Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot (נכנס לנעליים גדולות) means it is a hard act to follow in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
נִכְנַס לְנַעֲלַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת
nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot
verb
In English
it is a hard act to follow
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קיבל תפקיד ש"מידותיו גדולות", כלומר תפקיד המצריך כישורים ויכולות גבוהים יותר מאלו שנדרש להם עד כה.
The word Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- נִכְנַס לְנַעֲלַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- נכנס לנעליים גדולות
- Said
- nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot
- Feminine form
- נִכְנְסָה לְנַעֲלַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת
- Inflections
- נ' נִכְנְסָה לְנַעֲלַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת
- Gematria
- 869
This is how Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot is said in other languages.
- English
- it is a hard act to follow
These words come before and after Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot in the dictionary.
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What does Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot (נכנס לנעליים גדולות) mean in Hebrew?
Nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot (נכנס לנעליים גדולות) means it is a hard act to follow. It is said nikhnas lena'alayim gdolot, with the stress on nas.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נכנס לנעלים גדולות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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