Noshech kariyot (נושך כריות) means pillow-biter in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
נוֹשֵׁךְ כָּרִיּוֹת
noshech kariyot
adjective
In English
pillow-biter
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Noshech kariyot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1סלנג, כינוי גנאיהומו פסיבי.
The word Noshech kariyot is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- נוֹשֵׁךְ כָּרִיּוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- נושך כריות
- Said
- noshech kariyot
- Root
- נ־ש־כ
- Plural
- נוֹשְׁכֵי כָּרִיּוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' נוֹשְׁכֵי כָּרִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 1,012
This is how Noshech kariyot is said in other languages.
- English
- pillow-biter
These words come before and after Noshech kariyot in the dictionary.
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What does Noshech kariyot (נושך כריות) mean in Hebrew?
Noshech kariyot (נושך כריות) means pillow-biter. It is said noshech kariyot, with the stress on shech.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נושך כריות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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