
דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו; בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹת אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמְּנוֹרָה, יָאִירוּ שִׁבְעַת הַנֵּרוֹת.
- 2כמוסה בעלת צורה גלילית צרה המוכנסת כטיפול תרופתי בפי-הטבעת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ner is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נֵר
- Written without vowel points
- נר
- Said
- ner
- Root
- נ־ו־ר
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- נֵרוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' נֵרוֹת
- Gematria
- 250
This is how Ner is said in other languages.
- English
- candle, lamp
- Arabic
- شمعة
- Russian
- свеча
- French
- bougie
- Spanish
- vela, candela, cirio
- German
- Kerze
- Yiddish
- ליכט, אַייל
These words mean nearly the same as Ner.
- שרגא
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ner.
The word Ner is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אבנר
- חפש בנרות
- כבה נרו
- כל זמן שהנר דולק אפשר לתקן
- נר לילה
- נר לרגליו
- נר ה' נשמת אדם
- נרו יאיר
- נ"י
- נריה
- נר זיכרון
- נר לאחד נר למאה
- נר נשמה
- נר שבת
- נר שמן
- נר תמיד
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Ner comes from the root נ־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Ner in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ner.
What does Ner (נר) mean in Hebrew?
Ner (נר) means candle and lamp. It is said ner, with the stress on ner.
What is a synonym for Ner (נר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ner (נר) are שרגא.
What rhymes with Ner (נר)?
Words that rhyme with Ner (נר) include חסר, עיוור, חבר, סיפר, גר, and זעיר.
Is Ner (נר) masculine or feminine?
The word Ner (נר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is נֵרוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.