Nilkham betakhanot ruakh (נלחם בטחנות רוח) means tilting at windmills in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
נִלְחַם בְּטַחֲנוֹת רוּחַ
nilkham betakhanot ruakh
word
In English
tilting at windmills
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Nilkham betakhanot ruakh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ניהל מאבק חסר סיכוי בכוחות גדולים ממנו או בלתי מציאותיים.
- 2על־פי קטע בספר "דון קישוט איש למנשה" (Don Quixote de Lamancha) מאת הסופר הספרדי מיגל דה סרוונטס (Miguel de Cervantes). הספר מספר על איש פשוט שלוקה בשיגעון ומדמיין שהוא אביר. בקטע הנדון, הוא הוזה כי טחנות רוח הן ענקים, והוא יוצא להילחם בהן.
The word Nilkham betakhanot ruakh is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- נִלְחַם בְּטַחֲנוֹת רוּחַ
- Written without vowel points
- נלחם בטחנות רוח
- Said
- nilkham betakhanot ruakh
- Inflections
- ראו נלחם
- Gematria
- 817
This is how Nilkham betakhanot ruakh is said in other languages.
- English
- tilting at windmills
- Russian
- сражаться с ветряными мельницами, донкихотствовать
- French
- se bat contre des moulins
These words come before and after Nilkham betakhanot ruakh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Nilkham betakhanot ruakh.
What does Nilkham betakhanot ruakh (נלחם בטחנות רוח) mean in Hebrew?
Nilkham betakhanot ruakh (נלחם בטחנות רוח) means tilting at windmills. It is said nilkham betakhanot ruakh, with the stress on kham.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נלחם בטחנות רוח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Keep exploring
English Words in Hebrew
How to say thousands of English words in Hebrew, with vowel points, transliteration, gender, plural and recordings.
Essential Hebrew Phrases
The words you need in your first week.
Hebrew Alphabet
All 22 letters, sounds, forms and numeric values.
Hebrew Keyboard
Type Hebrew with the Israeli layout and vowel points, then copy it.